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Lancaster Listening Tour Stop

June 29, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

The People’s Clean Power Plan (PCPP) is a grassroots effort to develop a Clean Power Plan for Pennsylvania that represents the views of working families. PCPP is a plan based on climate justice.

According to our friends at the NAACP, “When folks think about climate change, what often comes to mind are melting ice caps and suffering polar bears. In the past, and to some extent still now, when people think of environmentalism, they often think of saving the whales or hugging trees! Historically, American society has failed to make the connection in terms of the direct impact of environmental injustices, including climate change, on our own lives, families, and communities, which depend on the physical environment and its bounty.

“Toxic facilities, like coal fired power plants and incinerators, are emitting mercury, arsenic, lead, and other contaminants into the water, food, and lungs of communities. Many of these same facilities are also emitting carbon dioxide and methane – the #1 and #2 drivers of climate change. At the same time not all are equally impacted. For example, race – even more than class – is the number one indicator for the placement of toxic facilities in this country. And communities of color and low income communities are often the hardest hit by climate change.”

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June 29, 2016
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7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
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