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See How the Koch Brothers' Free-market Utopia Operates
by Melissa del Bosque & Jen Reel, Texas Observer
October 24th, 2012
Until her son got sick, Latricia Jones never thought much about the air she breathes or who was polluting it.

Corpus Christi refinery neighbors can be considered victims in Citgo sentencing, federal judge rules
by Mike D. Smith, http://www.caller.com/news/2012/sep/14/refinery-neighbors-can-be-considered-victims-in/
September 14th, 2012
A landmark ordered has been issued by a federal judge that will allow refinery neighbors to be considered crime victims in the ongoing case against CITGO.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Citizens for Environmental Justice writes letter urging EPA to require Citgo plant changes
by Mike D. Smith, Caller.com
March 29th, 2012
CFEJ is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to require Citgo to quit storing and using hydrofluoric acid and to switch to a safer alternative.

AUSTIN: People’s Friend Award 2012
February 28th, 2012
The Texas Observer announced Suzie Canales of Corpus Christi, Texas as the 2012 recipient of the "People's Friend Award." The Observer established the award last year to recognize Texans working for social justice and progressive change.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Look who's coming to the Corpus Christi Environmental Summit
by Staff Reports, Caller.com
November 13th, 2011
An event akin to the successful blending of oil and water will occur Friday at the Del Mar College West Campus. Mayor Joe Adame and Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 Administrator Al Armendariz will co-host the Cor pus Christi Environmental Summit.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Citgo criminal trial saga continues
by Rick Spruill, the Caller-Times
April 30th, 2011
Almost four years after being found guilty of violating the federal Clean Air Act of 1970, Citgo Petroleum Corp. has yet to be sentenced as lawyers for both sides continue filing motions in federal court.

CORPUS CHRISTI : ASARCO/Encycle plant demolition ordered stopped
by Rick Spruill, Caller.com
April 21st, 2011
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality ordered work stopped after verifying a storage building was demolished without final approval of an air monitoring plan.

CORPUS CHRISTI: New study reaffirming high birth defect rate given to feds for follow-up
by Rhiannon Meyers , Caller.com
April 7th, 2011
A new study reaffirming a higher rate of birth defects in the area has been handed to a federal agency to investigate whether refineries and chemical plants have played a role.

CORPUS CHRISTI — EPA official says refineries pose dilemma
by Rick Spruill, Corpus Christi Caller-Times
March 13th, 2011
EPA Administrator: Dona Park, Hillcrest too close to refineries. Some Corpus Christi residents live too close for comfort to the city's largest refineries, the top federal environmental official in five states said.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Walking the Fence Line
March 2nd, 2011
SUZIE CANALES IS ONE CAFETERIA WORKER YOU DON’T want to mess with. Attendees at last December’s first-ever White House Forum on Environmental Justice learned this the hard way.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Aging U.S. Oil Refineries Put Americans at Risk
February 24th, 2011
America’s oil refineries are poorly maintained and many rely on a chemical so toxic it could wipe out entire communities downwind if released in an explosion or other accident.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Encycle Plant Set for Demolition
by Rick Spruill, Caller.com
January 22nd, 2011
CORPUS CHRISTI — An insider's take on the operations of the now defunct ASARCO/Encycle plant on Up River Road has nearby residents questioning demolition plans.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Stress, Pollution and Poverty: A Vicious Cycle?
by JOHN COLLINS RUDOLF, The New York Times
January 11th, 2011
“We need to stop being studied to death,” Suzie Canales, co-founder of a Corpus Christi grassroots environmental group, told Ms. Jackson at the forum, according to Greenwire. Later, speaking to the assembled forum, Ms. Canales disparaged the E.P.A’s new environmental justice road map."

CORPUS CHRISTI: Activist Urges EPA Chief 'to roll up your sleeves' at Tense W.H. Forum
by John McArdle and Gabriel Nelson, Greenwire
December 16th, 2010
Suzie Canales was visibly frustrated as she sat on a small couch with U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson yesterday, just outside the first-ever White House Forum on Environmental Justice.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Local EJ Activist Goes to White House
by For Immediate Release
December 15th, 2010
Environmental Justice (EJ) activist Suzie Canales has accepted an invitation to attend the White House Forum on Environmental Justice on Wednesday December 15, 2010.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Environmental Activist meets with EPA Chief
by Rick Spruill, Caller-Times
December 15th, 2010
Suzie Canales, local activists and founder of Watchdog Group Citizens for Environmental Justice meets with EPA Chief, after her comments caught the attention of the nation’s top environmental officials.

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX: First set of soil results for Dona Park show that several properties are highly contaminated
November 25th, 2010
Several years after abandoning the Dona Park soil contamination crisis the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) agreed to re-open the Dona Park case late last summer after meeting with members of Citizens for Environmental Justice (CFEJ).

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX: State vows to study ground pollution, residents skeptical
April 6th, 2010
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has announced that they will study the groundwater below Corpus Christi to investigate the extent of refinery pollution.

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX: Community members derail housing project planned for contaminated lot
by Denise Malan, the Caller-Times
September 19th, 2009
Because of pressure from a local environmental group and GCM partner, The Corpus Christi Housing Authority withdrew from the D.N. Leathers Townhomes project because the land was contaminated.

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX: Land for public housing project contaminated, report shows
by Fanny S. Chirinos, Corpus Christi Caller-Times
September 3rd, 2009
Citizens for Environmental Justice, let by long-time GCM partner Suzie Canales, released a report showing that the Corpus Christi Housing Authority ignored evidence of possibly contaminated groundwater and soil at the site of a proposed housing project

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX: Hydrogen Fluoride causes concern for local communities
by Fanny S. Chirinos, Corpus Christi Caller-Times
August 15th, 2009
After a Citgo plant fire last month, environmental groups urge refineries to consider alternatives to hydrogen fluoride.

U.S. Refineries' Carcinogenic Pollution Rose From 2004-2006, Underreporting of Millions of Pounds of Emissions Suspected
by Environmental Integrity Project (EIP)
October 2nd, 2008
In a disturbing reversal of a positive trend in earlier years, emissions of carcinogens from U.S. refineries actually went up between 2004 and 2006, according to a new study

Texas Environmental Justice Group Celebrate Victory- Commission Grants Group a Hearing on Legal Challenge of Flint Hills Permit
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has granted CFEJ a contested case hearing on the Flint Hills Resources

CORPUS CHRISTI: Refinery Neighbor Study shows high levels of benzene
by Dan Kelley
September 8th, 2008
Blood and urine samples from residents in Corpus Christi's Hillcrest neighborhood show benzene levels about 14 times higher than those found among gas station workers in Mexico, according to a study released Friday.

State agency accuses Citgo of 3 violations:"They're gassing the community repeatedly, with no regard for human health"
by Fanny S. Chirinos
August 13th, 2008
Citgo was cited for three violations stemming from a Jan. 1 release of more than 14,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide.

Corpus Christi, Texas: Citizen Samples Confirm Community Contaminated by CITGO Upset Groups Call for Federal Investigation into Spill Response and Neighborhood Clean up
Citizens for Environmental Justice (CFEJ) took wipe samples on February 26, 2008 confirming the presence of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH’s), toxic components of sour crude oil that covered homes for at least 3 miles on February 22 from a CITGO upset event.

BIG OIL IN TEXAS: “REMEMBER THE VICTIMS OF CITGO’S CRIMES!”
National and State Environmental Justice Activists Will Descend on Corpus Christi to Support the Victims of Citgo’s Crimes with Local EJ Activists During a Rally and March Friday, November 2, 2007

Citgo Protest March
A group of environmental activists staged a march and a protest in front of Citgo refinery. They say they wanted to draw attention to the pollution that comes from that plant, and the health problems they say the plant causes in the nearby Hillcrest neighborhood.

Join the Campaign for Justice from the CITGO corporation: Convicted Polluters!
Citizens for Environmental Justice, Global Community Monitor and regional partners will be marching to “Remember the Victims of CITGO’s crimes,” Friday, November 2 in Corpus Christi, TX. CITGO was convicted of two criminal counts of violating the Clean Air Act in June, endangering the health and safety of their neighbors.

Guard: No one entered jury room in Citgo case - CITGO claims activist tampered with panel
Canales wrote in her blog that she was 'a fly on the wall' during deliberations. Prosecutors in the USA v. Citgo trial have filed a response to Citgo's claim that a local environmental activist tampered with the jury during deliberations -- a sworn statement from the jury room's guard who said no one who didn't belong entered the room.



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