CLOSE THE BRUNNER ISLAND LOOPHOLE
Smog from Brunner Island Power Plant is making us sick and we want it to stop.
Thur, Dec 3 at 12:00 noon
EPA Region 3 Headquarters - 17th & Arch St in Philadelphia
"Brunner Island Is Making Us Sick!"
- we will don breathing masks to protect our lungs.
Speakers
Dr L. Matthew Schwartz (Union of Concerned Scientists)
Tom Schuster (Sierra Club)
Gary Lytle (Sierra Club)
Clifton Bennett (US Veteran)
Please RSVP (so we know how many masks to get)
We insist that Brunner Island, the largest coal burning power plant upwind from Philadelphia, abide by the same smog regulations as other plants in PA - OR SHUT IT DOWN!
Info about Asthma
- Asthma is a “contributing factor” for over 7,000 U.S. deaths each year.
- Philadelphia has the fifth highest asthma rates in the U.S.
- 1 in 8 children (over
51,000) in Philadelphia has asthma.
In 2013, Brunner Island was by far the largest
single stationary source of smog-causing
pollution in all of Southeastern Pennsylvania. - The highest asthma hospitalization rates in Pennsylvania are in Philadelphia; at 54.1 inpatient admissions for every 10,000 residents, nearly three times more than the entire state.
- In Philadelphia, African Americans are four times more likely to die from asthma than whites.
- Brunner Island (1615 MW) is the closest large coal-fired power plant upwind of Philadelphia. It is located on the Susquehanna River on the border of York and Lancaster Counties.
- Brunner Island is the only remaining large conventional power plant in Pennsylvania that does not have Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) already installed. SCR has the ability to reduce smog-causing NOx pollution by up to 90%.
- The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has adopted a rule that limits smog causing pollution from
all power plants with SCR, but would require no emissions reductions at
all from Brunner Island, simply because it has lagged behind all of its competitors
and failed to install this important pollution control.
- This smog rule unfairly rewards the
Brunner Island plant for dragging its feet on cleaning up pollution, while
families downwind in southeastern PA continue to suffer the health impacts
of elevated smog levels.
More Info at sc.org/cutsmog - Time To Clean Up Smog In Pennsylvania
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