{"id":15685,"date":"2016-02-12T15:17:35","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T20:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/lawsuit-possible-next-step-in-baltimore-communitys-battle-against-proposed-garbage-incinerator\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T17:57:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T17:57:59","slug":"lawsuit-possible-next-step-in-baltimore-communitys-battle-against-proposed-garbage-incinerator","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/es\/article\/composting-for-community\/lawsuit-possible-next-step-in-baltimore-communitys-battle-against-proposed-garbage-incinerator","title":{"rendered":"Lawsuit Possible Next Step in Baltimore Community&#8217;s Battle Against Proposed Garbage Incinerator"},"template":"","class_list":["post-15685","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-article","initiatives-composting-for-community","topics-incineration","topics-zero-waste","authors-neil-seldman"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":7010,"background_color":"","article_type":[134],"initiative":15,"display_event_fields":false,"start_date":null,"end_date":null,"start_time":null,"end_time":null,"time_zone":"America\/New_York","virtual_event":false,"location":"","topics":[87,121],"impact_areas":false,"abstract":"<p>Residents and environmentalists said Wednesday they plan to sue a power plant company that is developing a facility in the Fairfield area of Baltimore.\u00a0 The group said in a news release Energy Answers is violating the Clean Air Act by proposing to move forward with the plant using a permit they said is expired. In a &hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/lawsuit-possible-next-step-in-baltimore-communitys-battle-against-proposed-garbage-incinerator\/\" aria-label=\"Lawsuit Possible Next Step in Baltimore Community&#8217;s Battle Against Proposed Garbage Incinerator\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","authors_tax":[605]},"sidebar":{"title":"\u00cdndice"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<div class=\"ttr_start\"><\/div><p>Residents and environmentalists said Wednesday they plan to sue a power plant company that is developing a facility in the Fairfield area of Baltimore.\u00a0 The group said in a news release Energy Answers is violating the Clean Air Act by proposing to move forward with the plant using a permit they said is expired.<\/p>\n<p>In a notice of intent to sue, the <a href=\"https:\/\/environmentalintegrity.org\/\">Environmental Integrity Project<\/a>, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, writes on behalf of the Baltimore-based United Workers Association Inc. seeking \u201cdeclaratory relief, injunctive relief, appropriate monetary penalties, fees and costs of litigation, and such other relief as the Court deems appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Fairfield Renewable Energy Project, a proposed waste-to-energy facility, is planned for the Fairfield Peninsula, near Brooklyn Park. Community groups have fought the project for years on environmental grounds, calling it an incinerator that would lower air quality in an already polluted area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalgazette.com\/\">Lee la historia completa aqu\u00ed.<\/a> from the Capital Gazette, February 10, 2016<\/p>\n<div class=\"ttr_end\"><\/div><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-16 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Compartir en Facebook\" 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