Our communities are being needlessly sacrificed for wood pellets shipped to countries in Europe, particularly the U.K., and now Asia.
The clearing of the fires and the toxic manufacturing process would not be allowed in the U.K. and members of the British Parliament can't understand why our government is allowing this in our country.for exceeding its permitted air pollution limits. This spring, the department issued another notice of violation for exceeding air pollution limits—this time for emitting more thanmore are in the planning stages. Taxpayers are helping pay to build many of these factories.
Rural southerners are losing our beautiful forests, which have provided everything from clean air and recreation to protection from climate impacts like flooding and extreme heat. If environmental justice means anything, surely it means protecting under-resourced Black communities from the pollution and disruption of the wood pellet industry.
Please look, President Biden, at our Southern vision of environmental justice. We see our kids and grandkids breathing clean air that doesn't make them sick. We see healthy forests, clean water, and thriving local economies built on sustainable foundations. The wood pellet industry simply doesn't fit into that picture.
Katherine T."Kathy" Egland is the chair of the NAACP Board's Environmental and Climate Justice Committee, and the co-founder of the nonprofit Education, Economics, Environmental, Climate and Health Organization in Gulfport, Miss.These GOP senators voted against the bipartisan bill to keep the government open for 45 days while Congress negotiates a long-term spending bill.
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