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Globalization and Goods Movement

SC orders oil firms to leave Pandacan

SC orders removal of Manila oil depot

Petron: Relocating Pandacan depot may take 7 yrs

Huge environmental victory for residents of Pandacan, Manila!

Shell safety record in North Sea takes a hammering

Peaceful protest marred by breach

Russian watchdog to complete eco-damage assessment on Sakhalin II - 1

Shell hires Bush's environmental adviser

OIL SPILL AT THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

Read Excerpts From the Book

Meet the Communities

Learn about the Bucket Brigade

New Global Report Documents Grassroots Action to Monitor Toxic Pollution: Industrial Communities Unite to Demand Clean Air on Earth Day

World Bucket Brigade Report: Telling Toxic Truth Worldwide

GASSED! Media Coverage

Gassed or not? Schools seek an answer

HUFFINGTON POST: Colorado Officials Investigating Hydrogen Sulfide Reports At Oil And Gas Drilling Sites

WEST VIRGINIA: Marcellus & Another Consideration

NEW YORK: Hydrofracking's impact on air quality concerns some

Report: Hydrogen sulfide detected in air at Silt Mesa

Aspen Public Radio: Morning Newscast!

Toxins Found In Air, Study Blames Oil And Gas Indust.

New air study finds dangerous chemicals near gas drilling communities in Colo., N.M.

NORCAL: The Bay Area Gets Fracked

Group: Air sampling reveals toxins near drilling

Green Industry? Under the Radar: Air Pollution from Metal Recyclers

GCM INSIDER - 4th Quarter 2011

GASSED! Citizen Investigation of Toxic Air Pollution

Learn about the toxics crisis in Kenya

Meet the affected communities

Read the latest Kenya campaign updates

KENYA: GCM returns for a follow up regional training

Kenya: Pan Paper plans to expand its polluting operations

KENYA: Independent Tests Confirm Pan Paper Neighbors in Webuye Breathing Dangerously Toxic Air and Suffering from Nzoia River Pollution

Tales of the Toxic Tourists Western Kenya

Field Report: Pan African Paper – Webuye, Kenya

Shell told to pay Nigeria $1.5bn

Durban, South Africa: Oil Depot Inferno

Use profits to clean up your mess, Shell told

Desmond D'Sa Honored by Sunday Times Profile in South Africa

Police Accused of Harassing Community Activist Over Pollution Protest

Greenpeace activists storm refinery

Five Hundred Picket Shell/BP refinery

Residents March on Shell/BP refinery in Durban

Communities Announce New Report on Royal Dutch Shell Corporation's Global Operations and Environmental Impacts.

BUCKET BRIGADE STRIKES AGAIN - SASOL APARTHEID ERA GOLIATH TACKLED BY LOCALS

Bucket Brigade Activists Travel to World Summit on Environment to Put Global Spotlight on Cancer Alley Polluters - Lack of Accountability

Tales of Toxics Tourists SOUTHERN AFRICA: Zambia

Field report: Glencore Copper Mine and Smelter, Mufulira, Copperbelt Province, Zambia:

Follow the Bucket Brigade to Thailand Pollution Hotspot Thai Communities Embrace Environmental Monitoring Program

NGO raises cancer fears around Pandacan oil depot

The first ever bucket brigade in the Philippines and Asia has begun!

INDIA: Gas Leaks injures people in Cuddalore

INDIA: Cost to Pay for Pollution Study

INDIA: Common Effluent Treatment Plant Shut Down

International Bucket Brigade Conference in New Delhi, India: Delegates Gather from Around the Globe to Exchange Success and Challenges

Learn about the toxics crisis in India

Some Chemicals Found in SIPCOT Air, Their Levels & Health Effects

Meet the affected communities

Read the latest India campaign updates

India: Landmark Judgement for Environmental Justice

CUDDALORE: One cancer case a day in TN's Cuddalore district

INDIA: International Conference Spreads the Power of the Buckets

INDIA: Concern over chemical storage in shut down unit

CHENNAI: Jairam out of sync with his ministry’s line

INDIA: TNPCB fudged data to push for moratorium lift

INDIA: Pollution monitoring infrastructure inadequate

INDIA: 300 Hospitalised after Chlorine Gas Leak in Pondicherry

INDIA: Residents Turn Their Ire Against Oil Firm

INDIA: Environment Ministry to Continue Moratorium in 3 out of 4 Critically Polluted Areas in Tamil Nadu

Take action for clean air and healthy communities in India

ISRAEL: Black Thick Smoke Emitting from Oil Refireries

ISRAEL: Three workers dead after gas leak at Haifa refinery

ISRAEL: Report Draws Link Between Air Pollution and Children's Health and Calls for More Protection Measures Including Monitor

ISRAEL: Kesem Launches "Bucket Brigades"

Two People Were Killed in Western Kazakhstan Oblast as the Result of Poisoning by an Unknown Substance

Kazakhstan Bucket Brigade Overview

Berezovka Bucket Brigade in Action

UPDATE: Renowned Environmentalist Still Imprisoned in Turkmenistan

Rights groups urge Turkmenistan to free activist

Well-known Environmentalist-Activist Andrey Zatoka Arrested in Turkmenistan

KPO LISTENS AND CORRUPTS THE AIR

They've Recorded It! It's Proven!

Data on Toxin (pdf download)

First Independent Air Monitoring from Berezovka: The Results are In!

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PHILIPPINES: Activists Challenge Chevron Track Record in Pandacan

SC orders oil firms to leave Pandacan

SC orders removal of Manila oil depot

Petron: Relocating Pandacan depot may take 7 yrs

Huge environmental victory for residents of Pandacan, Manila!

SHUT DOWN SHELL OIL DEPOT, PHILIPPINES SUPREME COURT ORDERS

The first ever bucket brigade in the Philippines and Asia has begun!

BROKEN PROMISE IN MANILA: The dying and the fearful ask

THAILAND: Opportunity for strict environmental regulation at risk

Learn about the toxics crisis in Thailand

Meet the affected communities

Bang Saphan, Prachuab Kirikhan Province

Map Ta Phut, Rayong Province

Mae Mah, Lampang Province

Read the latest Thailand campaign updates

THAILAND: Under activist pressure, courts cite environmental concerns, stop industrial expansion

THAILAND: Monitoring Reveals Air Toxin 33 Times Higher Than Acceptable Threshold

Rare triumph for the little people in Thailand over Toxic Pollution

Thai Villagers win pollution case- state refused to impose tougher environmental protection regulations for fear of hurting the investment climate

THAILAND: Map Ta Phut Residents file pollution complaint with court

Clean up the act

INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION Deaths blamed on Map Ta Phut

Noxious Emissions: Doctors beg for funds to move hospital

Public Forum: Map Ta Phut Industries - Sure to Continue?

Study: Area residents breathing highly toxic air ENVIRONMENT POLLUTION AT MAP TA PHUT

Take action for clean air and healthy communities in Thailand

VICTORIA AUSTRALIA

Watchdog sued in oil pollution battle

Environmental David and Goliath battle continues over Shell's emissions!

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

YARLOOP, AUSTRALIA: US health campaigner Erin Brockovich takes on Alcoa

Activists tip a 'Bucket' on big companies- Erin Brockovitch takes community grassroots activism to a new level

Community Environment Groups launch AIR CARE AUSTRALIA

Keep Up to date on Western Australia Environmental concerns

Group Battling ALCOA sponsors National Bucket Brigade Training for Australia

4,000 March for CROSS BORDER CO-OPERATION ON POLLUTION

Gibaltar/Spain: Refinery Spews Black Clouds- Bay Bucket Brigade team springs into action

Bucket Brigade gets going with pollution reduction in mind

WITH EQUIPMENT IN PLACE THE BAY BRIGADE WILL NOW TAKE OFF!!

GIBRALTAR BUCKET BRIGADE LAUNCHED

Ecologistas de ambos lados de la Verja unen sus fuerzas

Bucket Brigade Initiation Success

BEHIND THE SHINE - The Real Impacts of Shell's Work Around the World

Bucket brigades to create environmental monitoring communities

Teesside Bucket Brigade Launches

IRELAND: Shell's battle for the heart of Ireland

IRELAND: New Film Documents Community Battle Against Shell Pipeline

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

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

IRELAND: Goldman Prize Winner Attacked by Shell Thugs During Peaceful Protest over Illegal Pipeline Project

IRELAND: Corrib gas talks expected to continue next month - Shell to Sea protestor jailed

County Mayo Ireland: 12 released after Corrib pipeline protest including Goldman Prize winner - Willie Corduff

Eyewitness video of County Mayo, Ireland battling Shell dangerous oil's 'raw gas' pipeline and refinery

Injunction to halt Corrib gas project sought at Europe Union

US human rights monitor examines Garda action at Rossport

SPAIN / GIBRALTAR

SPAIN: FIRE AT CEPSA REFINERY

MEP PRESENTS DAMNING REPORT ON CAMPO POLLUTION TO EU COMMISSION

Gibraltar EU Parliment Member takes CEPSA refinery case to European Commission

CEPSA is fined 150,000 Euros by La Junta (article in Spanish)

Unsafe Levels of Nickel Pollution Found Near Refinery (Puente Mayorga supera los niveles permitidos en níquel)

Spanish Media report: Spanish Government Responds to Refinery Pollution (article in Spanish)

International Corporate Accountability Groups To Release New Report on CEPSA Refinery Campo Gibraltar

International Corporate Accountability Groups To Release New Report on CEPSA/Total Refinery Campo Gibraltar, Spain

CEPSA Refinery Responds to Environmental Campaign, But Defends Record

Green Pressure Mounts on Refinery

THE NETHERLANDS

SHUT DOWN SHELL OIL DEPOT, PHILIPPINES SUPREME COURT ORDERS

Shell safety record in North Sea takes a hammering

Russian watchdog to complete eco-damage assessment on Sakhalin II - 1

Shell hires Bush's environmental adviser

OIL SPILL AT THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

Sakhalin and Nigeria force Shell to shelve key targets

Profits up a fifth but Shell emits more CO2 than most countries

Shell earns £25,000 every 60 seconds by Widiane Moussa and Eugene Henderson.

New report about damage to the environment and communities caused by Shell Royal Dutch Shell: Use your profits to clean up your mess!

Shell Use your Profits to Clean up Your Mess

Reforming Chemical Policy Starts at the Fenceline in Environmental Justice Communities

WASHINGTON: Refinery chemical: Bellingham's safety at risk?

BP OIL: City of Neodesha seeks $423 million for oil pollution - Kansas David vs Oil Goliath

Refinery bottleneck to ease?

Record Failures at Oil Refineries Raise Gas Prices

Canada: Aamjiwnaang First Nation: 'Toxic cocktail' being tracked with buckets

Shell Under Fire From Greens, Shareholders

Learn about the toxics crisis in Seward

Meet the affected communities

Read the latest Alaska updates

Teleconference 04/25: Public Health Impacts of Coal Transport & Export

ALASKA: Citizens to test the air in Seward

ALASKA: Coal export commits to clean up same day air monitoring project is launched

ALASKA: Toxic Coal Dust

ALASKA: [Corrections] Seward ambient air quality tests completed

Alaska: DEC’s Preliminary Air Monitoring Results Released

What Coal Dust Looks Like in Alaska

Judge allows lawsuit involving Seward coal-dust emissions

ALASKA: Ambient Air Monitors Up and Running

Learn about the toxics crisis in Arvin

Meet the Affected Communities

Read the latest Arvin Campaign Updates

Clearing the Air

Arvin Bucket Brigade Strikes Again

Central Valley: Texting is Latest Weapon in Fight Against Pollution

BAKERSFIELD: Concerns easier to address

ARVIN: Growth of composting strains oversight of industry

BAKERSFIELD: Judge Orders Community Recycling To Stay Open

Arvin: Group Says Toxic Gas Escaping Community Recycling

MEDIA RELEASE: Bucket Brigade Strikes Again

CENTRAL VALLEY: Arvin residents lead "toxic tour"

CENTRAL VALLEY: Arvin air pollution study kicks off

Learn about the toxics crisis in Frazier Park

Meet the Affected Community

FRAZIER MOUNTAIN, CA: New Video Showcases Struggle for Clean Air in Mountain Community

Read the latest Frazier Park Campaign Updates

Central Valley: Texting is Latest Weapon in Fight Against Pollution

Toxic Drive-by Crime in Progress: 18,000 trucks a day

LEBEC: YouTube Video Tells of Lebec Air Project

CALIFORNIA: Air Quality Monitoring in Frazier Mountain Communities

East Bay Body Burden Project

Children's Exposure Study: Recruitment Letter

EBBS Community Information Session

EBBS Introduction Participant Handout

BLOG: We know what’s in the air, but what’s in our bodies?

Introducing Body Burden Project 2009

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

"Sources of Pollution and School Siting" April 28 - Congressional Briefing, Capitol Hill, DC

Learn about the toxics crisis in West Berkeley

Meet the affected communities

Read the latest West Berkeley Campaign Updates

BERKELEY: Lawsuit alleges labor violations by Pacific Steel

BERKELEY: Former employee files $31 million lawsuit against Pacific Steel in Berkeley

BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA: Pacific Steel Casting Pollution Problems Again Before Berkeley City Council

PRESS RELEASE: New Report on “Green” Recycling Industry Exposes Unregulated Toxic Air Pollution Threat

BERKELEY, CA: Growing neighbor concerns underscore the importance of ongoing, comprehensive monitoring

Final West Berkeley Community Monitoring Project Sampling Results and Map

"Sources of Pollution and School Siting" April 28 - Congressional Briefing, Capitol Hill, DC

11 Lake firms named in air lawsuit - Steel mills included - Based on USA Today study

EPA: Air tests near schools a priority

Berkeley residents angry over air quality Pacific Steel Casting blamed for threat to children's health

Take action for clean air and healthy communities in Berkeley

PROTEST: STOP Pacific Steel Casting's Toxic Emissions - Saturday, February 21 - 11 AM - 10th and Gilman - Berkeley

Pacific Steel Pollution: The Healthy Air Coalition (HAC), Greenaction and Global Community Monitor invite you to a Community Meeting:

Toxic Pollution and Your Health West Berkeley - JULY 31, 2008 Community Health UPDATE Meeting

Take Action To Clean Up Berkeley Steel Mill Heavy Metal Pollution

Learn about the toxics crisis in West Oakland

Meet the affected communities

Read the latest West Oakland campaign updates

WEST OAKLAND: The Recycler Relocation Project

WEST OAKLAND: Possible changes in West Oakland recycling, local pot law and City Attorney's Office

BLOG: West Oakland Agrees - Relocate the Recyclers

WEST OAKLAND: West Oakland activist wins honor, $100,000 prize for grass roots environmental activism

PRESS RELEASE: New Report on “Green” Recycling Industry Exposes Unregulated Toxic Air Pollution Threat

OAKLAND, CA: Community group files lawsuit against West Oakland recycling firm

Art Auction to Benefit West Oakland Air Monitoring Program

New West Oakland Air Monitoring Program Targets Toxic Pollution from Troubled Scrap Metal and Aluminum Melting Plant - McClymonds EXCEL Law Academy Students Identified Threat from Scrap Metal facility

PROJECT GREEN: Into the Wilds of Oakland, California - Young pollution sleuths and community activists fight for healthier air.

Take Back Our Streets and Sidewalks - West Oakland! Public Meeting on CASS truck trailers blocking our streets - August 12th

Take action for clean air and healthy communities in West Oakland

TAKE ACTION: Join Community Members and Sign West Oakland Relocation Petition Today!

Add Your Voice to Ban Bunker Fuel in California!

California Other

NORCAL: The Bay Area Gets Fracked

SAN FRANCISCO: Judge stays California Cap-and-Trade program on EJ issues

MARTINEZ: Hearing to begin in ConocoPhillips complaints

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

Kingsburg animal feed plant at center of conflicting studies on widespread pollution: Manganese Threats

Tales of the Toxics Tourist: Hinkley, CA: Alive and kicking

Hinkley Residents Fear New Toxic Threat

Nation's First Regulation on Refinery Flares Under Fire

Boxer sets agenda on environment

Irish Shell Protestors Honored in San Francisco at St. Pat's Day Parade

TAR SANDS: AvaTAR SANDS ad appears in Variety

TAR SANDS: Shell to cut back Tar Sands development

TAR SANDS: Shell comes under attack from investors

Tar Sands Kills Again: Alberta oil spill kills hundreds of birds

Protests dog Alberta PR campaign to Cover Up Tar Sands Disaster

Beyond Propaganda: Oil giant BP greenwashes Alberta tar sands

Grabbing for oil: U.S. thirst powers push for Canada fuel

Wahta Mohawk Territory First Nation Blog: Tales of the Toxic Tourists

A toxic drop in the bucket DIY environmentalists won't wait for others to clear the air

Aamjiwnaang First Nation: Movie makes plea to reign in toxins released from Chemical Valley

CANADA: 'Avatar' Director Helping Tribal Peoples Concerned About Tar Sands Pollution

SARNIA, CANADA: Second Benzene Leak from Refinery Shuts Down Neighborhood

Shell refinery opponents celebrate!

Aamjiwnaang First Nation in Canada: A puzzle over fewer boy births

First Nation Bucket Brigade: Air sample reveals pollutants; chemical known to affect reproduction was found

Aamjiwnaang Background Sample Report

Second Air Test by Aamjiwnaang Bucket Brigade Highlights More Problems with Canada’s Pollution Laws - Reproductive Toxin Found in Air Sample at First Nation burial ground on ‘Clean’ Air Day

CANADA'S CHEMICAL VALLEY: Moving First Nation Reserve VS. Stay and Fight!

SEX RATIOS: CHEMICAL VALLEY: Male birth dearth persists on Ontario reserve

ALBERTA, CANADA: Enviros launch ad assault against oil sands pipeline project

ALBERTA, CANADA: Fresh air testing

ALBERTA, CANADA: Health Issues Spur Northern Albertan residents to learn to Sample Own Air

ALBERTA, CANADA: Ft. McKay folk to take air samples

ALBERTA, CANADA: Residents from Peace and Athabasca Regions Trained to Sample Own Air Quality

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C.: Recent Bucket Samples Show Hazardous Air Contaminants (video)

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C.: Taking air samples by the bucketful

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C.: Bucket Brigade (video)

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C.: Put a lid on it

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C.: Bucket Brigade Ready to Roll

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C.: Air advocate offering advice

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C.: Air Sampling To Begin in Prince George

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C.: Greens in Prince George recruit U.S. group to test air

PRINCE GEORGE, BC: GCM to help air quality advocates with odour testing

PRINCE GEORGE, BC: Groups to test stinky air in Millar Addition

Battlement Mesa and Durango

Learn about the toxics crisis in Battlement Mesa and Durango

Meet the affected community

Read the latest Battlement Mesa and Durango campaign updates

Colorado study finds fracking risks for nearby residents

COLORADO: Study shows air emissions near fracking sites may impact health

New Report Reveals Toxic Air Near Natural Gas Operations

COLORADO: More taking notice of air quality near gas drilling sites

COLORADO: Report: Air by school is safe

Gassed or not? Schools seek an answer

HUFFINGTON POST: Colorado Officials Investigating Hydrogen Sulfide Reports At Oil And Gas Drilling Sites

COLORADO: State officials looking into hydrogen sulfide reports

COLORADO: Are residents getting ‘gassed’?

COLORADO: Shale Gas Isn't Cleaner Than Coal, Cornell Researchers Say

CEMEX neighors find heavy metals in dust

CEMEX Neighbors Find Mercury in their Dust

Blowing in the wind Cemex's toxic dust is found in Lyons homes

Mothers marching to clean up CEMEX - May 6th, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Learn about the toxics crisis in Claymont

Meet the affected community

Read the latest Claymont campaign updates

DELAWARE: State-Ordered Evraz Steel Mill Clean Up Project Moves Ahead

DELAWARE: 80 Claymont residents sue troubled steel recycler

DELAWARE: Claymont Steel plant ordered to clean up

CLAYMONT, DE: Soot from Claymont steel recycler continues to plague neighbors

CLAYMONT, DE: Ongoing environmental monitoring results in less toxic dust and new proposed pollution control settlement

CLAYMONT, DE: Claymont loses a champion of the past, a voice for change

CLAYMONT, DE: Fire at Claymont Steel injures worker

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

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

Metallic soot plagues Claymont - Steel plant's emissions called 'phenomenally high' in air-quality study

Pollution Not So Gone With the Wind

AIR OF SUSPICION- part 2- Unlikely rebels defeat gritty plant

AIR OF SUSPICION- part 1

When they are heard, they roar!

Tales of Toxics Tourists

Newtown Florist Club hosts National Environmental Justice Meeting and Tour

Attend - National Bucket Brigade Conference - Sept. 8 - Atlanta

AGENDA FOR NATIONAL BUCKET BRIGADE COMMUNITY MONITORING FAIR AND TRAININGS

National Bucket Brigade Coalition 2007 Conference Sept. 8, 2007

Purina mill takes flack: Agency satisfied plant is following air quality rules, but residents want more!

'Brigade' fights air pollution

Project seeks to rid village of gasoline, fumes in soil

ConocoPhillips to expand in Illinois

More BP refinery doubts: EPA "BP may have begun a project to process Canadian crude oil at the refinery in 2005 without the proper permit.”

Ripple Effect of Shell Decision: Rising costs present challenge to second refinery in Saint John

Shell backs out of oil sands project

Refiners Face Obstacles to Processing Cheaper, Dirtier Crude Oil

Syncrude ducks tar sands critics at its peril

US Refinery pollution may soar: Midwest projects would increase emission up to 40%

Learn about the toxics crisis in Indiana

Meet the affected communities

Read the latest Indiana campaign updates

INDIANA: Community Is Torn Over Expansion of Oil Refinery

INDIANA: Champion of Environment, A Quiet Hero

INDIANA: BP leak officially 'threat to health'

WHITING, IN: Gulf oil spill may impact BP's refinery expansion project in Whiting

WHITING, IN: BP oil refinery expansion raising concerns about safety of Great Lakes

Why We Need Green Jobs-A forum sponsored by Calumet Project-Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 5:00 PM

WHITING, IN: EPA Blocks Air Permit for BP Refinery Expansion

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

WHITING, IN: BP seeks to allay benzene concerns

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

Take action for clean and healthy communities in Indiana

Learn about the toxics crisis in Iowa

Meet the affected community

Read the latest updates

Muscatine: Report from Iowa Public Radio about the city's air quality

Muscatine: Another item on the bucket list

Muscatine: How safe is the air?

Muscatine Residents Launch “Bucket Brigade” Air Monitoring Project

KENTUCKY: One dead, three injured in Rubbertown chemical plant fire

High-profile activist Louis Coleman dies

Zeon agreement being rewritten: Attorneys lose lead plaintiff's support

Odor-rule crackdown urged Activists ask Louisville to step up enforcement

Neighbors, plant reach tentative settlement

Derailment 'a wake-up call' about Rubbertown

TOXIC AIR UPDATE A Message from Rubbertown Emergency ACTion (REACT)

Chemical stench linked to Rubbertown plant

Rubbertown still hot spot for toxic air Exposure up to 60 times that in eastern Louisville

AUGUST 2006 - Louisville, KY The Bucket Brigade is Back!!

LOUISIANA: Murphy Oil Agrees to $1.25 Million Penalty

LOUISIANA: Community Group Sues Murphy Oil Over Air Pollution

LOUISIANA: Bucket Brigade founder honored: Group keeps pollution in check at local sites

Katrina Survivors Fight Murphy Oil Permit for More Pollution & More Tanks After Disaster

St. Bernard re-writing emergency operations plan

Refinery residue drifts over schoolchildren

Long Time Clean Air Champion Wins Catholic Award

New Study Exposes Exxon Chalmette Refining’s Accident Rate

Margie Eugene Richard of Norco, Louisiana Campaigned For Justice Against Oil Giant Shell and Won Relocation for 300 Families from Toxic Releases

Hurricane Katrina Disaster

Katrina News Stories

Eyewitness Reports

Ken Ford, President St. Bernard Citizens for Environment Quality

Wilma Subra Notes from the Hurricane Impacted area

Editorial Comments

Katrina's Toxic Brew May Save Uninsured

From Sucker's Bets for the New Century

Open Waste Burning

We've got a Love Canal down here

Hurricane Katrina - Our Experiences

Louisiana Refineries flooded and flaring!

AUDIT OF EPA/ DEQ SAMPLES REVEALS AIR CONTAMINATION AND HEALTH HAZARDS

Storm Stretches Refiners Past a Perilous Point

The Entire Community Is Now a Toxic Waste Dump

New Orleans' toxic tide

Oil spillages spread through Mississippi wetlands

Katrina Stirs Up Oily Nightmare

Exxon says several weeks to assess Chalmette Refinery damage

Katrina News Stories

Learn about the toxics crisis in Detroit

Meet the affected community

DETROIT, MI: Watch first-hand accounts of life in Southwest Detroit

Read the latest Detroit campaign updates

DETROIT: New equipment at Marathon refinery in Detroit to cut emissions

DETROIT: Marathon Wants to Buy Out Oakwood Heights in Southwest Detroit

DETROIT: Health Worries Stalk Neighborhoods in Detroit's 'Sacrifice Zone'

DETROIT: GCM's participation in the fourth national environmental conference

DETROIT: Justice for All

DETROIT: Marathon refinery expansion promises jobs and cash -- but not enough, neighbors say

Detroit: Benzene in the Sewers…. Really?!?

DETROIT: Pleasant Street Investigation Community Meeting

DETROIT: Alarming Levels of Toxic Chemicals Detected in Southwest Detroit Woman’s Home Near Marathon Tank Farm

DETROIT, MI: Ruptured Tar Sands Oil Pipeline Receives Approval to Restart

Take action for clean air and healthy communities in Detroit

Hallan tóxico cancerígeno en la región

Obtienen muestras de aire en zonas de industrias contaminantes

Extenderá 'Brigada de Cubetas' monitoreo en la zona

Bucket Brigade detects high levels of carcinogenic benzene in Southern Veracruz

Green-Peace y otras asociaciones

FIRST AIR TEST FOR TOXIC CONTAMINATION IN MEXICO SHOWS DANGEROUS CHEMICALS IN EVERY BREATH TAKEN BY PEMEX NEIGHBORS

BLOG: Top Villains of Fracking in the Running for Award

NEW MEXICO: EPA Posts Frack Rules Without Explanation; Oil and Gas Industry Cries Foul

Meet the affected community

Learn about the toxics crisis in New Mexico

Read the latest New Mexico Campaign Updates

New Report Reveals Toxic Air Near Natural Gas Operations

HUFFINGTON POST: Colorado Officials Investigating Hydrogen Sulfide Reports At Oil And Gas Drilling Sites

NEW MEXICO: Students Evacuated After Gas Leak Detected

NEW MEXICO: Gas Drilling Technique Is Labeled Violation

NEW MEXICO: Gas Wells May Emit Toxic By-product

NEW MEXICO: San Juan Basin BUCKET BRIGADE - it's here and it is not going away

NEW MEXICO: Activists’ air tests uncover compounds. They say regulators’ methods inadequate.

NEW MEXICO AND COLORADO: Toxic Soup of Harmful Chemicals Found in the Air Near Schools and Homes in the Four Corners

NEW MEXICO: Debate Stirs Over Whether Hydrogen Sulfide Poses a Serious Threat

Take action for clean air and healthy communities in New Mexico

Learn about the toxics crisis in New York

Meet the affected community

Read the latest New York Campaign updates

N.Y. Plant's Neighbors Expose Regulatory Gaps

Poisoned Places: Toxic Air, Neglected Communities

NEW YORK: Hydrofracking's impact on air quality concerns some

NEW YORK: Over 200 people suing Tonawanda Coke

BLOG: A Fractured Fracking Law in New York

NEW YORK: Tonawanda community pressing for fines for air quality violations by coke plant.

NEW YORK: Bucket Brigade leader returns to Tonawanda

NEW YORK: After evidence from Bucket Brigade, EPA raids Tonawanda Coke

Two plants accused of air pollution

Cheektowaga Citizens' Coalition Fights Back

NORTH DAKOTA: Filling a need: New refinery plan is still in the works

NORTHEASTERN US

WASHINGTON DC: EPA's tests of air outside schools find problems

WASHINGTON D.C.: EPA Exempts Refineries From Hazardous Waste Control Requirements

NEW ORDINANCE: Train riders may be boarding at roundhouse in Rockland, Maine:

Rockland, Maine: First Community AIr Tests of Toxic Train

Clean Air for Rockland, others launch community air checks

RESIDENTS MAY TAKE OWN AIR SAMPLES

REPORT SHOWS ALTON A SAFETY 'NUISANCE'

Learn about the toxics crisis in Ohio

Meet the affected community

Read the latest Ohio Updates

Tar sands: The most destructive project on the Planet

Toledo, OH: Educate and empower yourself about BP Husky's tar sands plan

Coal Ash Spill Disaster: Environmentalists question fly ash cloud - prepare to test the air themselves

Don't miss USA Today on the first hour of the Today Show for a series focusing on the impacts of toxic pollution and school children.

Fire put out at Eramet plant

Ohio EPA delays modifying air-pollution policy on odors

Researchers Assess Exposure to Metal Emissions in Marietta

Platform: Parents want tighter controls on pollution

Citizens group monitors area’s air

Capturing Flats' bad air in a bucket Amateur free-lance patrols aim to clean up Cuyahoga Valley

PHILADELPHIA: Air Quality Concerns Threaten Natural Gas's Image

Testing reinforces air quality findings

Understanding Clean Air Act

SOUTH DAKOTA: Texas company, opponents to battle over refinery

Board listens to pros, cons on Hyperion - Opponents outnumber those who favor

Ripple Effect of Shell Decision: Rising costs present challenge to second refinery in Saint John

The Hyperion Project: Health risks largely unknown

Syncrude ducks tar sands critics at its peril

Time to draw a line in the oil sands

What makes a refinery green?

Learn about the toxics crisis in South Dakota

Meet the affected communities

Read the latest South Dakota Campaign updates

SOUTH DAKOTA: Hyperion opponents appeal circuit court judge's decision to South Dakota Supreme Court

SOUTH DAKOTA: Battle for Hyperion back in courtroom next month

SOUTH DAKOTA: My Voice, Hyperion will be harmful to public health

SOUTH DAKOTA: Proposed Oil Refinery the Center of Political Debate

SOUTH DAKOTA: Politicians and oil company at odds over proposed refinery plans

SOUTH DAKOTA: Hyperion says refinery still planned for 2015

SOUTH DAKOTA: Hyperion admits air permit was flawed, wants another chance to get it right

SOUTH DAKOTA: Hyperion challenges its own air permit

SOUTH DAKOTA: Media rushes to cover launching of Union County Bucket Brigade

SOUTH DAKOTA: Refinery Opponents Start Independent Air Monitoring

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Public Health Benefits of Dethroning King Coal in the U.S.

TENNESSEE: NY Times Editorial Calls for National Action to Regulate Coal Ash

TENNESSEE: Reflections on the one year anniversary of the Fly Ash Disaster

TENNESSEE: Video testimony in aftermath of TVA fly ash disaster

TENNESSEE: Coal ash spill featured on 60 Minutes (VIDEO)

Tennessee residents begin independent air monitoring at TVA coal ash disaster site - State’s monitoring fails to test for many dangerous toxins found in coal ash

Join the Campaign for Justice from the CITGO corporation: Convicted Polluters!

Learn about the toxics crisis in Corpus Christi

Meet the Affected Community

Read the latest Corpus Christi Campaign Updates

CORPUS CHRISTI: Citizens for Environmental Justice writes letter urging EPA to require Citgo plant changes

AUSTIN: People’s Friend Award 2012

CORPUS CHRISTI: Look who's coming to the Corpus Christi Environmental Summit

CORPUS CHRISTI: Citgo criminal trial saga continues

CORPUS CHRISTI : ASARCO/Encycle plant demolition ordered stopped

CORPUS CHRISTI: New study reaffirming high birth defect rate given to feds for follow-up

CORPUS CHRISTI — EPA official says refineries pose dilemma

CORPUS CHRISTI: Walking the Fence Line

CORPUS CHRISTI: Aging U.S. Oil Refineries Put Americans at Risk

CORPUS CHRISTI: Encycle Plant Set for Demolition

Take Action for clean air and healthy communities in Corpus Christi

PORT ARTHUR: Protest of VX Wastewater shipments veers from court back to street

Shell Neighbors from Globe to Gather in Port Arthur, Texas

Learn about the toxics crisis in Port Arthur

Meet the Affected Community

O Magazine: The Avenging Angel

Community Feature: Hilton Kelley and the Bucket Brigade

PORT ARTHUR: Testimony to Senate EPW and Judiciary Committees

Read the latest Port Arthur Campaign Updates

O Magazine: The Avenging Angel

Hilton Kelley Wins the Goldman Prize!

PORT ARTHUR: East Texan recognized for green efforts

PORT ARTHUR: Groups disagree on siren alerts for industrial emergencies

BLOG Hilton Kelley: Man on a Mission Puts Forgotten Community on the Map

PORT ARTHUR: Hilton Kelley, Texas Refinery Activist, Bringing National Attention to Pollution and Jobs Crisis

PORT ARTHUR: Toxic Chemicals Around Us, Texans at Risk

PORT ARTHUR: Inside Agitator

PORT ARTHUR: PA summit highlights city's environmental concerns

PORT ARTHUR: Kelley’s Kitchen putting the soul into downtown Port Arthur

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Hopewell News - "Petition to Reduce 'Hopewell Smell' is Presented"

Hopewell Clean Air Network Bucket Brigade Air Test Results

Report: Hopewell air raises concern

The smell of asphalt in the air potential health hazard

Groups raise a stink over odor:The smell of asphalt is nothing unusual for City Point residents, but it may be more dangerous than expected.

Hopewell, Virginia: Bring on the bucket brigade

Hopewell air study to begin:

Learn about the toxics crisis in West Virginia

Meet the affected community

Read the latest West Virginia campaign updates

WEST VIRGINIA: Marcellus & Another Consideration

WEST VIRGINIA: Report warns of gas drilling’s air pollution

WEST VIRGINIA: Decades-old toxic gas threat lifts from W.Va. town

WEST VIRGINIA: Judge Grants Order Blocking MIC unit Start-up

WEST VIRGINIA: Lawsuit Bar Bayer from using MIC at its Institute Plant

WEST VIRGINIA: Lawsuit Seeks to Bar Bayer from Producing MIC

WEST VIRGINIA: Bayer to Pay $460,000 for Pollution Violations

BLOG: Living with Chemical Threats

WEST VIRGINIA: Kanawha Valley Residents Take Air Monitoring Into Their Own Hands

Take action for clean air and healthy communities in West Virginia

SOUTH AMERICA / CARIBBEAN

Island of Curacao battles to close dirty and deadly refinery

Farmers Take Shell Row to the City

Shell Out Time!

Either to the local government takes action now, or we will request international action

Politicians have mixed reactions to declarations made by PdVSA-top man

Achuar Nation Wins Landmark Agreement to Stop Toxic Contamination of Rainforest Homelands After 14-day Blockade

Academic Studies

Detection of Dioxin-like Contaminants in Soil from the Area of Oil Refineries in Vojvodina Region of Serbia

Dioxon & Health: A Review of Dioxin's Effects for Doctors

Odors from mycelium sludge waste and bone meal manufacturing

Odor Threshold Concentration

Odor pollution in the environment and detection instrumentation

Odor Perception Thresholds Versus Danger Levels of Airborne Gases and Particulate Matter

Odor analysis of emissions for a chemical fiber unit

Odors: Fish Drying and Fishy Smells

GCM INSIDER - 1st Quarter 2012

New Report Reveals Toxic Air Near Natural Gas Operations

10th Anniversary Annual Report

GCM INSIDER - 4th Quarter 2011

Green Industry? Under the Radar: Air Pollution from Metal Recyclers

Claymont Dust Study Report

World Bucket Brigade Report: Telling Toxic Truth Worldwide

Smoke Screen: Ambient Air Quality in India

Download report Thailand’s Air : Toxic Cocktail in Adobe pdf format

Breathing Fire: New Refinery Flaring Report Targets Environmental Injustice

Reports from Other Organizations

Lay, Community and Worker 'Epidemiology': An Integrating Strand in Participatory Research

PVC -- The Poison Plastic: Useful links

Common Hazardous Waste Dumpsite and Incinerator at SIPCOT Industrial Complex, Gummidipoondi

Landfills: Assessment of Risks. Environment Agency, UK. May 2004

Health Problems? Don’t Curse Your Fate It May Be the Poisons in the Air You Breathe

Community Environmental Policing: Assessing New Strategies of Public Participation in Environmental Regulation

Dioxins, PCBs in Human Tissue, Fish, Meat, and Wildlife from India

Pandian Chemicals: What the Government Won't Tell You

Perchlorate Chemistry, Use, and Health Effects Fact Sheet

Birds of Prey; Conoco, Condea Vista and PPG Feeding off of Mossville and Calcasieu Parish

Books featuring the Bucket Brigade

Night Fire: Big Oil, Poison Air, and Margie Richard's Fight to Save Her Town

Good Neighbor Campaign Handbook: How to Win

Diamond: A Struggle for Environmental Justice in Louisiana's Chemical Corridor

This Moment on Earth: Today's New Environmentalists and Their Vision for the Future

Coming Clean: Breaking America's Addiction to Oil and Coal

Building the Green Economy: Success Stories from the Grass Roots

Sacrifice Zones: The Front Lines of Toxic Chemical Exposure in the United States

TAKE ACTION: Sign the Petition for Clean Energy

TAKE ACTION: Protect Children From Deadly Hydrogen Sulfide

INVITATION: 2nd International Bucket Brigade and Community Environmental and Health Monitoring Conference

Donate to International Bucket Brigade Conference

Take Action To Clean Up Berkeley Steel Mill Heavy Metal Pollution

Send an Action Alert

Sign our Petition for Clean Energy

Start a Bucket Brigade

Volunteer with GCM

Old Apartheid Laws on Air Quality are Changed in South Africa

Buckets Used in a Successful Campaign against ALCOA Aluminum

Victory by West Action Group and Ohio Citizen over Lanxess Plastics

CITGO Oil Company convicted in Federal Court

Florida Community Triumphs Over Royal Oak Charcoal Factory

Landmark Good Neighbor Agreement Won by Community In-Power Development Association

Northwest Ocala's neighbors trained in Bucket Brigade Techniques

Agreement Reached with Shell by Environmental Justice Community in Port Arthur, Texas

Strategic Toxic Air Reduction (STAR) is Passed in Louisville, KY

Citizens of Norco Celebrate the Relocation of Shell Chemical

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