Sierra Club Points Out Dangers of Vancouver's Garbage Burning Plans
From You Tube: Some of the reasons to oppose garbage incineration Press Release: Nanaimo Sierra Club FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, July 29, 2013 No time to waste for formal opposition to Metro Vancouver’s incinerator NANAIMO, B.C. – Nanaimo City Council failed to directly oppose the siting of Metro Vancouver’s planned waste-to-energy (WTE) incinerator within Nanaimo city limits at the special open council meeting of July 22 after hearing appeals from Sierra Club Nanaimo and others to take strong measures to protect our local environment and Nanaimo residents from the toxic devastation such a facility would disperse. “We were dismayed that no direct action was taken despite the fact that seven councillors from Nanaimo sit on the Regional District of Nanaimo board, who had previously passed two resolutions expressing a negative stance toward waste-to-energy incineration within the region,” says Carla Stein, core member of Sierra Club Nanaimo. Instead, city council directed staff to...