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Tenacity with compassion. Let's go. Appalachia Director | Beyond Plastics Opinions are my own.

East Palestine, OH
Joined February 2023
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Passed away in the LA incident this morning. Please consider donating. 💚 Fundraiser by Kayla Baden : Help Frank's Loved Ones Through Hard Times gofundme.com/f/help-franks-l…
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Pennsylvanians may have a gross new neighbor if the U.S. Department of @ENERGY doesn't withdrawal its proposal for a plastic-polluting project in Erie. In today's @TribLIVE, our Appalachia director @JessicaConardEP urges @SecGranholm to revoke this loan. triblive.com/opinion/letter-…
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Please stop protecting corporate interests. #shutitdown People are sick and dying. Where is the E in EPA!? ⁦@EPAMichaelRegan⁩ ⁦@POTUS⁩ Possible explosion reported at Westlake facility in Geismar | News | theadvocate.com theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/…
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Congrats to Mayor Tito Brown! ⁦⁩ ⁦⁦@CityofYOU⁩ #sobeNOway #chemicalrecyclingispollution Youngstown mayor receives 'Energy Justice Champion' award for fi - WFMJ.com wfmj.com/story/52016793/youn…
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Jessica Conard retweeted
This DOE report sounds like bad news for LNG exports. The industry will try and spin this as "no big deal," but early reporting suggests that the DOE found that exports: 1. Drive up costs 2. Hurt communities 3. Pollute the Climate Here's why that matters 🧵
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"To the Purdue team’s alarm, they discovered that not all the chemicals released in the disaster were being tested for in official air and water samples." xlink.rsc.org/?doi=10.1039/d… in @ChemistryWorld @UBAgaLab @NresPurdue #EastPalestine #vinylchloride
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Replying to @SecGranholm
@secgranholm must reject the provisional loan guarantee to IRG in Erie, PA that would add more toxic plastic pollution to an EJ community TODAY. bit.ly/doe-burning Please don't leave office without standing up to protect the health of Erie's residents and environment.
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"I can't believe anyone would give this company permission to operate. Someone had to have signed off without verifying if this place was capable of being operational.' @JessicaConardEP @PeopleOverPetro maps.app.goo.gl/qVMKCVB3hxaF…
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Activists, frontline organisers and civil society came together to protest against the banks and companies gathering in Hotel Adlon to make plans that further exacerbate the climate crisis and impact communities and biodiversity worldwide, with a demonstration on Tuesday evening.
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Jessica Conard retweeted
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency granted “trade secret protection” to SOBE Thermal for its proposed method of converting rubber tire chips into synthetic gas at its Youngstown facility, a process that raises objections from city officials and residents vindy.com/news/local-news/20…
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"Ohio Environmental Protection Agency @OhioEPA granted 'trade secret protection' to SOBE Thermal for its proposed" #pyrolysis to heat rubber tire chips into synthetic gas at its #Youngstown facility - BUT folks need to see risks to health & safety of community. via @dskolnick
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency granted “trade secret protection” to SOBE Thermal for its proposed method of converting rubber tire chips into synthetic gas at its Youngstown facility, a process that raises objections from city officials and residents vindy.com/news/local-news/20…
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Texas AG Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Wednesday against chemical giants 3M and DuPont, accusing them of decades-long misrepresentations and omissions regarding the safety of PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” sold for use in countless consumer products. texastribune.org/2024/12/11/…
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