Air Quality & Environmental Justice Talk
Tuesday, February 28, 2017 · 1 - 2 PM
On Campus
On Tuesday, February 28 at 1 pm,GES 429 will host a discussion of environmental justice and health issues related to Baltimore's waste-to-energy incinerator, BRESCO. Professor Dawn Biehler has organized the event and the guest speaker will be an attorney from the Environmental Integrity Project and activists from United Workers and Free Your Voice. Students and faculty are welcome to attend.
Environmental Integrity Project and Workers United are organizing around the Wheelabrator (BRESCO) waste-to-energy incinerator in Baltimore. EIP is trying to hold BRESCO to higher environmental standards under the Clean Air Act, and Workers United is working on source reduction to reduce the waste stream that goes into incineration. The class is GES/HAPP 429/629 (Seminar in Geography of Health and Disease).
