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Greenaction and Tri-City Coalition Win Big Victory Against Alameda Incinerator in Disguise The Tri-City Coalition for Alternatives to Incineration is thrilled to announce that the Alameda Public Utilities Board voted unanimously tonight to reject a possible garbage “gasification” plant to meet Alameda’s future energy needs. The Tri-City Coalition was formed last year in response to a study being done by high paid industry consultants hired by Alameda Power and Telecom who were encouraging the City of Alameda to pursue a garbage gasification plant in San Leandro, Oakland or Alameda. The consultants claimed that treating garbage through gasification was renewable energy, making a mockery of renewable energy, and even on numerous occasions made the false claim that there would be no emissions. Coalition members include community members and community groups from the three cities, and Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, the Ecology Center and others. Our coalition documented the fact that gasification is an incineration-like technology that would emit dioxin and other toxic pollutants into the air. Gasification technologies heat the waste, then burn the waste gases – essentially an incinerator in disguise. The coalition is encouraged that Alameda Power and Telecom has recently increased its reliance on renewable wind power instead of pursuing gasification, and that the Public Utilities Board decided to follow a precautionary approach in rejecting an unproven technology that could harm public health and the environment. This is a real victory for health and environmental justice, the precautionary
principle, renewable energy and recycling. |