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Chester is Rising Chester is Rising is an interdisciplinary investigation of environmental injustice in the city of Chester, PA.

The podcast follows Zulene Mayfield in her 30-year fight to protect her community's right to breathe.

04/07/2021

SERIES FINALE
Episode 5 - "Rise"
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Curious about what's coming out of that stack? I've charted many of Covanta's yearly emissions here. Notice how they are...
03/07/2021

Curious about what's coming out of that stack? I've charted many of Covanta's yearly emissions here.

Notice how they are, on the whole, emitting more than previous decades.

Arsenic Arsenic Year,Emission Amt(In Tons) 2018,0.0024 2017,0.0029 2016,0.001 2015,0.0008 2014,0.0012 2013,0.0023 2012,0.0006 2011,0.0006 2010,0.0006 2009,0.0007 2008,0.0012 2007,0.0011 2006,0.0011 2005,0.001 2004,0.001 2003,0.0011 2002,0.001 Similar rates to 2000's with exception of two major s...

03/07/2021

Check out full episode in bio!

Yes, this happened...
02/07/2021

Yes, this happened...

The shift is the result of a tumultuous change in fortunes for the disposal industry since May, when China began refusing to accept all but the most pure loads of waste from America.

Take a look at this passage from the book Don't Burn It Here: Grassroots Challenges to Trash Incinerators.Residents of C...
01/07/2021

Take a look at this passage from the book Don't Burn It Here: Grassroots Challenges to Trash Incinerators.

Residents of Chester staunchly opposed the county's plan to build their trash incinerator in the city. It was only when the former convicted Mayor Nacrelli joined the negotiations that the deal was sealed...

I want to thank filmmaker Robert Bahar for permitting the use of the 1997 doc "Laid to Waste" in episode 2 part 2! Check...
01/07/2021

I want to thank filmmaker Robert Bahar for permitting the use of the 1997 doc "Laid to Waste" in episode 2 part 2! Check out the full film here:

This is "Laid to Waste: A Chester Neighborhood Fights for it's Future" by George McCollough on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people…

01/07/2021

In Episode 2 Part 2, we discuss some of the Supreme Court cases involving CRCQL and environmental injustice. After CRCQL's case was rendered moot, an extremely different instant case set precedent on the issue in 2004. Learn more about the differences here:

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