PROTECT OUR WATER & AIR
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POWA Fact Sheet 6/19
Link to Elcon's complete applications to the PA DEP:
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2019 State of the Air Report from The American Lung Association:
https://www.lung.org/assets/documents/healthy-air/state-of-the-air/sota-2019-full.pdf
The "Green Amendment":
On May 18, 1971, Pennsylvania’s voters by a four-to-one margin ratified what is now Article I, Section 27 of our state constitution–the Environmental Rights Amendment:
The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania’s public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.
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The Green Amendment was recently upheld by the PA Supreme Court:
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NJ DEP Letter to Pa DEP
Philadelphia Water Dep on Elcon
Articles:
DEP issues 'draft' denial of Elcon, citing deficiencies
Bucks County Courier Times
Kyle Bagenstose​
Bucks Fails in ozone report
Bucks County Courier Times
Kyle Bagenstose​
Bucks Fails in ozone report
Bucks County Courier Times
Kyle Bagenstose​
US Steel amoung worst polluters
Bucks County Courier Times
Kyle Bagenstose
Israel Environmental Impact Index
From Industry to Trash
Bucks County Courier Times, Pollution Series Part 1
Kyle Bagenstose
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Smog in Bucks likes hanging out above lower-income river towns
Bucks County Courier Times, Pollution Series Part 2
Kyle Bagenstose
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Respiratory risks, unproven causes
Bucks County Courier Times, Pollution Series Part 3
Kyle Bagenstose
Possible pollution solutions for Lower Bucks County
Bucks County Courier Times Pollution Series Part 4
Kyle Bagenstose
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Turning Noxious Waste Into Harmless Road Salt?
Bucks County Courier Times, 4/19/16 (misprint note: says table salt should say road salt)
Coralie Pryde
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Upper Makefield Says No to Elcon
Bucks County Courier Times, 5/19/16
Chris Ruvo
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Tractor trailer wreck, chemical spill closes I-95 North into Baltimore for Hours
The Baltimore Sun, 8/22/16
By Tim Prudente and Sean Welsh
Crews continue to clean up after Southington chemical spill
WTNH.com, News 8, 8/25/16
By Alex Ceneviva, WTNH.com Staff and Renee Chmiel, News 8 Reporter
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Chemical Leak in Tullytown, PA
Levittown Now, 5/5/16
By Tom Sofield
A Dangerous Threat to Our Health and Safety
The Bucks County Courier Times, 4/5/16
By Fred Stine
Citizen Action Coordinator, the Delaware Riverkeeper Network
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Annual Reports from Elcon holding company Shikun & Binui:
Use global search for the word "Elcon" within each PDF.
2018: https://cms.shikunbinui.com//Uploads//investors/financial%20reports/2018/financialreport_q418_e1.pdf
2016: https://cms.shikunbinui.com//Uploads//investors/financial%20reports/2016/financial_annual_2016_e.pdf
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Link to info on freedom of information availability on Israel's Ministry of Environment website:
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Editorial: Elcon falls to unified opposition from stakeholders
Bucks County Courier Times​