Friday, August 15, 2008

Protest EPA's environmental racism

US EPA’s Administrator Stephen Johnson Is Coming to San Francisco!
PROTEST US EPA’S ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM, INJUSTICE AND
PRO-POLLUTER POLICIES THAT THREATEN THE HEALTH OF
OUR COMMUNITIES AND OF THE PLANET

From Bradley Angel, Greenaction:
Let’s tell this friend of polluters that he’s not welcome & should resign!
PROTEST FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 2008
US EPA Headquarters, 75 Hawthorne, San Francisco
(between 2nd/3rd Streets and Folsom/Howard)
9:30 a.m. Bring Banners and Signs About EPA’s Crimes
Noon: Rally for Environmental Justice and the Planet
Join in Solidarity with the people of Bayview Hunters Point, Navajo communities, Colorado River Indian Tribes, Kettleman City & communities across the U.S. and the world that are being harmed by US EPA policies
Protest EPA’s veto of California’s attempt to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars
Protest EPA’s approval of the proposed Desert Rock Coal-Fired Power Plant on the Navajo Nation in a community already harmed by two dirty coal plants
Protest EPA’s failure to ensure a full and safe cleanup of the toxic and radioactive contamination at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in Bayview Hunters Point, San Francisco
Protest EPA’s proposed approval of more PCB and hazardous waste dumping in the San Joaquin Valley farmworker community of Kettleman City
Protest EPA’s failure to close the Siemen’s toxic waste plant on Colorado River Indian Tribes land in Arizona, where EPA has allowed this polluter to operate for almost two decades without proper permits, emitting toxic pollutants and desecrating a sacred mountain.
Protest EPA’s approval of the deadly poison Methyl Iodide as a large scale pesticide fumigant
Sponsored by: Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice * Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment * Dine CARE * Dooda Desert Rock * El Pueblo Para El Aire y Agua Limpio/People for Clean Air and Water * Mohave Cultural Preservation Program * Indigenous Environmental Network * Huntersview Mothers Committee for Health and Environmental Justice * Healthy San Leandro *Global Community Monitor * Californians for Pesticide Reform* Pesticide Action Network* International Indian Treaty Council * Youth United for Community Action * PODER *
Just Transition Alliance * Data Center * POWER * Stop Lennar Action Movement *
For more information contact Greenaction (415) 248-5010
www.greenaction.org greenaction@greenaction.org

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