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OAKLAND, CA: Student-produced documentary features West Oakland community
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C.: 'Bucket Brigade' tests air in Prince George
OAKLAND, CA: Scrap Metal Plant Sued for Illegal SF Bay Pollution
SOUTH AFRICA: Communities Launch Particulate Matter Testing Program Targeting Mines and Metals Facilities
KENYA: Bucket Brigade Meets Obama's Grandma, National Training for Environmental Justice Communities Underway
Healthy Schools Hero Award 2009 - Ruth Breech, Global Community Monitor!
Young environmentalists tackle West Oakland pollution: Neighbors will start air monitoring project
Aamjiwnaang First Nation: Imperial Oil darkens sky - second accident this week!
“Hopewell Smell” Harmful to Human Health - Southern Virginia Community Air Testing Program Finds Results Alarming
Young students often most vulnerable to toxic air:"That's why monitoring is so important," says Ruth Breech, program director for Global Community Monitor
Australia Bucket Brigade
Group Battling ALCOA sponsors National Bucket Brigade Training for Australia
Residents will do air testing the US way (ALCOA)
Residents resort to own air testing
Shell refinery cops a bucketing
Brigada de Baldes- Mexico
FIRST AIR TEST FOR TOXIC CONTAMINATION IN MEXICO SHOWS DANGEROUS CHEMICALS IN EVERY BREATHE TAKEN BY PEMEX NEIGHBORS
Testing their own air
Pemex Suspends Release of Gases
Experts from the United States Monitor Contamination
Air tests obtained in zones with contaminating industries
Epidemiological Study Begins
Florida Bucket Brigade
Residents of County of top twenty most toxic to test there air - Bucket Brigade Strikes Again!
Tests Prove Threatening Chemicals in Particulate Pollution in Community
Volunteers monitor industrial plant emissions
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FIRST AIR TEST FOR TOXIC CONTAMINATION IN MEXICO SHOWS DANGEROUS CHEMICALS IN EVERY BREATHE TAKEN BY PEMEX NEIGHBORS
Soot sleuths: Volunteers monitor industrial plant emissions
Valero Refinery Busted by Real Time Monitor
Sunoco settles pollution suit
Air-Pollution Samplers Given $3,200 Grant
Lessening the Scares in the Air Contra Costans begin noting chemical discharges
MEXICO'S GIANT POLLUTER: Will Privitization Force Pemex to Clean Up Its Act?
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COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL POLICING: Assessing New Strategies of Public Participation in Environmental Regulation
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Oceans and Communities Project
Opposition Grows to Deep Sea Mining Venture in Papua New Guinea
Citgo Justice
Join the Campaign for Justice from the CITGO corporation: Convicted Polluters!
Ireland: Shell to Sea
SHELL DISPUTE- IRELAND: Ministers hear depth of Corrib resistance first hand
Shell Facts
Why an public pressure campaign about Shell?
Ireland and Shell: Transcript of Public Hearing on Police Actions at Refinery site: Pattern of Abuse Emerges from Evidence
Philippine Supreme Court Decision May Force Shell and Chevron to Close Oil Depot
THE IRISH TIMES - FEBRUARY 26, 2007 Rights group to study Corrib gas dispute
New report about damage to the environment and communities caused by Shell - Royal Dutch Shell: Use your profits to clean up your mess!
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Shell, DEQ settle emission charges
Philippine Supreme Court Decision May Force Shell and Chevron to Close Oil Depot
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

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Shell chairman to view problems at Sapref, says activist
Activists take one share to Shell AGM
SHELL NEIGHBORS BRIEF BRITISH PARLIMENT ON ATROCITIES
BEHIND THE SHINE - THE REAL IMPACTS OF SHELL'S WORK AROUND THE WORLD
Shell Accused of Toxic Waste Racism
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Corpus Christi, Texas: Citizen Samples Confirm Community Contaminated by CITGO Upset Groups Call for Federal Investigation into Spill Response and Neighborhood Clean up
Global Fenceline Communities Demand that Shell CEO Deliver on His Promises Campaign to Right Shell's Wrongs to Continues
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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
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AFRICA
KENYA
KENYA: Bucket Brigade Meets Obama's Grandma, National Training for Environmental Justice Communities Underway
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
Winning Clean Air for Kenya: Bucket Brigades for Environmental Justice!
Tales of the Toxic Tourists Western Kenya
Field Report: Pan African Paper – Webuye, Kenya
NIGERIA
Shell told to pay Nigeria $1.5bn
Nigeria: campaigners won't let Saro-Wiwa die
Shell warns of explosion as Nigerian villagers scoop oil from spill
ERA Field Report #113: One Month After, Shell's Spill Remains Uncleared
SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH AFRICA: Communities Launch Particulate Matter Testing Program Targeting Mines and Metals Facilities
Durban, South Africa: Oil Depot Inferno
South Africa National Bucket Brigade Training
Use profits to clean up your mess, Shell told
Shell chairman to view problems at Sapref, says activist
Activists take one share to Shell AGM
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
ZAMBIA
Tales of Toxics Tourists SOUTHERN AFRICA: Zambia
Field report: Glencore Copper Mine and Smelter, Mufulira, Copperbelt Province, Zambia:
ASIA
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
International Bucket Brigade Conference in New Delhi, India: Delegates Gather from Around the Globe to Exchange Success and Challenges
Katrina News Stories
Learn about the toxics crisis in India
Meet the affected communities
Read the latest India campaign updates
INDIA: Community monitoring building body of evidence of pollution
INDIA: Environmental monitors raise concerns over threat of planned industrial facilities to marine life
INDIA: National ban on industrial expansion for country's most polluted regions
INDIA: Chemical Park increases cancer risk in Cuddalore - Study Confirms Bucket Brigade results!
INDIA: Bhopal's survivors set off on an arduous 800km walk to Delhi to assert their basic, fundamental rights to justice and a life of dignity and health.
International Bucket Brigade Conference in New Delhi, India: Delegates Gather from Around the Globe to Exchange Success and Challenges
Tales of the Toxic Tourists: Breathing Poison for a reason!
Chennai's Poison Air: Real Time Monitor Tells Toxic Truth!
INDIA: Gas leak again; case registered against refinery - Agency Claims Toxic Gases are "safe"
Tamil Nadu - Cuddalore: Power project will displace 3,000 families, says CPI leader
Take action for clean air and healthy communities in India
ISRAEL
ISRAEL: Report Draws Link Between Air Pollution and Children's Health and Calls for More Protection Measures Including Monitor
ISRAEL: Kesem Launches "Bucket Brigades"
KAZAKHSTAN
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!
PAPA NEW GUINEA
PHILIPPINES
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
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
AUSTRALIA
VICTORIA AUSTRALIA
Watchdog sued in oil pollution battle
Environmental David and Goliath battle continues over Shell's emissions!
Residents resort to own air testing
Shell refinery cops a bucketing
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
Residents will do air testing the US way (ALCOA)
EUROPE
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
ENGLAND
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
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
Corrib appeals delayed as judge cites'personal conflict'- International watchdog, the Global Community Monitor attends.
REPORT OF AN INTERNATIONAL FACT FINDING DELEGATION TO COUNTY MAYO, IRELAND FEBRUARY 23-27, 2007
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
NORTH AMERICA
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
CALIFORNIA
West Oakland Youth and CASS Pollution Watch
BERKELEY, CA: Join GCM at Informational Body Burden Meeting, November 4th
OAKLAND, CA: Community group files lawsuit against West Oakland recycling firm
OAKLAND, CA: Student-produced documentary features West Oakland community
OAKLAND, CA: Scrap Metal Plant Sued for Illegal SF Bay Pollution
Art Auction to Benefit West Oakland Air Monitoring Program
Young environmentalists tackle West Oakland pollution: Neighbors will start air monitoring project
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
West Oakland, CA: CASS Aluminum Smelter cited for 8 Hazardous Violations!
West Berkeley Community and Pacific Steel Campaign
BERKELEY, CA: Growing neighbor concerns underscore the importance of ongoing, comprehensive monitoring
BERKELEY, CA: Join GCM at Informational Body Burden Meeting, November 4th
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
Healthy Schools Hero Award 2009 - Ruth Breech, Global Community Monitor!
EPA: Air tests near schools a priority
Berkeley residents angry over air quality Pacific Steel Casting blamed for threat to children's health
PROTEST: STOP Pacific Steel Casting's Toxic Emissions - Saturday, February 21 - 11 AM - 10th and Gilman - Berkeley
Young students often most vulnerable to toxic air:"That's why monitoring is so important," says Ruth Breech, program director for Global Community Monitor
East Bay Body Burden Project
East Bay Body Burden Project
BERKELEY, CA: Join GCM at Informational Body Burden Meeting, November 4th
California Other
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
Workshops to Ban Flaring - Fight Back Against Weak Refinery Flare Rule
Breathing Fire: in their own words: Media Coverage
Breathing Fire: New Refinery Flaring Report Targets Air District
Standing up for Vallejo Plan for power plant at closed shipyard turns residents into activists
CANADA
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
Ripple Effect of Shell Decision: Rising costs present challenge to second refinery in Saint John
Shell backs out of oil sands project
Syncrude ducks tar sands critics at its peril
Time to draw a line in the oil sands
Protests dog Alberta PR campaign to Cover Up Tar Sands Disaster
Beyond Propaganda: Oil giant BP greenwashes Alberta tar sands
Aamjiwnaang
SARNIA, CANADA: Second Benzene Leak from Refinery Shuts Down Neighborhood
Aamjiwnaang First Nation: Imperial Oil darkens sky - second accident this week!
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
CANADA: Ecojustice draws a line: Aamjiwnaang opposes new chemical industries in area
Prince George
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, B.C.: 'Bucket Brigade' tests air in Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE, BC: GCM to help air quality advocates with odour testing
DELAWARE
EDITORIAL: State health officials have no business sitting on cancer data
DELAWARE: State keeps wraps on cancer information
Claymont
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
Delaware schools in path of pollution: Manganese from Claymont Steel
Data spreadsheet of all samples in Claymont Dust Study to date - November 13, 2008
Study: Steel mill dust may be toxic = Excessive lead, manganese found in Claymont
New Castle
ILLINOIS
Project seeks to rid village of gasoline, fumes in soil
ConocoPhillips to expand in Illinois
INDIANA
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...
WHITING, IN: BP Cited For High Benzene Release
11 Lake firms named in air lawsuit - Steel mills included - Based on USA Today study
BP permit hearing delayed - Setback for Tar sands expansion
MICHIGAN
Learn about the toxics crisis in Detroit
Meet the affected community
Read the latest Detroit campaign updates
BLOG: Detroit 48217: Dead Zone?
DETROIT, MI: Making an Impact at US Social Forum
DETROIT, MI: Michigan scolded over drop-off in air quality monitoring
DETROIT, MI: University study confirms Southwest Detroit is most polluted neighborhood in Michigan
DETROIT, MI: 48217: Life in Michigan's most polluted ZIP code
"We need protection, Detroiters tell EPA"
DETROIT, MI: High levels of lead found in mystery dust blanketing Southwest Detroit
DETROIT, MI: Residents meet with EPA officials, demand clean air
DETROIT, MI: Residents of Southwest Detroit pushing for moratorium on industrial expansion
DETROIT, MI: Activists Using Bucket Technology Capture Only Air Sample from Gas Vapors
Take action for clean air and healthy communities in Detroit
NORTH DAKOTA
NORTH DAKOTA: Filling a need: New refinery plan is still in the works
SOUTH DAKOTA
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
SOUTH DAKOTA: Hyperion Consultant Admits Refinery will Have More CO2 Emissions than Any Other US Refinery
SOUTH DAKOTA: Refinery opponents appeal air permit decision in court
SOUTH DAKOTA: Hyperion looks ahead to water permits
SOUTH DAKOTA: Hyperion renews about half of land options
SOUTH DAKOTA: Hyperion hangs in the balance
SOUTH DAKOTA: Texas company, opponents to battle over refinery
TENNESSEE
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
Coal Ash Spill Disaster: Environmentalists question fly ash cloud - prepare to test the air themselves
VIRGINIA
Hopewell News - "Petition to Reduce 'Hopewell Smell' is Presented"
“Hopewell Smell” Harmful to Human Health - Southern Virginia Community Air Testing Program Finds Results Alarming
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:
Sierra Club will test Hopewell air quality
TEXAS
Corpus Christi
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX: State vows to study ground pollution, residents skeptical
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX: Community members derail housing project planned for contaminated lot
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX: Land for public housing project contaminated, report shows
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX: Hydrogen Fluoride causes concern for local communities
Refinery Neighbor Study shows high levels of benzene
U.S. Refineries' Carcinogenic Pollution Rose From 2004-2006, Underreporting of Millions of Pounds of Emissions Suspected
Results Of Toxicology Study On Pollution In Northside Released:
State agency accuses Citgo of 3 violations:"They're gassing the community repeatedly, with no regard for human health"
Former refinery neighbors recall illnesses - In cross-examination, some experts express uncertainty on cause
Guard: No one entered jury room in Citgo case - CITGO claims activist tampered with panel
Port Arthur
PORT ARTHUR, TX: Concern over emissions from oil spill
GALVESTON, TX: GCM Partners win 2009 HERO Award
PORT ARTHUR: Tons of PCBs May Come Calling at a Down-at-the-Heels Texas City
PORT ARTHUR,TX: Shell Refinery worker claims assault through exposure to chemicals
PORT ARTHUR,TX: $7 Billion Expansion Updates Texas Refinery - Aramco, Shell to Double Size Of Historic Plant, Modify It To Handle 'Nastiest Crudes'
Protest of VX wastewater shipments veers from court back to street
A Lot of Nerve: The Army's deadly VX waste is burning in Port Arthur
Refinery ranked 2nd on environmentalist list
Greens plan challenge to Motiva's Texas expansion
Community monitoring and research leads to EJ victories
COLORADO
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.
FLORIDA
Pollution Not So Gone With the Wind
AIR OF SUSPICION- part 2- Unlikely rebels defeat gritty plant
AIR OF SUSPICION- part 1
Residents of County of top twenty most toxic to test there air - Bucket Brigade Strikes Again!
Tests Prove Threatening Chemicals in Particulate Pollution in Community
When they are heard, they roar!
Soot sleuths: Volunteers monitor industrial plant emissions
Volunteers monitor industrial plant emissions
GEORGIA
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
KENTUCKY
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!!
Toxic air plan draws praise, criticism 175 pack hearing on regulations
LOUISIANA
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
Shell, DEQ settle emission charges
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
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!
News Stories
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
MEXICO
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
Testing their own air
Pemex Suspends Release of Gases
Experts from the United States Monitor Contamination
Air tests obtained in zones with contaminating industries
OHIO
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
OHIO RESIDENTS NEAR ASPHALT PLANTS TURN TO LOW-TECH DEVICE TO TEST AIR
PENNSYLVANIA
Sunoco settles pollution suit
Testing reinforces air quality findings
Understanding Clean Air Act
Air-Pollution Samplers Given $3,200 Grant
Lessening the Scares in the Air Contra Costans begin noting chemical discharges
NORTHEASTERN US
NEW ORDINANCE: Train riders may be boarding at roundhouse in Rockland, Maine:
Rockland, Maine: First Community AIr Tests of Toxic Train
Rockland: Groups join forces to gauge air pollution all over Maine
Clean Air for Rockland, others launch community air checks
RESIDENTS MAY TAKE OWN AIR SAMPLES
REPORT SHOWS ALTON A SAFETY 'NUISANCE'
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
Editorial: Hydrogen sulfide results deserve closer look
Citizens warn of air from quarry
Kodak, activists spar over air tests Company, group use different procedures to analyze samples
Activists demand Kodak air study
Kodak fails air tests, activists say
SOUTH AMERICA / CARIBBEAN
Island of Curacao battles to close dirty and deadly refinery
BARBADOS
Farmers Take Shell Row to the City
Shell Out Time!
CURACAO
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
SOUTH AMERICA
Achuar Nation Wins Landmark Agreement to Stop Toxic Contamination of Rainforest Homelands After 14-day Blockade
Resources
Environmental sampling techniques
Air Pollution Manual
Introduction to Soil Sampling
Wipe Sampling for PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons)
Introduction to Wipe Sampling
Chemical odours
Odor analysis of emissions for a chemical fiber unit
Odor pollution in the environment and detection instrumentation
Odor Perception Thresholds Versus Danger Levels of Airborne Gases and Particulate Matter.
Odor Threshold Concentration
Odors from mycelium sludge waste and bone meal manufacturing
Odors: Fish Drying and Fishy Smells
Reports
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
PVC -- The Poison Plastic: Useful links
Lay, Community and Worker 'Epidemiology': An Integrating Strand in Participatory Research
Pandian Chemicals: What the Government Won't Tell You
Perchlorate Chemistry, Use, and Health Effects Fact Sheet
Air Quality Factsheet
Dioxins, PCBs in Human Tissue, Fish, Meat, and Wildlife from India
Landfills: Assessment of Risks. Environment Agency, UK. May 2004
Birds of Prey; Conoco, Condea Vista and PPG Feeding off of Mossville and Calcasieu Parish
Posters
SVPVC Poster
SPVC Poster
SC2PVC Poster
SC1PVC Poster
KPVC Poster
CVPC Poster
Resources
Take Action
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
Volunteer
Donate
Victories
Florida Community Triumphs Over Royal Oak Charcoal Factory
Agreement Reached with Shell by Environmental Justice Community in Port Arthur, Texas



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