http://gcmonitor.org/ http://gcmonitor.org/article.php?id=770 "This an attempt for the commissioners to control the election in favor of Hyperion," argued Doug Maurstad. http://gcmonitor.org/article.php?id=769 The most infamous tailings pond on earth is in lockdown. No TV crews allowed, no reporters, no pictures -- nothing. You'd think Syncrude Canada had Chernobyl on its hands rather than a flock of dead ducks. http://gcmonitor.org/article.php?id=767 Rose Evans has lived in West Berkeley for 47 of her 79 years, but only recently did she figure out that the awful smell in the air might be coming from the steel plant down the street. http://gcmonitor.org/article.php?id=768 Ontario is on the cusp of helping oil-sands emissions explode. Shell Canada wants permits to be granted by the end of this year for a new refinery in Sarnia to process oil from its oil-sands mines in Alberta for use in gas tanks across the GTA. http://gcmonitor.org/article.php?id=766 The first day of Citgo's initial sentencing hearing brought six witnesses for the prosecution to the stand -- four environmental experts and two former nearby residents who say their families were harmed by the refiner's actions. http://gcmonitor.org/article.php?id=765 "you can't paint a black hole green and the tar sands is a very big, black hole.” Aaron Freeman. http://gcmonitor.org/article.php?id=763 Community members turned the heat up a notch on Pacific Steel Casting Tuesday when Berkeley lawyer Tim Rumberger filed a class-action nuisance lawsuit against the foundry on behalf of thousands of West Berkeley neighbors http://gcmonitor.org/article.php?id=764 Community members turned the heat up a notch on Pacific Steel Casting Tuesday when Berkeley lawyer Tim Rumberger filed a class-action nuisance lawsuit against the foundry on behalf of thousands of West Berkeley neighbors http://gcmonitor.org/article.php?id=762 Women, men and children of all ages participated. Not all were from Elk Point; some lived in rural Union County near the site of the proposed Hyperion refinery. http://gcmonitor.org/article.php?id=760 San Francisco, CA--A new report by an international human rights group exposes the lack of adequate air quality monitoring in industrial communities as a global problem that affects the health and safety of millions of people. http://gcmonitor.org//downloads/WORLD BUCKET REPORT 2008.pdf DOWNLOAD THE NEW REPORT HERE http://gcmonitor.org/article.php?id=759 "Industry is unaccountable. ... On the other side we're seeing people stand up to them when they get organized and get educated. You're invincible," said Ruth Breech, of Global Community Monitor. http://gcmonitor.org/article.php?id=757 Dissension is growing among the groups over BP's plan to refine Canadian crude and increase greenhouse gas emissions, said Denny Larson, executive director of the Global Community Monitor. http://gcmonitor.org/article.php?id=758 They have launched a campaign and brought in reinforcements from across the country to pressure BP to do more to minimize emissions from the refinery and to help educate residents of Whiting, East Chicago and Hammond on the health and environmental effects of BP's modernization. http://gcmonitor.org/article.php?id=750 On April 19, 2008, local, national and international environmental groups will sponsor Whiting Earth Day events to draw attention to the challenges that lie ahead for the local and global environment in the wake of the proposed BP refinery tar sands expansion.