Live Tweeting from NC #DEQ Environmental Justice & Equity Advisory Board‼️Special Session on the Wood Pellet Biomass Industry. Follow this thread for updates…
Air pollutants associated with #WoodPellet manufacturing 
Did you know? Ahoskie, #NC has a BIPOC population of ~75%.
“Enviva has received nearly 10 million dollars in subsidies from North Carolina”
All 4 NC Enviva facilities are in #EnvironmentalJustice communities
The reason for high asthma rates and ER visits for families living in #WoodPellet communities
“We are still suffering” - Belinda Joyner
“#Enviva hands out turkeys [to the community] how do we know the turkeys are not full of dust” 🤣 - public comment
"Currently, North Carolina's #DEQ does not accurately and transparently measure the #greenhouse gas emissions of industrial logging in #NorthCarolina." - Sam Davis, Conservation Scientist
"I can't even sit outside now because the dust is so terrible" - local resident near #Enviva plant
"It's a right for an individual to be able to live and sleep where they wish" - a local resident describing her mother who is unable to sleep in her bedroom due to the #Enviva facility
NC DEQ, you have heard the voices of the people, please listen to those directly impacted. Thank you for this hearing!
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