The Latest On: Healthy Communities
Adrian Martinez, Attorney, California Regional Office: “This is a terrible choice for our health and well-being. The agency responsible for clean air for half of Californians needs more health voices who will show up and do the job, not more leaders who are cozy with heavily polluting industries.”
Patrice Simms, VP of Litigation, Washington, D.C.: “What E.P.A. is proposing means communities and families no longer have the right to appeal a pollution permit that might affect them.”
Jan Hasselman, Attorney, Northwest Regional Office, Earthjustice: “Someone needs to be accountable to make sure that’s safe and legal.”
Jonathan Smith, Attorney, Northeast Office, Earthjustice: “Right now, the facility is operating under pollution standards that are over 20-years-old. The incinerator emits more lead into air than any other incinerator in the country, and is one of the top lead emitters in New Jersey for all types of facilities.”
