Global Community Monitor

Final West Berkeley Community Monitoring Project Sampling Results and Map

Samples taken downwind of Pacific Steel Casting as part of an Air District grant reveal PSC's toxic fingerprint

TAKE ACTION: Sign the Petition for Clean Energy

Urge President Obama to invest in clean energy and discourage dirty fuels in U.S. refinery communities.

WHITING, IN: Residents 17 times more likely to develop disease as national average

What if you found out that your neighborhood had one of the highest cancer rates in the country?

SOUTH AFRICA: Communities Launch Particulate Matter Testing Program Targeting Mines and Metals Facilities

For the first time, communities living in South Africa�s air pollution hotspots will be able to test the air for heavy metals and dust particles.

WHITING, IN: BP seeks to allay benzene concerns

BP estimates up to 22 pounds of benzene per day over a 6 year period could have been emitted into the air.

CLAYMONT, DE: Report reveals that Evraz Steel's dust control measures fail to stop toxic dust from raining on residents

Download the full Claymont Dust Study Report.

After an eight-month long air sampling study, residents have concluded that efforts by Evraz Claymont Steel to reduce emissions is failing.

CLAYMONT, DE: Claymont leaders say steel plant fails to cut emissions

Community leaders charged today that Evraz Claymont Steel is failing to curb troublesome and potentially hazardous metallic soot emissions, despite years of complaints and a state ultimatum.

KENYA: Bucket Brigade Meets Obama's Grandma, National Training for Environmental Justice Communities Underway

Members of the Global Bucket Brigade Network traveled to the ancestral home of the Obama family

Residents to file suit over BP air pollution: The groups are against refining tar sands...

The legal notice comes after EPA announced Tuesday that BP emitted benzene without proper pollution controls at its treatment plant for nearly six years.

WHITING, IN: BP Cited For High Benzene Release

For nearly six years, BP's Whiting, IN refinery emitted cancer-causing benzene at its wastewater treatment plant without proper air pollution control equipment, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. BP says there's no evidence that humans or the environment were harmed, but the company could face a penalty of up to $37,500 per day for the violations, which took place between 2003 and 2008.

DRAFT CLAYMONT REPORT

RICHMOND, CA: Chevron environmental report 'unclear,' judge rules

Environmental activists gained ground this week in their legal challenge of Chevron's plan to replace decades-old equipment at its Richmond refinery, a plan the activists claim could increase pollution in the area and pose a public health risk.

SOUTH DAKOTA: Texas company, opponents to battle over refinery

A Texas company looking to build a $10 billion oil refinery in southeastern South Dakota and opponents who say it will emit too many pollutants will face off in Pierre this coming week.

Statement from Archbishop Desmond Tutu regarding the attack on Goldman Prize Winner Willie Corduff

Archbishop Tutu expresses concern about the violent attack perpetrated by Shell.

SHELL DISPUTE- IRELAND: Ministers hear depth of Corrib resistance first hand

"We�re not stupid down here - the only reason you are here is to please the media. Ye came, ye listened but ye are not going to do anything"