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• CARE at the Fair!
  
  CARE was represented at the 2010 Crawford County Fair with a booth right under the grandstand! Fair-goers were very supportive and interested in all the information offered at the booth. Lots of signatures were taken for the petition, brochures and stickers were given out, and t-shirts were sold as well. Everyone did a great job!


• Greenwood Township Supervisor's Meeting September 7TH 8:00 PM
  
  Anyone and everyone who is concerned about the issue of the tire incinerator should come to the Greenwood Township Supervisor's meeting on Tuesday, September 7th at 8:00 PM.  We need to let the supervisors know that our health deserves protection and that we expect action from them to secure the safety of the community! The meeting is held in the township building at 4743 F Rd  Atlantic, PA
  
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• GoErie.com Article
  
  Published: AUGUST 17. 2010 1:15AM
  
  Proposed Crawford tires-to-energy plant air permit application available for review
  
  MEADVILLE -- A group with designs on turning scrap tires into energy has filed an application for an air-quality permit that is essential for their proposed project in southern Crawford County.
       The state Department of Environmental Protection announced Monday that it had received an air permit application from Crawford Renewable Energy for a tires-to-energy plant it wants to build on 80 acres in the Keystone Regional Industrial Park in Greenwood Township. 
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• Community News Linesville Article
  
  Published: Monday, 16 August 2010
  
  Tires-to-Energy plant topic leads to verbal crossfire at Greenwood
  
  COCHRANTON -- An 80-acre parcel in southern Crawford County that was selected as the new site for a proposed tires-to-energy plant shows no physical signs of project activity. But officials at Erie Renewable Energy say they have been working since the move was announced April 6 on plans to build a power plant capable of generating 90 megawatts of electricity from 900 tons of scrap tires daily through an internal combustion process. Officials say they hope to be ready within the next week or so to apply for an air quality permit from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Also at work are a group of area residents who have formed Crawford Area Residents for the Environment, or C.A.R.E., in opposition to the plant.
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• Come to the next CARE meeting August 13th!
  
  CARE meetings are held on Fridays, at 5:30 PM at Roche Park pavilion #5 in Vernon Township.
  Roche Park is off of Route 19, just past the Driver's License Center.
  
  
• Great Turnout at the Township Meeting!
  
  Thanks to everyone who came out to the Greenwood Township supervisor's meeting to represent the real concerns of the community and ask the tough questions that we still need answers to. Thanks to all concerned for coming out and letting your voices be heard. There are many serious issues and questions that were raised regarding the lack of availability of tires to run this facility, the detrimental health effects of the emissions, the effect of the massive water consumption, and the poor condition of the surrounding sewer lines that are already in need of repairs. Without meaningful answers to these questions the people in this area are left with serious doubts in the shadows of a development firm trying to make millions at our expense.
  
  
• Handout Correction
  
  CARE represents the facts about this proposed tire incinerator to the best of its ability. To that end, it has been brought to our attention that the section regarding the use of water in the "scrubbers" area of the facility may need correction. The water in the systems may not come into contact with the scrubbers. We are researching this further.
  
  
• Greenwood Township Supervisor's Meeting JULY 6TH 8:00 PM
  
  Anyone and everyone who is concerned about the issue of the tire incinerator should come to the Greenwood Township Supervisor's meeting on Tuesday, July 6th at 8:00 PM.  We need to let the supervisors know that our health deserves protection and that we expect action from them to secure the safety of the community! The meeting is held in the township building at 4743 F Rd  Atlantic, PA
  
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• The Effect of Power Plants on Local Housing Values and Rents
  
  Compared to neighborhoods with similar housing and demographic characteristics, neighborhoods within two miles of plants experienced 3-7 percent decreases in housing values and rents with some evidence of larger decreases within one mile and for large capacity plants.
  
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• GOERIE.COM Article
  
  Published: June 12, 2010
  
  Plans for tires-to-energy plant in Crawford advance as local opposition group builds
  
  COCHRANTON -- An 80-acre parcel in southern Crawford County that was selected as the new site for a proposed tires-to-energy plant shows no physical signs of project activity. But officials at Erie Renewable Energy say they have been working since the move was announced April 6 on plans to build a power plant capable of generating 90 megawatts of electricity from 900 tons of scrap tires daily through an internal combustion process. Officials say they hope to be ready within the next week or so to apply for an air quality permit from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Also at work are a group of area residents who have formed Crawford Area Residents for the Environment, or C.A.R.E., in opposition to the plant.
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• Meadville Tribune Front Page Article
  
  Published: May 20. 2010
  
  Group forms to challenge proposed tires-to-energy project
  
  MEADVILLE — Charlotte Dracup is concerned for Crawford County’s health and safety — not only now, but in the future. “It’s what we don’t know,” said Dracup, vice president of Crawford Area Residents for the Environment or CARE. “We want to inform people in Crawford County and other areas about potential health, safety and environmental hazards.”
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• CARE Facebook Page
  CARE now has a Facebook page. Click here to visit.
  
  

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