Toxic Tour of Meigs County
Toxic Tour of Meigs County
A group of 30 Ohio Citizen Action staff travelled to Meigs County, Ohio on Tuesday, February 24th to witness pollution problems area residents are having with four power plants located within an 11.5 mile radius. Meigs residents have also been dealing with strip mining and underground mining issues, as well as pollution from a nearby manganese refinery and an aluminum foundry in West Virginia. The group took a toxic tour of the area led by Elisa Young of Meigs Citizens Action Now (Meigs CAN) and Larry Gibson, a veteran of the mountaintop removal coal fight. Ohio Citizen Action is fighting AMP-Ohio's proposal to build a new pulverized coal- fired power plant in Meigs County.