A Community Information Session on Chapel Hill’s Coal Ash, 6:00 – 8:00 pm, June 22
Concerned community members in partnership with ACT Against Coal Ash, Chapel Hill Organization for Clean Energy (CHOCE), Friends of Bolin Creek, the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL) and Climate Action NC have called a public information meeting to address the coal ash hazards in Chapel Hill. The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, June 22, 2022, from 6pm to 8pm at the Seymour Center at 2551 Homestead Road in Chapel Hill and on Zoom.
Meeting organizers called this hybrid in-person/virtual meeting to ensure that all residents are aware of the existence of coal ash in our community, to understand the hazards associated with its presence, and to be aware of the Town Of Chapel Hill’s current concept plan to address the coal ash site and its implications for the health and safety of the community.
This public information session will be led by informed residents, scientists, and legal experts. Presenters will describe the dangers coal ash poses and the ways in which the Town’s current plan insufficiently addresses the potentially dire consequences for residents. Specifically, the Town’s plan calls for the construction of housing on the existing coal ash site without its partial or complete removal. Read the event organizer’s press release here.
CHALT sees the Town’s plan to put housing on coal ash as an environmental justice issue in the making. Read more about why we believe the Town’s plan is a serious environmental justice issue and a threat to public health and safety.
Read more about what happens next and sign up below to attend this information session in person or virtually.
CHALT sees the Town’s plan to put housing on coal ash as an environmental justice issue in the making. Read more about why we believe the Town’s plan is a serious environmental justice issue and a threat to public health and safety.
Read more about what happens next and sign up below to attend this information session in person or virtually.