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Newspaper Articles
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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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- ERIE RENEWABLE ENERGY TO MOVE TIRES-TO-ENERGY PLANT TO CRAWFORD
Published: April 06. 2010 3:00PM on GoErie.com
MEADVILLE -- Erie Renewable Energy is abandoning its plans to build a tires-to-energy plant in Erie and is moving the project to southern Crawford County.
ERE officials announced this afternoon that they will build a 90-megawatt plant in a portion of the Keystone Regional Industrial Park in Greenwood Township.
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