Health and Community Impacts of Intermodal Railyards and Distribution Centers Conference
Sponsored by Sierra Club, HELP, and THE Impact Project
The following links make available the entire conference held on August 6, 2009, in Olathe, KS. Click on the presentation title and the video will open in another window. Please note, most of the presentations are in two parts. To view only the power point click on a picture. For information regarding speakers and their related organizations click on a name. For a conference DVD or a power points CD, please contact us: info@helpairwater.com.
You Might Be Surprised!
Jennifer Logan
Ozone Reduction Coordinator
JOCO Environmental Department
Kansas Public Health Seminar
KU Medical Center, August 26, 2009
Sponsored by KDHE
BNSF's intermodal facility in Johnson County is planned as an international inland port with an inspection station proposed for Gardner, Kansas, where trucks would arrive after unloading ships in Mexico to be inspected. The level of impact portrayed is indicative of what we could see here.
Life in the international port community of Wilmington. A look at large scale intermodal rail-trucking and distribution facilities such as those proprosed for our area.
Other Impacts Information
