“We need assurances, not just your word of mouth,” Randolph Avenue resident Joyce Willis said on Monday night, capturing the overarching sentiment in the City Council chambers as 33 people spoke during a public hearing on the city’s proposed settlement with PPG Industries to clean up a chromium-contaminated site on Garfield Avenue.
Share/Save “What do we want?” cried Joyce Willis on the bullhorn. “Cleanup!” was the response from the crowd of fifty or so residents and activists gathered at 900 Garfield Ave., the site of toxic chromium deposits and the flashpoint of a political battle that has pitched the community against property owner PPG Industries and the [...]
Share/Save- Jersey City will get $2.32 million in federal stimulus funds earmarked for energy efficiency projects. – GRACO is holding a 3 pm rally at 900 Garfield Ave. today to call for a more comprehensive cleanup of the chromium-contaminated site. – In an omnibus column, the Insider trots out a legitimate criticism of Mayor Healy’s [...]
As the city’s settlement with PPG Industries enters a one-month public comment period, many community members and environmental advocates say it isn’t tough enough, and some are continuing their own fights against what they call a rogue polluter.
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