Environmental Justice for Bayview Hunters Point, San Francisco

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We demand clean air & environmental justice, not more asthma & pollution from polluting power plants!

The health of our community is at risk:

• Built in 1929, PG&E's Hunters Point Power Plant is one of the oldest and dirtiest in the state, and is the single largest stationary source of air pollution in San Francisco.
• PG&E's Hunters Point Power Plant and Mirant's Potrero Power Plant emit pollutants including nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, particulate matter and volatile organic compounds that can cause respiratory problems, cancer, dizziness, fatigue and other illnesses.
• Power plant pollutants contribute to smog, acid rain and negative impacts on water quality.
• Residents in neighborhoods near the power plants suffer high rates of asthma. The low-income people of color neighborhoods closest to the power plants are hardest hit by the pollution. San Francisco residents also suffer high rates for breast cancer, and the Southeast section of the City is a hotspot. Women under 50 in Bayview Hunters Point have twice the rate of breast cancer as women in the rest of the City.
• The PG&E plant is outdated and unnecessary. The PG&E plant generates 215 megawatt of power, and San Francisco's energy needs can be met by clean, renewable energy, conservation and energy efficiency. The proposed expansion of Mirant's Potrero plant would add more pollution to our air. Even Governor Davis admits that energy conservation is making an enormous impact on energy use and demand - and we can do even better conserving energy.
• Despite an alleged "agreement" between the City and PG&E to shut the plant down, PG&E now says this polluting plant may stay open for at least five more years.