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Head of U.N. Climate Summit in Azerbaijan Caught on Tape Pushing Oil & Gas
Deals
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The U.N. climate summit known as COP29 is underway in Baku, Azerbaijan,
where negotiators are trying to make progress on reducing emissions and
preventing ...
17 hours ago
Talked to Felicia Collis, chairperson of GRACO (Garfield, Randolph, Arlington, Clerk, Ocean) Group, one of the groups involved in the action against the chromium field on Garfield Avenue. This group combines all the streets and block associations involved in the class action suit against PPG Industries, responsible for the toxic site. Ms. Collis was quite impressed when I told her about how Move.on.Org wants to support environment justice. See the following from 3/28 Jersey Journal:
ReplyDeleteThe proposed cleanup plans will not be thorough enough, Collis said. She also said there needs to be a provision for free health monitoring for residents who may have been exposed to chromium, and a stricter timeline for the cleanup to be completed.
"We have taken a number of interim measures, which are regularly inspected, so 900 Garfield Ave. doesn't pose a risk to human health and the environment," PPG spokesman Jeremy Neuhart said in a written statement. "Nonetheless, we agree with GRACO that a permanent cleanup is in everyone's best interests."
Collis said she expected about 100 people at the rally.
"Right now the settlement is one that we cannot endorse," she said.
"But we're optimistic that at some point there will be a solution, and we're grateful to Mayor Healy and his administration for being one of the first to address this matter," she added.
A public hearing on the proposed settlement - which is available online at www.nj.gov/oag/newsreleases09/pr20090219b-PPG-Consent-Judgment.pdf - will be held Monday at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 280 Grove St.
The public can also submit comments by mail through April 15 to Thomas Cozzi at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, P.O. Box 028, Trenton, NJ 08625.