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Tag: PCB
GE challenges EPA’s proposed cleanup plan for Housatonic River, insisting on Berkshire PCB landfills
Front and center in the arguments was GE’s insistence on site disposal at Woods Pond on the Lee-Lenox border, Rising Pond in Great Barrington, and near Forest Street in Lee.
EPA issues final Housatonic River cleanup plan; GE has 30 days to appeal
An emailed statement by a GE spokesperson indicates the company will take the matter to court, and continue to argue over how much of the 125-mile stretch of river to clean, and how.
Decision favors EPA in Housatonic River cleanup; more legal battles with GE likely
If this decision holds strong against what will likely be a protracted legal fight from GE, the $613 million cleanup will go forward eventually, and the PCB-contaminated waste will be shipped out of state.
EDGECAST: News in Review with Heather Bellow — a podcast
Interviewed by Jim Frangione, Berkshire Edge Managing Editor Heather Bellow discusses the issues she’s been covering: proposed PCB dump in Housatonic; the new Jane Iredale/Louisa Ellis store in Great Barrington; the redevelopment of the top of Railroad Street; access to broadband Internet in the rural Berkshires; and the Democratic primary election.
Local zoning bylaws may trump General Electric’s Housatonic PCB dump
The GE-owned parcel at Rising Pond here — earmarked by the company for a PCB (polychlorinated biphenyl) dump –is zoned for residential use only, according to Great Barrington Town Planner Christopher Rembold, who said the town’s zoning regulations “do not allow an industrial-type use.”
PCB dump in Housatonic depressing real estate sales, brokers say
Housatonic homeowners are now worried about their property values — not to mention potential health risks from a nearby dump — and prospective homebuyers are now saying they won’t buy in Housatonic.
March against PCB dumps should not have to pay town fees
In her letter to the editor, Pooja Prema writes: “To ask the people of Great Barrington to pay for protesting an ongoing ecological atrocity that was committed by corporate greed – to put the bill on citizens instead of taking up the responsibility as a town government – is both ridiculous and shameful.”
Bits & Bytes: PCB dump site tour; Mum Bett lecture; juried photo show; Vetiver at Club Helsinki Hudson; Showing Up for Racial Justice; Great Barrington Farmers’ Market; Paul Green at Spencertown Academy
Rose will discuss the life of the Berkshires’ Mum Bett — who later changed her name to Elizabeth Freeman — the first black enslaved person to gain her freedom in a court of law based on the principle of general equality.