Category Archives: health

Tire incinerator update/action alert

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Key points:

o       Call into WDEL, Al Mascitti Show, after 10:00 on Thursday, Aug 22nd.  Ask your questions and share your thoughts on the tire/plastics incinerator in New Castle.

o       Call on Gov. Markell and DNREC Secretary Collin Omara to publish a proper public notice and press release about the extended incinerator comment period.

Send comments to Collin. OMara@state.de.us, Michelle.Jacobs@state.de.us, jack.markell@state.de.us

O’Mara’s office phone:  302.739.9000  Markell’s office:  302.577.3210

o       Get your comments on why the incinerator is an incinerator ready for the Sept 9th deadline (detailed suggestions upcoming on this).
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Gov.Jack Markell’s dirty deals produce dirty air for Delaware

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Today, Thursday, May 30, 2013, is a Code Orange bad air day for ozone and a Code Yellow bad air day for “fine particles” (PM2.5).

Friday and perhaps Saturday are also expected to be Code Orange for ozone.

Wednesday, May 29th, was Code Yellow for both ozone and particles.

Tuesday, May 28th, was Code Yellow for particles.

So, obviously, Delaware is well into a summer bad air season. Continue reading →

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Regulation-weakening scam favors special interests…..has no economic benefit

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Tom Carper (now Senator) was elected Governor of Delaware in 1992.   His agenda was pure “Chamber of Commerce” and he launched an across-the board attack on protection of the environment, and consumer protection, in Delaware.  Continue reading →

Rep. John Kowalko opposes ripoff Demarva Power rate increases

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The following press release was issued today by the Delaware House of Representatives:
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Utility’s proposed rate increase up for hearing on Thursday

DOVER – Several legislators are encouraging the public to join them in opposing a proposed Delmarva Power utility rate increase that the Public Service Commission will consider on Thursday.

Newark Rep. John Kowalko is asking residents throughout the state to attend the commission’s 1pm Thursday meeting to consider nearly $50 million in rate increases for Delmarva Power customers. Continue reading →

Delaware Republicans still fighting “health insurance reform”

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[The following was in our morning email.  Many people opposed the "reform" bill, or were indifferent to it, as too much of a giveaway to drug and insurance companies.  I guess these Republicans are really opposed to it as not enough of a giveaway to special interests?  Just think what they would be saying about a real health care reform bill along "single payer" lines.  The Constitutional argument seems intended to take us back to the days when the US Supreme Court was knocking down the anti-Depression measures of the Roosevelt administration.

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Alert 680: Don’t let Del. regulators fund incinerator promoters

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Alert 680:  Del. regulators give $25,000 contract to incinerator promoters–“Contaminated Air Council”

“We are very happy to have this opportunity to partner with your organization to improve environmental quality in our state”
–letter from David Small, Acting Secretary

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DuPont at work in West Virginia

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Worker killed by poison gas leak
February 5, 2010
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd has told DuPont Co. CEO Ellen Kullman he is “particularly alarmed” by a series of accidents at the company’s Belle plant, including a phosgene leak that killed a worker two weeks ago. Continue reading →

DuPont at work in New Jersey

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Pompton Lakes plume hurts property values
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Last updated: Sunday February 7, 2010, 10:13 AM

BY DAVE SHEINGOLD
The Record
STAFF WRITER
Families already reeling from news that their health might be imperiled by dangerous chemicals seeping from a defunct DuPont munitions factory may now have something else to worry about: declining property values in their Passaic County neighborhood. Continue reading →

Massachusetts Medical Society’s opposition to biomass plants

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Comment: This was published in the Greenfield [Mass.] Recorder on Jan 26, 2010, but doesn’t seem to be available online. This is not the only medical society to oppose these burners. Delaware, due to wise actions ten years ago, already has in place laws against “biomass” burners. These laws are under attack and need to be strengthened and clarified.

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The purpose of this article is to describe the process and scientific rationale for the resolution by the Massachusetts Medical Society opposing biomass plants. Continue reading →