Environmental Health Project

Between 40% and 65% of total municipal solid waste is openly burned in low- and middle-income countries, largely as a result of 2 billion people around the world having no municipal solid waste collection.

What happens when plastic slated for recycling is shipped to these countries?

Read all about it in the Conversation ⬇️

https://theconversation.com/a-lot-of-recycled-plastic-is-being-burned-overseas-and-causing-widespread-pollution-linked-to-health-problems-275800

U.S. Senator Dave McCormick observed that data centers remind him “a little bit of 15 years ago,” because of similar pushback over environmental concerns. Our Executive Director Alison L. Steele responds in a letter to the editor ⬇️

https://triblive.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-data-centers-pose-the-same-health-hazards-as-fracking/

The proposed Constitution Pipeline has been revived, but communities across and are ready to stop it once and for all.

This dangerous pipeline would cross more than 250 waterways, threaten local ecosystems and economies, and lock communities into more fossil fuel infrastructure despite years of overwhelming public opposition and no demonstrated economic need.

New York made the right decision in 2016. That decision should stand.

Sign the petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-the-constitution-pipeline?source=direct_link&referrer=group-center-for-oil-and-gas-organizing

Tonight's (6/3/26) meeting to learn more about the HealthWatch air monitoring program in Guernsey County, Ohio has been postponed. Stay tuned for a virtual meeting date and time to be announced soon.