Maine Indymedia : http://maineindymedia.org
News :: Urban Development
Lewiston Says No to Casella Dump Takeover
Author
- hillary
Date Created
- 01 Sep 2007
Date Edited
- 17 Sep 2007
Rating
Current rating: 1
See also
- http://www.twincitytimes.com/
- http://www.sunjournal.com/story/229273-3/LewistonAuburn/Vote_kills_Casella_trash_deal/
License
The Lewiston City Council, in front of a room of about 200 people, voted a unanimous NO on
sending the Casella plan to a November referendum.
This happened in response to the hard work put in by people from around Lewiston and beyond, who worked to educate their neighbors and to organize to protect their communities. Local Maine community groups such as Lewiston's Don't Dump on ME, Old Town's We the People, and Athens CAPIT worked to support each other, helped eachother out and were successful in stopping the threat from Casella's toxic waste in this round of the work.
Now it's important to keep an eye out on what the next Lewiston City Council does (don't forget, Jim Bennett got his contract renewed for another 5 years, he helped get Casella and GenPower into Westbrook and Old Orchard Beach when he was in office in those towns, and has talked with GenPower about its wanting to get a CDD incinerator in Lewiston.)
And there's plenty more to be done to keep our communities from being destroyed by all this toxic and largely out-of-state waste.
To name a few, there's:
- Plans to expand the State-owned Casella-operated Mount Baldacci (Juniper Ridge) landfill
in Old Town ;
- Plans for a massive new out-of-state CDD landfill in Marion Township in Washington County;
- Plans for Westbrook SAPPI paper mill to start incinerating up to 1.5 million pounds a day
of out-of-state CDD;
- Plans for out-of-state CDD processing plants in Westbrook and/or Lewiston; Continued
problems at the Old Town Red Shield incinerator, the Biddeford Casella/MERC incinerator,
and the Auburn MWAC incinerator;
- Casella/New England Organics importing and spreading out-of-state sludge across the land;
Leaks and toxins and out-of-state waste filling the Norridgewock Waste Management and
Hampden Casella landfills…
the list goes on and on.
But if we work together, we can change this.
People who cared about their communities
stopped the GenPower incinerator in Athens, they stopped the first stage of plans for the
Casella landfill in Lewiston, in the 80's and 90's people stopped plans for a toxic waste
dump in Washington county, a nuclear waste dump in Cornville, and sludge spreading in
Clinton.
We can push for getting local control of these problems and regaining home rule for local
communities.
We can work stop the flow of Public tax dollars to these out-of-state waste companies.
We can work to fight the major influence that waste industry lobbyists currently have on Public Policy Organizations and in Maine government.
We can work to come up with community-based healthy ways to deal with materials so they
don't get dumped and burned and poison our air and water.
And we can keep supporting each other in our work to keep our communities healthy and free of toxic waste.
sending the Casella plan to a November referendum.
This happened in response to the hard work put in by people from around Lewiston and beyond, who worked to educate their neighbors and to organize to protect their communities. Local Maine community groups such as Lewiston's Don't Dump on ME, Old Town's We the People, and Athens CAPIT worked to support each other, helped eachother out and were successful in stopping the threat from Casella's toxic waste in this round of the work.
Now it's important to keep an eye out on what the next Lewiston City Council does (don't forget, Jim Bennett got his contract renewed for another 5 years, he helped get Casella and GenPower into Westbrook and Old Orchard Beach when he was in office in those towns, and has talked with GenPower about its wanting to get a CDD incinerator in Lewiston.)
And there's plenty more to be done to keep our communities from being destroyed by all this toxic and largely out-of-state waste.
To name a few, there's:
- Plans to expand the State-owned Casella-operated Mount Baldacci (Juniper Ridge) landfill
in Old Town ;
- Plans for a massive new out-of-state CDD landfill in Marion Township in Washington County;
- Plans for Westbrook SAPPI paper mill to start incinerating up to 1.5 million pounds a day
of out-of-state CDD;
- Plans for out-of-state CDD processing plants in Westbrook and/or Lewiston; Continued
problems at the Old Town Red Shield incinerator, the Biddeford Casella/MERC incinerator,
and the Auburn MWAC incinerator;
- Casella/New England Organics importing and spreading out-of-state sludge across the land;
Leaks and toxins and out-of-state waste filling the Norridgewock Waste Management and
Hampden Casella landfills…
the list goes on and on.
But if we work together, we can change this.
People who cared about their communities
stopped the GenPower incinerator in Athens, they stopped the first stage of plans for the
Casella landfill in Lewiston, in the 80's and 90's people stopped plans for a toxic waste
dump in Washington county, a nuclear waste dump in Cornville, and sludge spreading in
Clinton.
We can push for getting local control of these problems and regaining home rule for local
communities.
We can work stop the flow of Public tax dollars to these out-of-state waste companies.
We can work to fight the major influence that waste industry lobbyists currently have on Public Policy Organizations and in Maine government.
We can work to come up with community-based healthy ways to deal with materials so they
don't get dumped and burned and poison our air and water.
And we can keep supporting each other in our work to keep our communities healthy and free of toxic waste.
More... (567 comments)
Comments
Re: Meeting Tuesday, September 11 on Lewiston Plans To Privatize Landfill, Import Out of State Waste
17 Sep 2007
Re: Re: Meeting Tuesday, September 11 on Lewiston Plans To Privatize Landfill, Import Out of State Waste
29 Sep 2007
[url=http://www.wowgold.hk]wow gold[/url]
[url=http://www.wowgold3000.com/world-of-warcraft-gold.html]world of warcraft gold[/url]
ai~~~
27 Nov 2007
mxcm
07 Dec 2007
cheap wow gold
World of Warcraft Gold
wow power leveling
EVE ISK
EQ2 Gold
EQ2 plat
everquest 2 gold
FFXI Gil
FFXI Gil
FFXI Gil
Guild Wars Gold
Lineage 2 Adena
Maple Story Mesos
cheap Mesos
Runescape Money
Runescape Gold
runescape items
SilkRoad Gold
wow gold
warcraft gold
cheap wow gold
wow gold
warcraft gold
LOTRO Gold
wow power leveling
cheap wow gold
wow gold
cheap wow gold
runescape gold
runescape money
runescape items
cheap runescape money
cheap runescape gold
wow power leveling
wow powerleveling
world of warcraft power leveling
ffxi gil
ffxi gil
Final Fantasy XI Gil
ro Zeny
wow gold
cheap wow gold
cheap wow gold
swg credits
留学论文写作
论文写作
留学论文
毕业论文写作
毕业论文
定制论文
美国奖学金
美国留学
论文
留学文书
留学文书写作
出国留学文书写作
留学写作
出国留学文书
留学申请文书写作
美国留学文书
英文作业
英语作业
英语论文写作
assignment
Meeting Tuesday, September 11 on Lewiston Plans To Privatize Landfill, Import Out of State Waste
27 Nov 2007
Re: Re: Re: Meeting Tuesday, September 11 on Lewiston Plans To Privatize Landfill, Import Out of State Waste
30 Nov 2007
[url=http://www.watchrolexshop.com/]rolex replica[/url]
[url=http://www.wowpowerleveling-wow.com/]World of Warcraft Gold[/url]
[url=http://www.watchrolexshop.com/]rolex[/url]
[url=http://www.soliwell.com]数码片夹[/url]
[url=http://www.soliwell.com]数码影像[/url]
[url=http://www.soliwell.com]数码彩扩[/url]
Re: Re: The Return of Ask Nessie
05 Dec 2007
wow gold 123
07 Dec 2007
cheap wow gold
World of Warcraft Gold
wow power leveling
EVE ISK
EQ2 Gold
EQ2 plat
everquest 2 gold
FFXI Gil
FFXI Gil
FFXI Gil
Guild Wars Gold
Lineage 2 Adena
Maple Story Mesos
cheap Mesos
Runescape Money
Runescape Gold
runescape items
SilkRoad Gold
wow gold
warcraft gold
cheap wow gold
wow gold
warcraft gold
LOTRO Gold
wow power leveling
cheap wow gold
wow gold
cheap wow gold
runescape gold
runescape money
runescape items
cheap runescape money
cheap runescape gold
wow power leveling
wow powerleveling
world of warcraft power leveling
ffxi gil
ffxi gil
Final Fantasy XI Gil
ro Zeny
wow gold
cheap wow gold
cheap wow gold
swg credits
留学论文写作
论文写作
留学论文
毕业论文写作
毕业论文
定制论文
美国奖学金
美国留学
论文
留学文书
留学文书写作
出国留学文书写作
留学写作
出国留学文书
留学申请文书写作
美国留学文书
英文作业
英语作业
英语论文写作
assignment
Re: www.rsloads.com
17 Dec 2007
Re: Re: Re: Meeting Tuesday, September 11 on Lewiston Plans To Privatize Landfill, Import Out of State Waste
20 Dec 2007
Re: Re: Re: Meeting Tuesday, September 11 on Lewiston Plans To Privatize Landfill, Import Out of State Waste
22 Dec 2007
<a href="http://www.vgoldseller.com/runescape-c-599.html">runescape gold</a>
<a href="http://www.runescape2store.com">runescape money</a>
<a href="http://www.runescape2store.com">runescape gold</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldsupply.com">wow power leveling</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldsupply.com">wow powerleveling</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldsupply.com">Warcraft Power Leveling</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldsupply.com">Warcraft PowerLeveling</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldseller.com/runescape-c-599.html">buy runescape gold</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldseller.com/runescape-c-599.html">buy runescape money</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldseller.com/runescape-c-599.html">runescape items</a>
<a href="http://www.runescapemoney-runescapegold.cn">runescape gold</a>
<a href="http://www.runescapemoney-runescapegold.cn">runescape money</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldseller.com/runescape-runescape-accounts-c-599_988.html">runescape accounts</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldseller.com/runescape-c-599.html">runescape gp</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldsupply.com/dofus-c-1054.html">dofus kamas</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldsupply.com/dofus-c-1054.html">buy dofus kamas</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldseller.com/guild-wars-c-389.html">Guild Wars Gold</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldseller.com/guild-wars-c-389.html">buy Guild Wars Gold</a>
<a href="http://www.buylotrogold.org">lotro gold</a>
<a href="http://www.buylotrogold.org">buy lotro gold</a>
<a href="http://www.buy-lotro-gold.cn">lotro gold</a>
<a href="http://www.buy-lotro-gold.cn">buy lotro gold</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldseller.com/lord-rings-onlineus-c-975.html">lotro gold</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldseller.com/lord-rings-onlineus-c-975.html">buy lotro gold</a>
<a href="http://www.800millions.com">runescape money</a>
<a href="http://www.trainrunescape.com">runescape power leveling</a>
<a href="http://www.runescape2vip.cn">runescape money</a>
<a href="http://www.runescape2vip.cn">runescape gold</a>
<a href="http://www.buydofuskamas.com">dofus kamas</a>
<a href="http://www.runescape4money.net">cheap runescape money</a>
<a href="http://www.runescape4money.net">cheap runescape gold</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldseller.com/hellgate-london-c-1102.html">Hellgate Palladium</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldseller.com/hellgate-london-c-1102.html">Hellgate London Palladium</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldseller.com/hellgate-london-c-1102.html">Hellgate money</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldseller.com/tabula-rasa-c-1107.html">Tabula Rasa gold</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldseller.com/tabula-rasa-c-1107.html">tabula rasa money</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldsupply.com/lord-rings-onlineus-c-1025.html">lotro gold</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldsupply.com/lord-rings-onlineus-c-1025.html">buy lotro gold</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldseller.com/tabula-rasa-c-1107.html">Tabula Rasa Credit</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldseller.com/tabula-rasa-c-1107.html">Tabula Rasa Credits</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldseller.com/hellgate-london-c-1102.html">Hellgate gold</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldseller.com/hellgate-london-c-1102.html">Hellgate London gold</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldseller.com/dofus-c-891.html">dofus kamas</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldseller.com/dofus-c-891.html">buy dofus kamas</a>
<a href="http://www.wow-power-leveling.net">wow power leveling</a>
<a href="http://www.wow-power-leveling.net">wow powerleveling</a>
<a href="http://www.wow-power-leveling.net">Warcraft PowerLeveling</a>
<a href="http://www.wow-power-leveling.net">Warcraft Power Leveling</a>
<a href="http://www.wow-power-leveling.net">World of Warcraft PowerLeveling</a>
<a href="http://www.wow-power-leveling.net">World of Warcraft Power Leveling</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldseller.com/power_runescape.php">runescape power leveling</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldseller.com/power_runescape.php">runescape powerleveling</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldseller.com/eve-online-c-892.html">eve isk</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldseller.com/eve-online-c-892.html">eve online isk</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldsupply.com/eve-online-c-1191.html">eve isk</a>
<a href="http://www.vgoldsupply.com/eve-online-c-1191.html">eve online isk</a>
<a href=http://www.chengduec.com>成都网站优化</a>
<a href=http://www.chengduec.com>成都网站推广</a>
<a href=http://www.souseo.com>北京网站推广</a>
<a href=http://www.souseo.com>北京网站优化</a>
<a href=http://www.xueguanliu99.com>血管瘤</a>
<a href=http://www.xueguanliu99.com>肝血管瘤</a>
<a href=http://www.nncbroadway.com>音乐剧</a>
<a href=http://www.enetlt.com>北京富码电视</a>
<a href=http://www.enetlt.com>富码电视</a>
<a href=http://www.enetlt.com>富码电视台</a>
<a href=http://www.innhot.com/7daysinn>7天酒店</a>
<a href=http://www.innhot.com/7daysinn>7天连锁酒店</a>
<a href=http://www.innhot.com/7daysinn>7天连锁</a>
<a href=http://www.filt.cn>自清洗过滤器</a>
<a href=http://www.filt.cn>过滤器</a>
<a href=http://www.bf-rae.cn>压力开关</a>
<a href=http://www.bf-rae.cn>压力传感器</a>
<a href=http://www.bf-rae.cn>流量开关</a>
<a href=http://www.bf-rae.cn>流量计</a>
<a href=http://www.bf-rae.cn>液位计</a>
<a href=http://www.bf-rae.cn>液位开关</a>
<a href=http://www.bf-rae.cn>温湿度记录仪</a>
<a href=http://www.bf-rae.cn>风速仪</a>
<a href=http://www.bf-rae.cn>可燃气体检测仪</a>
Re: Re: Re: Meeting Tuesday, September 11 on Lewiston Plans To Privatize Landfill, Import Out of State Waste
25 Dec 2007
Re: Re: Re: Meeting Tuesday, September 11 on Lewiston Plans To Privatize Landfill, Import Out of State Waste
23 Apr 2008
Re: Re: Re: Meeting Tuesday, September 11 on Lewiston Plans To Privatize Landfill, Import Out of State Waste
23 Apr 2008
Re: Re: Re: Meeting Tuesday, September 11 on Lewiston Plans To Privatize Landfill, Import Out of State Waste
23 Apr 2008
Re: Re: Re: Meeting Tuesday, September 11 on Lewiston Plans To Privatize Landfill, Import Out of State Waste
23 Apr 2008
Re: Re: Re: Meeting Tuesday, September 11 on Lewiston Plans To Privatize Landfill, Import Out of State Waste
23 Apr 2008
Re: Re: Re: Meeting Tuesday, September 11 on Lewiston Plans To Privatize Landfill, Import Out of State Waste
23 Apr 2008
Re: Re: Re: Meeting Tuesday, September 11 on Lewiston Plans To Privatize Landfill, Import Out of State Waste
23 Apr 2008
Re: Re: Re: Meeting Tuesday, September 11 on Lewiston Plans To Privatize Landfill, Import Out of State Waste
23 Apr 2008
Re: Re: Re: Meeting Tuesday, September 11 on Lewiston Plans To Privatize Landfill, Import Out of State Waste
23 Apr 2008
Re: Re: Re: Meeting Tuesday, September 11 on Lewiston Plans To Privatize Landfill, Import Out of State Waste
23 Apr 2008
Re: Re: Re: Meeting Tuesday, September 11 on Lewiston Plans To Privatize Landfill, Import Out of State Waste
23 Apr 2008