In the same year the incinerator came to town, the community formed Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living, an organization advocating for clean air, community health and environmental justice. “We are resilient people,” Zulene Mayfield, Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living’s leader, told EHN. He’s pushed back against the LNG proposal — a position that some say helped him defeat Mayor Thaddeus Kirkland, who has welcomed the tax revenue and job opportunities LNG would bring, in a May primary. Penn America promises tax revenue and jobs, with nearly 10% of its positions slated for Chester residents. Instead, she sees the placement of an LNG terminal in the midst of a predominantly Black community as “just another shackle that they’re putting on us.”

Source: The Guardian November 02, 2023 21:34 UTC