📸 Some snapshots from Dr. @TrevaGear’s keynote at the 2024 Black In Environment conference! 🌍 Her message of #EnvironmentalJustice gave the perfect blend of urgency and hope.
Join us TOMORROW at 12 pm ET for a virtual presentation + Q&A on the greenwashed EJ disaster that is the wood pellet industry. You'll hear from experts on the public health, ecological, and climatic consequences its operations hold. Free registration here: https://t.co/RmOIqrtnfP
Great news! Enviva is the largest producer of wood pellets in the world. If they’re struggling, so will other companies. It’s not a clean, green, or sustainable industry! Join our fight against this industry to protect our communities and protect our planet.
Media Statement on the future of Enviva.
Wood pellet company, Enviva, announced that its future is in doubt. 10 years of campaigning and uniting in solidarity with communities has led to this moment.
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#JustTransition#Stand4Forests#Victory?
The biomass industry is devastating to Southern communities and forests. Meet Dr. Treva Gear of @DogwoodAlliance who is fighting an onslaught of polluting industries in her hometown community of Adel, Georgia.
Words by @alexmarvar
Photos by @jsdart
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Excited for @TrevaGear's session at the #GAConference! Join us to explore the interdependence of #EnvironmentalJustice and climate protection. Discover how #climate action benefits communities facing injustices. Don't miss out!
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During her many years as a student, Dr. @TrevaGear says that #environmentalracism was never part of the curriculum. Now she fights against pollution after founding Concerned Citizens of Cook County, a grantee of Tides Foundation's Frontline Justice Fund. https://t.co/E7ZcNt8cA8
Grateful to @SouthWings for arranging our flyover in my hometown of Adel, GA. I was able take aerial photos of polluting industries and their close proximity to the predominate community of color.#EnvironmentalJustice#CivilRights
One year ago, we released our documentary "Abandoned" about Adel, GA & the environmental injustices the community faces. The people of Adel are still fighting to be heard.
Make sure to watch the doc & help us raise awareness about what's happening in Adel! https://t.co/iPW0zzihR5
We had to make a seat at the table to protect the health and welfare of our community because the GA Environmental Protection Division did not fulfill its obligation to protect us. #environmentaljustice
A settlement has been reached! Thanks to the hard work of the Concerned Citizens of Cook County (4C) & @selc_org a settlement has been reached with Spectrum Energy Georgia LLC in the operation of a proposed wood pellet plant! https://t.co/TulfNbLXXz
@TrevaGear
Clean air is a human right. My community is in a real-time fight for environmental justice. Lives are hanging in the balance waiting for justice. #EnvironmentalJustice
Community members, #EJ leaders, & activists gathered at #EPA Region 4 Headquarters in #ATL to call for federal oversight of the biomass industry - In response to the unchecked, rapid expansion of the wood pellet #biomass industry in the Southern US.
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Meet Dr. @TrevaGear, a veteran, educator, and community organizer leading the fight against #environmentalinjustice in a small South Georgia town. https://t.co/FDqnYWmiHj
Southern residents & community leaders, we need you! Let's unite to demand healthy communities, #ForestProtection & #EnvironmentalJustice. Meet us at EPA Region 4 headquarters on Fri. Oct 21st 11 am - 2 pm EST. #RallyOnEPA https://t.co/0Nd4rj4l7I
Replanting trees doesn't restore the forest ecosystem that brings health to nearby communities.
Burning biomass produces LOTS of health damaging air pollution, and by design is mostly located in black and brown communities.
#HealthyAirIsHealthCare#CleanAir
Producing and burning biomass, biodiesel, and other biofuels creates health-damaging air pollution and GHG. They are false solutions and perpetuate environmental injustice. We need clean energy and transportation and Justice40 principles! #ClimateIsHealth#HealthyAirIsHealthCare