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Delano office Open House
March 2012
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Spring EJ Tour
April 21, 2012
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Fall EJ Tour
September 8, 2012
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about 2 days ago
The Valley's air alert system has changed from a color code to a numeric rating system. The level of pollution... http://t.co/LOndfkTy
about 2 days ago
This is a picture from Tom Frantz that he put on CVAQ's wall. http://t.co/YXzZJogk
about 3 days ago
EPA's $21m won't fix Valley's toxic air - Bill McEwen - http://t.co/V2wwDaxP http://t.co/Hlp5xEQx
about 3 days ago
This Friday in Delano we'll have a workshop covering Land Use. Contact Valerie at 661-720-9140 for more info. http://t.co/aGDR56FA
about 4 days ago
The Story of Stuff Presents "The Story of Citizens United v. FEC", the story of how corps got so politically powerful http://t.co/7U7nMZPh
about 6 days ago
PRESS RELEASE: A great stride has been made today towards cleaning up the air in the Valley!
A court concluded... http://t.co/JF9pmYtt
about 6 days ago
Hey @nonprofitorgs ! Do have any blog posts about how nonprofits can effectively/best use polls on Facebook?
about 7 days ago
Laura Esquivel, Howard Zinn, Cesar Chavez & Shaskepere among authors whose works were removed from Tuscon classrooms http://t.co/9PBGvKkB
about 10 days ago
Exceptionally poor air quality in the San Joaquin Valley takes toll on people with respiratory problems http://t.co/pazC7djg @bakersfieldnow
about 11 days ago
“Life's most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?” -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today, don't... http://t.co/AJNx5i5O
about 13 days ago
Air Pollution Alert System in the Central Valley Changes via The Fresno Bee http://t.co/TIsHrPOk
about 14 days ago
Bucket brigade evaluates toxic tour results - http://t.co/s48CPJQz http://t.co/0f4XwGHJ
about 14 days ago
Arvin Group Says Toxic Gas Escaping Community Recycling - Bakersfield News Story - KERO Bakersfield http://t.co/JufSoy4g
about 15 days ago
Bucket Brigade Strikes Again:First independent air sample near Arvin, CA finds harmful gas at health threatening levels http://t.co/G2YYFj0b
about 15 days ago
MEDIA RELEASE: "Bucket Brigade Strikes Again"
The toxic gas -hydrogen sulfide- that is suspected to have killed... http://t.co/G2YYFj0b
about 17 days ago
Stronger air pollution alerts to be issued as San Joaquin Valley ditches color coded alerts for a numbered system http://t.co/1r16KOpa
about 18 days ago
AP: Record Air Pollution Hammers Calif's Agricultural Heartland in San Joaquin Valley - ABC News http://t.co/wGChjfGs (via @ABC )
25 Dec 2011
Merry Christmas everyone!
EPA Action on Ozone Plan Illegal
Court Orders EPA to Revisit its Approval of the Valley's Ozone Plan.
ARVIN, CALIFORNIA – California's San Joaquin Valley has some of the worst ozone pollution in the United States and today local residents won the latest round in their effort to clean up the air. The Committee for a Better Arvin, Comité Residentes Organizados al Servicio del Ambiente Sano ("Comité ROSAS"), the Association of Irritated Residents, the Sierra Club, and Fresno-based Medical Advocates for Healthy Air prevailed in a lawsuit today in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Court concluded that EPA ignored recent air pollution data when it approved the Air Board's plan to meet the 1-hour ozone standard.
Bucket Brigade Strikes Again: First Independent Air Sample Near Arvin Confirms Health Threats
Toxic Gas Suspected of Killing Compost Facility Workers Found Offsite Exceeding State Health Standards.
The first Arvin Bucket Brigade air sample has confirmed community concerns about the dangers of a troubled recycling and composting facility. The test showed health threatening levels of hydrogen sulfide, a toxic chemical at the center of an investigation of two worker deaths at the Community Recycling and Resource Center.
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Heard Climate Change Lawsuit
Kivalina, a native Alaskan village being destroyed by the effects of climate change, had its day in court Monday, November 28, 2011 after appealing the 2009 dismissal of its lawsuit against ExxonMobil, Chevron, British Petroleum, and twenty-one more of the nation's largest greenhouse gas polluters. Even though the federal has found that Kivalina faces imminent destruction and must be relocated, Kivalina remains in harm's way and was forced to file a lawsuit against those most responsible. Kivalina's lawsuit seeks monetary damages to compensate for the harm to the Village and the relocation of the community, which is a federally recognized tribe.
Kern County Board of Supervisors: Protect Kern County Residents, Shut Down Dangerous Facility
The county Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on November 15, 2011 to revoke Community Recycling's operating permit, hours after it fined the company $2.33 million for land use and related violations.
The decision to revoke the permit came after an emotional plea by Faustina Ramirez, the mother of the two brothers believed to have inhaled fatal doses of toxic gases at the plant.
"I want that company shut down," she told the board in Spanish. "It is a big pain to lose your sons. I am asking for justice."
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The Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment Providing Legal and Technical Assistance to the Grassroots Movement for Environmental JusticeThe Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment is a national environmental justice organization with offices in San Francisco and Delano, California. We provide legal, organizing, and technical assistance to grassroots groups in low-income communities and communities of color fighting environmental hazards. In our work, we strive to achieve these goals:
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Individuals taking part in a particular campaign leave the campaign with more personal capacity than they had coming into it.
Community involved has more power vis a vis decision makers at the end of the campaign than at the beginning.
Working with affected communities, we concretely address the environmental hazard at hand.Our Major Campaign Areas Include:
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