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Pollution Not So Gone With the Wind
by Mari Saugier Krueger, Independent News
November 9th, 2006
Chasing the wind is exactly what this group of environmentalists is doing. Chasing, bagging and analyzing. Read about environmental monitoring in Pensacola.

AIR OF SUSPICION- part 2- Unlikely rebels defeat gritty plant
by Cara Buckley, Miami Herald
May 19th, 2006
Second-part of two part series. Residents of a small Ocala, Fl neighborhood organized a lobbying campaign to get tigher regulation of a charcoal plant-- and got surprising results.

AIR OF SUSPICION- part 1
by Cara Buckley, Miami Herald
May 19th, 2006
First of a two-part series featuring the problems caused by Royal Oak's particle pollution in Ocala, Florida.

Residents of County of top twenty most toxic to test there air - Bucket Brigade Strikes Again!
by Lynette Wilson, Pensacola News Journal
February 22nd, 2006
The Bay Area Safe Air Coalition conducted "Bucket Brigade" training Monday and Tuesday at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church for more than 40 people interested in improving air quality in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.

Tests Prove Threatening Chemicals in Particulate Pollution in Community
Neighborhood Citizens of Northwest Ocala
February 17th, 2006
Neighborhood Citizens of Northwest Ocala, Inc. (NCNWO) Reports the Presence of Threatening Chemicals in Particulate Pollution in Their Community

When they are heard, they roar!
ocala.com
January 3rd, 2006
An opinion piece featured on Ocala.com applauding the efforts of the citizens of Ocala, Florida that ultimately result in the closure of the Royal Oaks Charcoal plant!

Soot sleuths: Volunteers monitor industrial plant emissions
by Christopher Curry, Star_Banner
December 31st, 2005
For decades, residents in a northwest Ocala neighborhood feared their concerns about pollution from nearby industrial sites too often fell on deaf ears.

Volunteers monitor industrial plant emissions
by Christopher Curry, Star_Banner
December 31st, 2005
For decades, residents in a northwest Ocala neighborhood feared their concerns about pollution from nearby industrial sites too often fell on deaf ears.



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