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GCM's Participation at EPA Region 2 Citizen Science Workshops
EPA Region 2: Citizen Science
May 15th, 2013
EPA's website with links to Citizen Science Workshops has been launched. Citizen Science Workshops brought together in June 2012 over 250 federal, state, local governments, academic, citizen and community based groups to advance the use of citizen science monitoring in community environmental and public health protection.

Residents near U.S. ports say expansions taking heavy toll
by Darryl FearsThe Washington Post
May 5th, 2013
A deeper, wider Panama Canal with its two new flights of triple locks will double existing canal capacity and allow transit for vessels with three times the cargo when the upgraded passageway opens for business in early 2015.

Tonawanda Coke Found Guilty of Violating Clean Air Act
www.wgrz.com
March 29th, 2013
Tonawanda Coke has been found guilty of violating the Clean Air Act in a major trial involving federal environmental law.

Tonawanda Coke, top executive convicted of polluting air, ground
by Phil FairbanksThe Buffalo News
March 28th, 2013
One by one, workers took the witness stand and testified about benzene emissions and toxic sludge and how Tonawanda Coke seemed nervous about government inspectors.

Putting the Justice Back in Environmental Issues
by Jessica KnoblauchThe City Project Blog
March 14th, 2013
“Every little victory, a life is saved. Every big victory is a major advance for our society and for our planet.”

PRESS RELEASE: Hazardous Chemicals found by Community Group in Tonawanda Neighborhood
January 29th, 2013
Experts Call on Agencies for More Enforcement at Tonawanda Coke

The Sky is Pink
by Sandra Steingraber
August 3rd, 2012
Josh Fox makes two points about breast cancer in The Sky in Pink. One is about trends of breast cancer incidence within areas of north Texas with intense drilling and fracking operations. The other is about pink drill rigs.

New Yorkers Against Fracking Condemns Cuomo Administration Plan to Allow ‘Limited’ Drilling
New Yorkers Against Fracking, a coalition of diverse organizations that oppose fracking, issued the following statement in response to the news that Governor Cuomo was considering allowing fracking in a few counties.

New York: A People's Hearing on Fracking
by Geoff KellyArtvoice Weekly Edition » Issue v11n22 (05/31/2012) » News Brief
A day of lectures, workshops, and testimony on hydraulic fracturing of New York State’s Marcellus Shale. Saturday, June 2, 10am-4pm. Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo State College.

N.Y. Plant's Neighbors Expose Regulatory Gaps
by Elizabeth Shogren, Sandra Bartlett and Kristen LombardiNPR Find a Station
November 10th, 2011
Jeani Thomson has been pleading with New York state officials for more than 30 years to protect her neighborhood from the foul-smelling "blue fog" that settles in her yard. She has long suspected the source is an industrial facility about a mile from her house called Tonawanda Coke.

Poisoned Places: Toxic Air, Neglected Communities
by SPECIAL SERIESNPR News Investigation
November 7th, 2011
Two decades ago, Democrats and Republicans together sought to protect Americans from nearly 200 dangerous chemicals in the air they breathe. That goal remains unfulfilled.

NEW YORK: Hydrofracking's impact on air quality concerns some
by Steve Orrdemocratandchronicle.com
July 18th, 2011
Much of the debate about hydraulic fracturing has focused on the impact that the controversial method of natural gas extraction could have on water quality in upstate New York.

NEW YORK: Over 200 people suing Tonawanda Coke
by Al Vaughterswww.wivb.com
June 7th, 2011
More than 200 people have come together to sue Tonawanda Coke Corporation, in State Supreme Court, and are pulling out all the stops.

BLOG: A Fractured Fracking Law in New York
Program Coordinator Jessica Hendricks take a look at what the New York fracking law really means.

NEW YORK: Tonawanda community pressing for fines for air quality violations by coke plant.
July 17th, 2010
News of $6 million fine and clean air promises in Pennsylvania raises hopes for similar agreement in New York.

NEW YORK: Bucket Brigade leader returns to Tonawanda
April 9th, 2010
On Saturday, April 10th, Clean Air Coalition members will team up with Denny Larson from the Global Community Monitor to take action against corporate polluters in Tonawanda.

NEW YORK: After evidence from Bucket Brigade, EPA raids Tonawanda Coke
December 22nd, 2009
Residents of Tonawanda, NY received welcome news this week of action being taken by the EPA against Tonawanda Coke Co.

Two plants accused of air pollution
by EMMA D. SAPONGBuffalo News Northtowns Bureau
February 17th, 2005
High levels of toxic chemicals were found around two Town of Tonawanda plants, according to independent air-quality testing conducted by two environmental groups.

Cheektowaga Citizens' Coalition Fights Back
The Cheektowaga Citizens Coalition and Donna M. Hosmer
March 25th, 2004
On March 14, 2004 the Cheektowaga Citizens Coalition sent the following letter To the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. They also used the letter in their presentation to the Depew/Cheektowaga taxpayers association.

Editorial: Hydrogen sulfide results deserve closer look
Cheektowaga Times
March 18th, 2004
The "Bucket Brigade" has struck. In its first air monitoring sample in the Bellevue neighborhood, the Cheektowaga Citizensą Coalition found that the air near the Buffalo Crushed Stone quarry was more than 70 times greater than established guidelines.

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