Jonathon Sawyer: Proud to support the Ohio Citizen Action campaign against the Lake Shore Coal Plant Pollution »

jonathonsawyer:

The Greenhouse Tavern

2039 E. 4th St.

Cleveland, OH 44118

January 15, 2012

Senator Sherrod Brown

713 Hart Senate Office Bldg.

Washington, DC 20510

Dear Senator Sherrod Brown,

My name is Jonathon Sawyer. I’m a chef and business owner in downtown Cleveland. Our restaurant The…

Here’s another reason not to build the Cleveland Incinerator: most of Cleveland’s trash can be recycled.

Here’s another reason not to build the Cleveland Incinerator: Gardens!

Another reason not to build the Cleveland Incinerator: Chickens!

Big Tax Break for Detroit Incinerator

Community gardens, schools and food plants surround proposed site for Cleveland incinerator

We do not want toxic pollutants in the air to endanger our health. Our health is worth more than dollars, it is life for us to have clean air.

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—	Tim Giddings

Gasification IS Incineration: In the United States, the definition of “municipal waste combustor” (trash incinerator) includes gasification and pyrolysis.

“Most of these Facilities have huge cost over-runs…when the trash plant closed [in Columbus] in 1994 it was $160 million in debt, and that was a debt that the citizens had to continue to pay.”

—Teresa Mills

A top priority should be distributing recycling bins to all Cleveland residents, not burning trash!

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—	Meri Ruble