Albany, NY
2019: Durante más de 100 años, los residentes vivieron a la a sombra de proyectos de infraestructura de energía fósil sucia.
Courtesy of A.J. Schneller, Skidmore College.
El Gobernador Cuomo (NY) ha propuesto convertir el Albany NY Solid Waste Energy Recovery System (Sistema de recuperación de residuos industriales, o ANSWERS, por sus siglas en inglés) en una usina de gas obtenido por fracturación para suplir calefacción/enfriamiento y electricidad a la Empire State Plaza. La propuesta obliga a NY a depender por décadas de la energía sucia y agrava la contaminación y los problemas sanitarios que han agredido a la comunidad durante un siglo.
Entre 1911 y 1994, el estado de NY situó una usina de carbón y un incinerador de basura —ANSWERS— en Sheridan Hollow, una comunidad donde la mayoría de la población es negra. La contaminación del aire y del suelo por cenizas tóxicas causó cáncer, asma y deterioro. Sheridan Hollow cumplía con los criterios de comunidad de JA establecidos por la Oficina para la justicia ambiental del Departamento de Conservación Ambiental del estado desde el 2003, cuando se decretó dicha política.
La ONG comunitaria Alianza para la energía renovable de Sheridan Hollow (SHARE, por sus siglas en inglés) rechaza la propuesta del Gobernador. Al promover proyectos que benefician tanto a los residentes como a la Empire State Plaza, SHARE demuestra que es posible efectuar reparaciones transformando una comunidad de JA.
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