This public hearing is currently in process. Stay tuned for live tweeting as the comments begin.

"It's appalling to see the things going on in our #community. When we go outside, the dust is terrible. This is a serious situation for us here in our community. We're struggling to #breathe." - Donald Roades, local resident near Enviva's Greenwood, SC, plant.

"Neighboring residents report they can’t sit outside because they get covered in sawdust." - Dr. Gary Harbour sharing a history of non-compliance from the Greenwood Enviva plant.

“Natural #forests and #wetlands increase the resiliency of flood-prone areas, whereas forest degradation, clearcut logging, and conversion to plantations significantly decrease flood protection benefits to the surrounding communities.” - Lucia Ibarra on the need to #StopEnviva

"I was very pleased to hear at the beginning of this hearing that DHEC is tasked with looking after the public health of the citizens of #SouthCarolina because so many of the comments made are based on #health." - Leo Woodberry

"We must stop looking at money as a motivator when the children of that generation are expected to have shortened projected lifespans." - Rev. Dallas Conyers of SC Interfaith Power and Light counters many of the pro-Enviva comments at tonight's hearing

Heather Hillaker of SELC shares the ways in which Enviva's expansion will result in dangerous air #pollution, threatening local communities, as well as the fact that the facility has been illegally operating as a major source of #emissions.

Anne Marie Humm speaks on behalf of several #neighbors who live very close to Enviva's plant who oppose the plant, mentioning children's safety, fires, noise #pollution, increased traffic, and air pollution, yet they feel like they are not being heard. #StopEnviva

Chief Parr of the #SouthCarolina Pee Dee Indian tribe shares how it's a shame that people are talking about wealth for the communities, but they're not talking about the communities themselves. We need our natural #forests to help protect our #communities.

"Lives are at stake and people are not up for sale. I live in this community and this is a smack in the face to me and my existence. It is a part of environmental racism and continues to separate the haves and the have nots." - E.S.Brown

Patrick Anderson, an attorney with Environmental Integrity Project, explains how, despite added #pollution controls, Enviva's expansion in Greenwood is expected to result in an increase in harmful pollutants.

“As a state, we say, ‘while I breathe, I hope.’ With industries like this coming into our state with all of the clear cutting and leaving places damaged and torn apart; we cannot breathe and without that there is no hope.” E.S.Brown #StopEnviva

I never quite understand what people gain by supporting corporations when those entities exploit workers. It is so odd to me.

Xavier Boatright of Sierra Club Beyond Coal has spent time near other Enviva facilities and shares how communities near those have similar experiences with harmful air #pollution and violations.

"You can’t have parts of the community that are helped and parts that are thrown away." Pamela Greenlaw talks about her concerns over Enviva's non-compliance issues and the harm they have brought to the Greenwood community.

Kayla Livingston, who lives across the street from Enviva's plant, shares the many problems her family started to face once Enviva moved in. She's not heard anyone who lives near the plant speak up in support of the plant.

"During this pandemic, it is been known to all the nations that black and brown communities have been adversely affected by COVID-19. This time is the wrong time to put any other additional adverse impact on these communities." - Florence Anoruo on the impacts of Enviva's plant

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