#powerlined

News media coverage in the 1980s and early 1990s fueled fears of a national cancer epidemic caused by power lines and generated a debate that still lingers today.

When Adam Greenberg's family moved to Winfield Drive from the Bronx in 1967, it was to escape the urban landscape for one of natural beauty.

New power line route proposed in New Jersey. The argument from each side will seem familiar:

Utility: "the company is looking at routes {that} use existing JCP&L rights-of-way"

My heart swells today on news that the 198-foot towers in Chino Hills are coming down, and its especially fitting that the first tower to fall will be the one looming over Garden Court (heres my previous post on Garden Court) where resident Joanne Genis has been fighting with nothing less than an Erin Brockovich-like intelligence and determination since the first plans were announced. When I think of her watching the construction workers remove this tower that's loomed over her house in one way or another for almost a decade its almost as like watching an Olympic athlete watching as the stars and stripes are raised to the national anthem. I know, it sounds, cheesy, but this woman she fought like hell against this tower- and she (along with many others) deserve to celebrate. 

I can imagine helicopters hovering, blowing up dust, cables being lowered and secured into place, and a bit of the heartache felt by Chino Hills citizens beginning to lift away. 

The removal won't just alter the visible landscape of Chino HIlls. Some residents will notice the vacancy as they sweep their eyes across the landscape, but that vacancy will forever fill many citizens with pride. As I argued over a year ago, the emotional response to seeing these towers has been a key factor in the fight against them.