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Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living (“CIRCLE”) has sent out this urgent call to action asking everyone to call our PA House legislators and legislative leaders vote for the environmental justice bill, HB 109. The bill may be coming up for a vote by June 30 and it may not have enough Democratic votes to pass.

Aside from adjusting your thermostat to conserve electricity, the only control Pennsylvania consumers have over their electric bill is their electric supply –– the product that actually powers their home. What most people don’t realize is they have options to shop for different suppliers, just like they shop for other products and services. And the savings can be significant.

Last week, CEO of Penn America, Franc James, boasted to the press that he met with White House officials about his project to build a colossal LNG export terminal in Delaware County, PA. There is absolutely no place to locate such a massive project that won’t pose unacceptable risks to the people and the environment here. That’s why the federal government advises these get placed in remote locations, far from vulnerable areas,” local organizations contend.

The PECO Reliability Station on Sproul Rd. in Broomall is well under construction as an appeal pends in PA Supreme Court. The station consists of two buildings at the intersection of Sproul Road and Cedar Grove Road that would receive natural gas from a new 11.5-mile gas pipeline, step down the pressure and convey it directly to end-users in the immediate area.

A meeting to inform residents about plans by Penn Terminals to expand the use of pesticides at its Eddystone facility brought out only a handful of people and no one from Eddystone.  Protesters complained that the meeting was not publicized, was not held in Eddystone and should have been a formal public hearing.

At a roundtable of elected officials and planning experts on SEPTA’s $213 million deficit, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission estimated that proposed cuts to regional rail and bus routes will put 275,000 more cars on the area’s already overcrowded roadways. That will add to air pollution and could cost thousands of people their jobs because they will be unable to get to work.

The CEO of a company seeking to build a liquefied natural gas terminal near Philadelphia told Reuters on Wednesday he met officials at the White House this week to “provide intelligence” about the project in the works for years despite local opposition. He says Eddystone, Trainer and Marcus Hooks are possible sites.