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Environmental and Climate Justice Region IV
The Path to Transformation for Our Communities
OVERVIEW
What We’re Up Against
What Are Our Assets
How Do We Eliminate Threats and Optimize Our Strengths
Re-envisioning Community
Our Current Course
Waste and Communities
Where does American’s waste really go?
Waste
Waste Being Dumped in Our Communities
Landfills in Region IV
Colorado: 15 Wyoming: 2 Montana: 5 Iowa: 19 Nebraska: 7 Missouri: 29 Kansas: 14 Minnesota: 12 North Dakota: 3 South Dakota: 2
Transportation of Waste to Landfills
Ex. The San Luis & Rio Grand Railroad had proposed to develop a radioactive, hazardous and toxic waste truck to rail transfer facility in Conjeos County, Colorado within 250 feet of the San Antonio River. Due to local efforts by residents and community organizations the proposal was defeated!
Incinerators
Incinerators
Only one incinerator in this region in Ames, Iowa! Arnold Chantland Recovery Plant – first municipality operated waste to
energy facility in the nation built in 1975 (trash comes from residents in Story County, alone)
Energy Production
Industry and our Children
http://content.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/smokestack/index
Industry and our Children
http://content.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/smokestack/index
Deepwater Horizon Incident
Kansas Oil Refinery— A History of Environmental Injustice
In Feb, 2013, Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing was found guilty of various environmental violations due to a 2007 flood and oil spill that discharged 2, 145 barrels of crude oil, fuel and oil water in to the Verdigris River. They were forced to pay :
•$556,244 for violations against the Clean Water Act •$ 1,746,256 for reimbursement of federal response costs associated with cleanup of the River
Refinery was submerged under four to six feet of water due to flood
Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking)
Effects of Fracking
Brainbridge, Ohio: home explosion and contaminated drinking water
Granger Township, Ohio: explosive levels of natural gas in community’s drinking water (federal level of explosivity is 1% and inside one of the
homes tested was an alarming 20%)
Fracking Accidents
Appomattox, Virginia Natural gas pipeline explosion
Regulations on Fracking?
Halliburton Loophole
Nuclear Reactors in the US
Nuclear Waste Facility in Missouri – Callaway Plant
The Callaway plant supplies about 20% of the electricity sold to 1.2 million customers in Missouri.
The plant’s original 40-year license expires in 2024 and last year they formally applied for a 20 year extension.
Failing Coal Plants in Region I
Colorado City Plant
Name
3-mile
Average
Income
State
Income
Percentage
3-mile
P.O.C.
Population
Grade
Commerce City
Cherokee $13,682 56.9% 64.4% F
Denver Arapahoe $21,990 91.4% 41.6% F
Colorado Springs
Martin Drake $20,905 86.9% 26.6% F
Pueblo Comanche $14,584 60.6% 57.7% F
Brush Pawnee $12,964 53.9% 25.9% D
Colorado Springs
Ray D. Nixon $15,845 65.9% 28.9% D
Colorado
City Plant
Name
3-mile
Average
Income
State
Income
Percentage
3-mile
P.O.C.
Population
Grade
Craig Tri-State
Generation & Transmission
$17,785 74.0% 13.6% C-
Boulder Xcel Energy $28,069 116.7% 18.8% C
Nucla Tri-State
Generation & Transmission
$17,099 71.1% 6.1% INC
Hayden Xcel Energy $19,160 79.7% 7.6% INC
Wellington State of Colorado
$25,048 104.2% 10.1% INC
Cherokee Plant Commerce City, CO
Iowa
City Plant
Name
3-mile
Average
Income
State
Income
Percentage
3-Mile
P.O.C.
Population
Grade
Marshalltown Sutherland $14,817 75.3% 24.9% D-
Muscatine Muscatine Plant #1
$17,305 88.0% 18.0% D+
Cedar Rapids Prairie Creek
$19,766 100.5% 13.7% D+
Cedar Rapids
Archer Daniels Midland Cedar Rapids
$19,747 100.4% 7.9% C-
Bettendorf Riverside $22,466 114.2% 17.3% C-
Iowa
City Plant
Name
3-mile
Average
Income
State
Income
Percentage
3-Mile
P.O.C.
Population
Grade
Clinton Milton L Kapp
$16,893 85.9% 6.3% C
Sergeant Bluff
George Neal
$19,286 98.0% 20.5% INC
Council Bluffs
Walter Scott
$22,048 112.1% 9.2% INC
Muscatine Louisa $18,188 92.4% 6.5% INC
Ottumwa Ottumwa $16,627 84.5% 2.5% INC
Iowa
City Plant
Name
3-mile
Average
Income
State
Income
Percentage
3-Mile
P.O.C.
Population
Grade
Burlington Burlington $20,688 105.2% 5.2% INC
Lansing Lansing $18,232 92.7% 1.4% INC
Sutherland Plant – Marshalltown, Iowa
Kansas
City Plant
Name
3-mile
Average
Income
State
Income
Percentage
3-Mile
P.O.C.
Population
Grade
Kansas City Quindaro $15,561 75.9% 69.9% F
Kansas City
Nearman Creek $19,661 95.9% 43.7% F
Lawrence Lawrence $22,383 109.2% 15.8% C-
St. Marys Jeffrey $15,966 77.9% 7.8% INC
La Cygne La Cygne $16,037 78.2% 4.5% INC
Topeka Tecumseh $20,217 98.6% 16.5% INC
Quindaro Plant Kansas City, Kansas
Minnesota
City Plant
Name
3-mile
Average
Income
State
Income
Percentage
3-Mile
P.O.C.
Population
Grade
Burnsville Black Dog $26,854 115.8% 15.6% D-
Fergus Falls
Hoot Lake $19,036 82.1% 3.4% C
Bayport Allen S.
King $24,281 104.7% 6.2% C+
Cohasset Clay
Boswell $18,507 79.8% 3.1% INC
Becker Sherburne
County $22,611 97.5% 2.2% INC
Minnesota
City Plant
Name
3-mile
Average
Income
State
Income
Percentage
3-Mile
P.O.C.
Population
Grade
Silver Bay Silver Bay $17,396 75.0% 3.1% INC
Aurora Syl Laskin $19,015 82.0% 1.0% INC
Schroeder Taconite Harbor
$22,671 97.7% 2.6% INC
Blackdog Plant Burnesville, Minnesota
Missouri
City Plant
Name
3-mile
Average
Income
State
Income
Percentage
3-Mile
P.O.C.
Population
Grade
Kansas City
Hawthorn $14,647 73.5% 32.3% F
Sikeston Sikeston $15,111 75.8% 27.1% D-
St. Louis Meramec $23,368 117.2% 2.7% D
Marston New
Madrid $14,039 70.4% 29.8% D+
Springfield James River
$28,976 145.3% 5.2% INC
Brookline Station
Southwest $20,219 101.4% 5.9% INC
Missouri City Plant
Name
3-mile
Average
Income
State
Income
Percentage
3-Mile
P.O.C.
Population
Grade
Independence Blue
Valley $20,736 104.0% 9.0% INC
Sibley Sibley $17,680 88.7% 4.5% INC
Clinton Montrose $15,515 77.8% 2.3% INC
West Alton Sioux $27,267 136.8% 4.7% INC
Festus Rush Island
$18,392 92.3% 1.6% INC
Asbury Asbury $18,200 91.3% 5.4% INC
Missouri
City Plant
Name
3-mile
Average
Income
State
Income
Percentage
3-Mile
P.O.C.
Population
Grade
Clifton Hill Thomas
Hill $18,006 90.3% 3.3% INC
Labadie Labadie $28,900 145.0% 2.7% INC
Weston Latan $21,955 110.1% 2.9% INC
Hawthorn Plant Kansas City, Missouri
Montana
City Plant
Name
3-mile
Average
Income
State
Income
Percentage
3-Mile
P.O.C.
Population
Grade
Billings J E
Corette Plant
$15,325 89.4% 16.5% D-
Colstrip Colstrip $20,185 117.7% 18.7% INC
J.E. Corette Plant Billings, Montana
Nebraska City Plant
Name
3-mile
Average
Income
State
Income
Percentage
3-Mile
P.O.C.
Population
Grade
Omaha North
Omaha $13,858 70.7% 56.7% F
Fremont Lon Wright $17,828 90.9% 6.7% C+
Nebraska City
Nebraska City
$16,933 86.3% 5.9% INC
Sutherland Gerald
Gentleman $18,474 94.2% 5.4% INC
Grand Island
Platte $26,925 137.3% 5.5% INC
Hallan Sheldon $20,785 106.0% 3.3% INC
North Omaha Plant Omaha, Nebraska
North Dakota
City Plant
Name
3-mile
Average
Income
State
Income
Percentage
3-Mile
P.O.C.
Population
Grade
Mandan R.M.
Heskett $18,909 106.4% 4.3% INC
Beulah Coyote $17,350 97.6% 4.6% INC
Beulah Antelope
Valley $17,421 98.0% 4.3% INC
Underwood Coal
Creek $18,110 101.9% 1.9% INC
Center Milton Young
$17,886 100.7% 4.0% INC
North Dakota
City Plant
Name
3-mile
Average
Income
State
Income
Percentage
3-Mile
P.O.C.
Population
Grade
Stanton Leland Olds
$17,458 98.2% 3.1% INC
Stanton Stanton $17,402 97.9% 3.1% INC
R. M. Heskett Plant Mandan, North Dakota
South Dakota
City Plant
Name
3-mile
Average
Income
State
Income
Percentage
3-Mile
P.O.C.
Population
Grade
Big Stone Big
Stone $16,956 96.5% 2.2% INC
Big Stone Plant Big Stone, South Dakota
Wyoming
City Plant
Name
3-mile
Average
Income
State
Income
Percentage
3-Mile
P.O.C.
Population
Grade
Gillette Wyodak $17,751 92.8% 7.9% INC
Glenrock Dave
Johnston $17,296 90.4% 7.8% INC
Wheatland Laramie
River $16,920 88.4% 7.4% INC
Gillette Neil
Simpson $17,751 92.8% 7.9% INC
Point of Rocks Jim
Bridger $17,961 93.9% 13.9% INC
Wyodak Plant Gillete, Wyoming
Effects of Polluting Waste and Energy Facilities
Effects of Pollution
Climate Change
Climate Change
Impacts---Extreme Weather
Hurricanes Drought Floods
Earthquakes Tropical Cyclones
Landslides WildFires
Heat or Cold Waves and much more….
Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Katrina
Surge in Damaging Tornadoes
Obliteration of Communities and Erosion of Cultures
Who is Recovering/Returning?
Port Gibson—Grand Gulf
Relief, Recovery, Redevelopment
Employment Security
Second Wave
Criminalization
Who is able to respond?
Who’s Making the Decisions?
Who Is Delivering Assistance?
Shifts in Agricultural Yields
Shifts in Agricultural Yields
Food Insecurity in the US
Corner Store Supermarket
Feast and Famine in Urban America
Corner Store Supermarket
Sea Level Rise
Sea Level Rise
Countries Disappearing of the Map?
Profits Over People
Anti-Regulatory Investments
Company
Total Spent on Lobbying in
2010
Southern Company
$13,220,000
Edison International
$13,080,000
American Electric Power $10,313,196
Duke Energy
$4,800,000
Dominion
$2,050,000
First Energy
$1,865,000
Xcel Energy
$1,720,000
DTE Energy
$1,500,000
Fighting Renewable Energy
Southern Company successfully opposed a plan to create a national electricity market in 2004 and has dedicated significant money and effort to fighting the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), which would require utilities to purchase 15% of their power from renewable sources by 2020.
CNN NEWSROOM-Hurricane Issac
MALVEAUX: And Senator, finally, why is it that Plaquemines Parish did not get that support for a levee? LANDRIEU: Because the Corps of Engineers has a formula that they use to determine where they are going to build or reinforce the levees, based on economic impact ….you get less points if there is less of an economic impact……
CEO Compensation for 2010 at Companies Owning the Top EJ Offenders
Company CEO Name CEO Compensation
Edison International Theodore F. Craver Jr. $9,536,038
Dominion Thomas F. Farrell II $16,924,385
DTE Energy Gerald M. Anderson $5,601,383
Duke Energy James E. Rogers $8,815,181
Xcel Energy Richard C. Kelly $9,956,433
Southern Company Thomas A. Fanning $6,019,151
First Energy Anthony J. Alexander $11,627,657
[i] AFL-CIO CEO Pay Database, Accessed November 2011 http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/paywatch/ceou/industry_2011.cfm
Deepening Disparity
The average CEO compensation for these companies in 2010 was $9,782,889 while the average worker in these companies made $33,840.
On average the CEOs at these companies were compensated at 289 times the rate of compensation for the average worker.
African Americans and Energy
$40 Billion
1.1%
.01%
Our Overall Economic Plight
While the national rate of unemployment during February 2012, was 8.3% that rate is nearly double of African Americans at 14.1%.
A report by the Pew Research Center revealed that the wealth divide between whites and people of color hit a record high in 2009, with the median wealth of white households 20 times higher than black households
Another Way?
Achieving 75% waste diversion in 2030 would:
• Create 1.5 million new jobs
• Lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 515 million tons
(~72 coal plants or 50 million cars)
• Significantly reduce pollution impacting human & ecological health
Diverting Waste
$600 million
for 1,500 ton-per-day
incinerator
$8 million for 1,500 ton-
per-day recycling center
Slide courtesy Brenda Platt, ILSR
Recycling
Recology, San Francisco’s primary recycling, composting and waste company, employs more than 1,000 workers who are represented by the Teamsters.
Over 118 new employees have been hired in recent years to sort recyclables and monitor the collection routes in order to meet San Francisco’s aggressive recycling goals.
Diversion from Landfills=JOBS
In Seattle 2009, nearly 100,000 tons of organic waste was diverted from landfills by the city of Seattle’s program. The city of Seattle’s waste diversion efforts not only benefit the environment, but also sustain family-supporting jobs for the more than 1,000 solid waste and recycling drivers and transfer station employees in Seattle and King County who are represented by the Teamsters Union.
California 115,000 jobs in recycling
Illinois 40,000 jobs in recycling
New York 32,200 jobs in recycling
Minnesota 18,000 jobs in reuse
North Carolina 15,000 jobs in recycling
Massachusetts 13,900 jobs in recycling
San Francisco 1,000 union jobs
Promoting Local Ownership
Local ownership programs can create two to three times as many jobs per megawatt produced. And these local jobs keep over three times as much money and wealth in a community compared to big companies.
Promoting Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy
Why Progressive Energy Policies?
ENERGY EFFICIENCY: The less energy we use, the less we are polluting, the less our communities are exposed to pollution, and the less we are advancing climate change, which also disproportionately harms our communities.
CLEAN ENERGY: The more clean energy we use, the less harmful energy we are using saving our community health, property values, and the sustainability of our environment.
Energy Efficiency
Cooperative/Low Fuel Transportation
Wind Energy
Solar Powered Homes/Businesses/Communities
Churches Can Become Energy Efficient too!
Defining Progressive Energy Policies
Renewable Portfolio Standards —States commit to a minimum amount of their energy mix that will come from renewable sources
Should be mandatory
Should be at least 25% by 2025
Energy Efficiency Standards —States commit to reducing their energy consumption
Should be mandatory
Should be at least 1% annual reduction of previous year retail electricity sales.
Net Metering– Utility customers who generate their energy through renewable sources are able to sell excess energy generated back to the grid for the same purchasing price utility companies charge for electricity.
Progressive Energy Policies in Region IV
STATE ENERGY
EFFICIENCY
STANDARD
RENEWABLE
ENERGY
STANDARD
NET
METERING
District of
Columbia
NO YES YES
Maryland
YES YES YES
STATE ENERGY
EFFICIENCY
STANDARD
RENEWABLE
ENERGY
STANDARD
NET
METERING
Colorado YES YES YES
Iowa YES YES YES
Kansas NO YES YES
Minnesota YES YES YES
Missouri NO NO NO
Progressive Energy Policies in Region I cont’d
STATE ENERGY
EFFICIENCY
STANDARD
RENEWABLE
ENERGY
STANDARD
NET
METERING
District of
Columbia
NO YES YES
STATE ENERGY
EFFICIENCY
STANDARD
RENEWABLE
ENERGY
STANDARD
NET
METERING
Montana NO YES YES
Nebraska NO NO YES
North Dakota NO YES YES
South Dakota NO YES NO
Wyoming NO NO YES
Taking Action!!
Educating Ourselves
HBCU Leadership in Research
Black Leadership in Just Energy Entrepreneurship
Taking it To the Street to Demand Corporate Social Responsibility
Curtailing Financing
Local, Cooperative Communities
Local Cooperative Communities
Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain
the heartless. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Legal Action--MATS Intervention
Engaging with the EPA
Advancing Just Policy
Civic Engagement
Together We CAN!
!! JOIN US !!
Start an Environmental and Climate Justice Committee
Conduct a Community Assessment and Develop an Action Plan
Start a Coal Blooded Campaign
Start a Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Campaign
Start an Energy Efficiency Standard Campaign
Start a Net Metering Campaign
Initiate a Clean Energy or Energy Efficiency Demonstration Project
Develop a Disaster Plan
Start an Eco-District in Your Municipality
Launch a Youth and College 10,000 Steps Campaign
Our Resources
2010 Climate Justice Toolkit
Coal Blooded: Putting Profits Before People—National Report
Coal Blooded Action Toolkit
10,000 Steps Youth and College Toolkit
Coming Soon
Just Energy Policies State By State Compendium
ECJ Comprehensive Toolkit
Black Church ECJ Toolkit
Beasts of the Southern Wild Discussion Guide
What Will Your Branch Do?
Thank You
Jacqui Patterson
Director, Environmental and Climate Justice Program
443-465-9809
