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Contact: Lois Marie Gibbs (CHEJ/PAI) 703-237-2249 Teresa Mills (CHEJ) 614-539-1471 United Nation’s Tribunal Recommends Worldwide Ban on Hydraulic Fracturing. The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal is recommending a worldwide ban on hydraulic fracturing, the extreme oil and gas extraction technique known as ‘fracking.’
A 2013 lawsuit regarding the Bridgeton landfill finally reached a settlement in Missouri courts. The settlement holds Bridgeton accountable and is a step in the right direction according to Missouri’s Attorney General. Republic Services will still manage the site. Additionally, Bridgeton
Minden, West Virginia has been contaminated by toxic and cancerous PCBs for decades after Shaffer Equipment Company buried electrical waste in the town. The activists are protesting a sewer project in the town that has exposed residents to PCBs. West Virginia Governor, Jim
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It can be difficult at times to clearly identify the environmental goals and directives of Scott Pruitt’s EPA, but one clear directive of the administration is to advance the Superfund program. At the EPA, Superfund is administered by the Office
Statement from Lois Marie Gibbs: Superfund was created following the Love Canal crisis in Niagara Falls, NY to primarily protect public health. I know because I was a resident and community leader at Love Canal. I found EPA Administrator Scott
Introducing The People’s Task Force on the Future of Superfund Voices from Contaminated Communities Across the Country The Trump Administration and newly-appointed EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt claim they want to return Superfund cleanups “to their rightful place at the center
Teamsters Attend Waste Company’s Annual Shareholders Meeting; Republic Board of Directors a No-Show PRESS CONTACT Kara Deniz Email: kdeniz@teamster.orgPhone: (202) 624-6911 (PHOENIX) — Teamsters with the Solid Waste and Recycling Division, and Beth Roach, a community activist from Wayne County,
“This place is disease. It takes your heart away; it takes your spirit away. And something’s got to end. Somebody has got to help us because there are people stranded here. My kids are stranded here. Somebody from the outside
FrackFree Mahoning Valley schedules April 26 media event By BOB DOWNING Published: April 26, 2016 From a Monday press release: Frackfree Mahoning Valley (FMV) Will Hold A Tuesday, April 26, 2016, 1:15 PM Press Conference in Youngstown’s Mill Creek Park
EPA Administrator Meets with Just Moms STL, Says She Will Investigate Relocation Option March 30, 2016 Immediate Release Karen Nickel 314- 229-4896 Dawn Chapman 314-566-9762 Karen Nickel and Dawn Chapman, Co-Founders of Just Moms STL met with Environmental Protection
Contacts: Lois Gibbs 703-627-9483, lgibbs@chej.org, New Internal EPA Memo & Policy Stresses Public Health Worried Moms from Flint, Love Canal & St. Louis Decry Agency’s “Failure” “Kids are suffering from leaded water & threatened by toxic fires” WHAT: Press
“Just Moms STL” activist group visits state offices, demand action on West Lake “Be Superhero for Superfund” Local Group will urge Congressional Reps Will give cupcakes, toot birthday horns to celebrate 35th anniversary of Superfund on Dec 11th WHAT: The St.
It Also Shows More Sites are ID’d but Funding is Stagnant Fewer Clean-Ups are Being Started and Each One Takes Longer Groups say “Polluter Pay” Fee Must be Reinstated & Increased Love Canal Pioneer Says Some Sites are Still Waiting
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 26, 2015 Groups File Notice of Intent to Sue EPA Over Dangerous Drilling and Fracking Waste Call on Agency to Issue Rules for Handling and Disposal of Oil and Gas Waste WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 26, 2015)