‘Walk for Clean Air’ this Sunday in Dale

On Sunday, June 2, Southwestern Indiana Citizens for Quality of Life and Project ACORN are partnering for a “Walk for Clean Air”.

Join family, friends, and neighbors for a joyful, peaceful, Sunday afternoon walk for clean air and beauty in Dale and the surrounding area. The gathering will start at the Dale Park and details will follow. Dress for the weather. The walk will be about two to three miles on easy to moderate terrain. Bags will be provided for participants to help pick up trash and clean up the roadside. Please bring gloves.

Regarding clean air, Spencer County ranks 23rd out of 3,142 counties in the US in toxic emissions, and under IDEM’s watch, Indiana consistently ranks 49 or 50 in the US in air quality. Greg Merle’s massive Riverview Energy coal-to-diesel refinery—the first-ever in the western hemisphere, proposed for within Dale’s city limits and a mile from David Turnham elementary school and two nursing homes—would add dangerous carcinogens into our already compromised neighborhoods, over 2.2 million tons of the greenhouse gas CO2, and hundreds of tons of other toxins into our air annually. Participants in the walk believe our communities and children deserve better and ask our leaders for change.

“No C2D” lawn signs, T-shirts, petitions, information sheets, ways to get involved, etc., will be available. Light refreshments will be served.

Here are all the details.

WALK FOR CLEAN AIR co-sponsored by Project ACORN and Southwestern Indiana Citizens for Quality of Life will occur on Sunday, June 2, 2:00 – 4:30 pm ET. Meet at the Dale Park at 112 E. Medcalf St.

All ages are welcomd. Free. No limit.

To register, RSVP Mary Hess at 812-937-2544 (leave message) or Rock Emmert at 812-631-2856 (text or call).

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