The EPA is planning to truck PCB-containing toxic waste into a low income neighborhood in Kalamazoo Michigan, within a month.
Local leaders and residents have formed the Kalamazoo Environmental Justice Coalition to organize resistance to this threat to our environmental and human health.
Did I mention this former paper mill site is near (and upstream from) our municipal well field?
In order to maintain our non-partisan, broad appeal to the greatest number of constituents, some have counseled against highlighting the partisan-oriented aspects of the issue.
However, most of what Mr. Kennedy says is extremely relevant to our local situation.
This Superfund site is the legacy of the "Paper City" as Kalamazoo was once known.