Action Alert
Testify for a Full Cleanup of the West Valley Nuclear Waste Site
Update on Department of Energy Hearings:
March 30 in Albany, March 31 in Irving, April 1 in West Valley and April 2 in Buffalo
Help protect your drinking water, environment and community. We need you to testify at upcoming hearings on the West Valley nuclear waste site [...]
“The Water Front” film comes to Daemen College!
Tuesday, March 24th, 7:00pm
Wick Center, Daemen College
“The Water Front” offers an eyeopening account of a water privatization scheme and its effects on the poor and working class citizens of Highland Park, Michigan. This film tells about the valiant struggle of residents, to fight for their right to water.
Discussion will follow, led [...]
Preserving Ontario’s freshwater: Symposium
A symposium and networking café to tap the wellspring of community knowledge
8:00 am – 4:30 pm Friday, March 27, 2009, in Toronto, Ontario
Much has been accomplished in the few years since the Walkerton tragedy, with more initiatives underway, yet Ontario’s ground and surface water [...]
Dry cargo hearing
The United States Coast Guard has announced a public comment period as it prepares a new Environmental Impact Statement in preparation of potential changes to the rule, Dry Cargo Residues on the Great Lakes.
Say “No” to Great Lakes cargo dumping
The U.S. Coast Guard released a draft Environmental Impact Statement for the rulemaking: “Dry Residue Discharges in the Great Lakes”. In this rulemaking the Coast Guard proposes to deviate from federal and international laws and permit the dumping of cargo- such as limestone, iron ore, coal, and grain- from commercial vessels into the Great Lakes.
Speak Out Against Toxic TVs
***Action Alert***
Deadline to Act is June 27
The chemical industry wants new flammability standards that will lead to toxic flame retardants being added to new TVs worldwide. These chemicals can cause an alarming array of adverse health effects in experimental animals including thyroid problems, reduced sperm count, infertility, hyperactivity, mental retardation, obesity, and cancer. And [...]
Extend Nuclear Comment Period
Nuclear waste dump comment period must be extended.
Tire-to-energy plant proposed for Erie
Erie Renewable Energy, LLC is proposing to build a new tire-to-energy plant on the site of a former paper mill in Erie Pennsylvania. The proposed plant would burn an estimated 80,000 tires per day on a site surrounded by residential neighborhoods and schools. The site is only a few hundred yards from Lake Erie.
With over [...]
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