A group of north county residents joined neighbors in Baltimore last week to fight an uncomfortable irony - an ethanol plant planned near their homes might be good for other people's air quality, but not their own.
Dozens of area residents filled the Curtis Bay Recreation Center, many opposing Atlantic Ethanol LLC's application for a state air-quality permit needed for its $150 million manufacturing plant.
"There have been times where you can't breathe in the summer around here," said Mary Rosso of Glen Burnie. "People think that just because you're in Anne Arundel County, you're not going to be affected. But we are."
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