Sullivan County Community Groups Call Emergency Town Hall on Waste-to-Energy Proposal

Sullivan County is considering building a waste-to-energy facility that some critics say is a ‘public relations term’ for an incinerator. Local residents are pushing back.A coalition of environmental and racial justice groups including Sustainable Sullivan, Sullivan County NAACP, The Black Library, and Energy Justice Network will host an emergency town hall on Sept. 29 to discuss the proposed facility in Monticello.Radio Catskill's Kimberly Izar spoke with Mike Ewall, founder and director of the environmental advocacy nonprofit Energy Justice Network about the upcoming town hall.