@BreakfastAtDior I was looking for this!!!! I am watching a clip and the FIRST thing I said was “is that lil mama?!” Mind you, I have the tv muted. The resemblance is uncanny!
Many thanks to @TheAmanAzhar for covering this issue (+quotes from me)! Click to learn more about @JohnsHopkins plans to divest its waste: To Incinerate Or Not To Incinerate: Maryland Hospitals Grapple With Question With Big Public Health Implications https://t.co/dyhaHWiipM
That’s not all folks..the violations from this incinerator have been so egregious that the facility was fined $1.75 million by the @OAGMaryland last year - the largest fine EVER - due to its repeated violations of state laws and exposing the public to biohazards.
On Mar 20 @HopkinsMedicine & @JohnsHopkins committed to ending its contract with Curtis Bay Energy, the nations LARGEST medical waste incinerator. Today, Hopkins students, faculty, and staff are calling on these institutions to make good on their promise!📣
BREAKING: John’s Hopkins announces at today’s council hearing they’ll stop sending material to the Curtis Bay medical waste incinerator within 30 - 60 days in response to community calls for action following repeat violations by the facility owners!
What is medical waste incineration? Think biohazard waste, like used needles, surgical waste, etc. Here’s a picture (c/o Maryland Office of the Attorney General) of incomplete incineration of medical waste from Curtis Bay Energy. This is burned by the TONS. Every year.
Environmental injustice & the climate crisis are key to closing the equity gap and are in dire need of attention and investment to make meaningful progress in impacted communities.
Join @mabsonsays, @TheAtlantic & amazing co-panelists on 12/14 for more. https://t.co/zWhXaNcuiT
How about we start a series: #capitalismandclimatechange ..because I have no other logical or rational explanation for why insurers are allowed to refuse homeowners insurance in two of the MOST populated states in the US.
Homeowners insurance is becoming more expensive and, in many places, more difficult to find. There’s no sign that the situation is going to get better any time soon. https://t.co/E7nt4tj18g
Three days til Earth Day and ONE day til the the @WashInformer Sustainability Supplement comes out! Our last (but certainly not least) enviro shoutout goes to scientist & EJ advocate Michelle Mabson, @mabsonsays
"The maps don't account for the social & emotional wellbeing of schoolchildren who have had to shelter in place & evacuate multiple times. And they don't account for the immeasurable harm to families like the one who lost two brothers in the Ohio refinery fire" @mabsonsays
Huge victory in Louisiana: “South Louisiana Methanol finally threw in the towel having learned that our community will not back down in the fight to protect our health and wellbeing from more industrial pollution,” Sharon Lavigne of @risestjames
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@EarnstFemingway@lizlovestheland She really got us with this CD like we don’t all have streaming services but hey, I guess it would come in handy if your phone dies while driving? Because you know - priorities 😂. Which pose did you choose?
The facts are clear. As environmental concerns worsen alongside the #ClimateCrisis, urgent action is needed to not only address the injustices of the past but ensure those same injustices are not repeated.
We need the #EJForAll Act now!
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Climate change doesn't care whether you're in a red state or a blue state: Hundred-year droughts are threatening farmlands and water sources.
Wildfires out west have burned and destroyed more land than the size of New Jersey.
Our national security is at stake.