{"id":2414,"date":"2011-02-10T19:27:41","date_gmt":"2011-02-11T00:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/02\/a-foot-in-the-door-to-bring-in-more-toxic-waste-streams-robert-d-bullard.html"},"modified":"2011-02-10T19:27:41","modified_gmt":"2011-02-11T00:27:41","slug":"a-foot-in-the-door-to-bring-in-more-toxic-waste-streams-robert-d-bullard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/02\/a-foot-in-the-door-to-bring-in-more-toxic-waste-streams-robert-d-bullard.html","title":{"rendered":"“a foot in the door to bring in more toxic waste streams” –Robert D. Bullard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/a>\nRobert D. Bullard writes in\n\nDismantling Energy Apartheid in the United States<\/a>,\n
\nMany \u201cclean wood chips\u201d burning biomass plants can easily turn to\nburning more contaminated fuels (which may be cheaper or even free),\nor get paid to take really dirty wastes like trash or tires. Public\nopposition to biomass facilities has driven siting that follows the\n\u201cpath of least resistance,\u201d which often translates to states where\nenvironmental regulations are lax and companies are given huge tax\nincentives to build these kinds of incinerators, and investors count\non the local residents being uninformed and apathetic. Environmental\njustice siting concerns often get buried in the excitement and notion\nof \u201cgreen energy.\u201d\n

\nZoning laws are often legal weapons deployed in facilitating energy apartheid.\n<\/blockquote>\nThere’s more, including a writeup about the local proposed incinerator,\nstarting:\n

\nResidents in Valdosta, Georgia are fighting to block a 40 megawatt biomass incinerator slated for construction on a 22-acre site in their community. The community is already overburdened with polluting industries and heavy truck traffic.\n<\/blockquote>\nRead it and see.\n

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