Ben and Rachel's school gets 14th, which isn't good, but the list of most likely sources of the pollutants is interesting:
* Sunoco, Inc. (R&M) Philadelphia Refinery - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (This is down near the airport, miles and miles away from the school, which means that all of downtown has poor air quality because of the refinery.)
* Exelon Corp. Eddystone Generating Station - Eddystone, Pennsylvania (I've never even HEARD of Eddystone, PA and have no idea what county it's in, which probably means that this polluter is affecting people for miles and miles around!)
* Sunoco Inc. (R&M) Eagle Point Facility - Westville, New Jersey (I'm also not clear how close Westville is to us, but it's in another state, so affecting legislation to clean this up isn't even in our power as non-NJ residents.)
* Exelon Corp Schuylkill Generating Station - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (This is actually probably the source of a lot of electrical power in the city, which is why, more than ever, I want to try to switch to Green Power, like wind and solar.)
* U.S. Navy Cnrma-Pnbc Site - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (This one is weird, because technically, the Navy isn't supposed to be doing a whole heck of a lot in the decommissioned Philadelphia Navy Yard besides finding other uses for it. So I have to say--WTF?)
Interestingly, their old school, which is three blocks from our house, is 27th percentile, a lot better than downtown. However, we're at a higher elevation and about three miles away from their current school. Amazing what a difference that makes! That school also has the two Sunoco facilities as likely polluters, plus the Eddystone location, but there are two others not seen on the list for the high school:
* Conocophillips Co. Trainer Refinery - Trainer, Pennsylvania (Where the heck is Trainer, PA? Never heard of it. Which means that the people who live closer to it must REALLY be lucky. :sigh: Yet another refinery.)
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Date: 2009-02-17 08:16 pm (UTC)* Sunoco, Inc. (R&M) Philadelphia Refinery - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (This is down near the airport, miles and miles away from the school, which means that all of downtown has poor air quality because of the refinery.)
* Exelon Corp. Eddystone Generating Station - Eddystone, Pennsylvania (I've never even HEARD of Eddystone, PA and have no idea what county it's in, which probably means that this polluter is affecting people for miles and miles around!)
* Sunoco Inc. (R&M) Eagle Point Facility - Westville, New Jersey (I'm also not clear how close Westville is to us, but it's in another state, so affecting legislation to clean this up isn't even in our power as non-NJ residents.)
* Exelon Corp Schuylkill Generating Station - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (This is actually probably the source of a lot of electrical power in the city, which is why, more than ever, I want to try to switch to Green Power, like wind and solar.)
* U.S. Navy Cnrma-Pnbc Site - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (This one is weird, because technically, the Navy isn't supposed to be doing a whole heck of a lot in the decommissioned Philadelphia Navy Yard besides finding other uses for it. So I have to say--WTF?)
Interestingly, their old school, which is three blocks from our house, is 27th percentile, a lot better than downtown. However, we're at a higher elevation and about three miles away from their current school. Amazing what a difference that makes! That school also has the two Sunoco facilities as likely polluters, plus the Eddystone location, but there are two others not seen on the list for the high school:
* Kimberly-Clark Pennsylvania Llc - Chester, Pennsylvania (That's right--the Kleenex people!)
* Conocophillips Co. Trainer Refinery - Trainer, Pennsylvania (Where the heck is Trainer, PA? Never heard of it. Which means that the people who live closer to it must REALLY be lucky. :sigh: Yet another refinery.)