Earlier this week, some members of FOL participated in a virtual Environmental Justice Roundtable hosted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
It was an engaged session and we shared our experience in working with the PA Environmental Justice processes over the past 6 years.
Though we admire the aspirations and goals of any Environmental Justice initiative we think there is so much more that can be done immediately in this area using a combination of regulations, technology, data and common sense.
The Landfill expansion is a perfect use case for how things need to change on the EJ front - how much burden should any one community bear? That is, at its essence, what environmental justice is about.
We hope that the State, and the decision makers involved with EJ, start to allow EJ concerns to be not only heard but acted upon.
If any of our Friends have any questions on EJ, let us know. We're still at it...
