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Report from North Carolina Mega-Dumps Tour
August 12 - 20, CHEJ and the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League held fifteen events in 9 cities to highlight the environmental and social injustice of proposed mega-dump landfills set to take out-of-state waste.
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See photos from the tour.
Southeast Precautionary Action Conference
November 16 – 18, 2007
BE SAFE will be holding a Southeast Precautionary Action Conference for people working on three priority environmental hazards—land application of contaminated sewage sludge, proposed industrial and solid waste mega-dumps and nuclear power plants. Groups in NC, SC, TN, VA, GA, PA and FL will come together in Greensboro, NC on November 16th to 18th to share successful strategies, and participate in skills training workshops on media, messaging, health studies and other topics.
The event provides an opportunity for groups working on mega-dumps, sludge issues and nuclear power to strategize collaboratively and develop effective campaign plans for 2008 with an emphasis on prevention and precaution, such as sustainable zero waste programs and clean energy. BE SAFE is working with Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League and other community, environmental and health groups to plan the event.
CHEJ is working with the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League on a precautionary campaign to prevent pollution from mega-dumps and nuclear reactors. Already, BREDL has succeeded in passing a statewide moratorium on mega-dumps, and a 2007 law protecting Wetlands and other environmentally sensitive areas from mega-dumps.
For more information, contact CHEJ BE SAFE Coordinator Anne Rabe at 518-732-4538, anne at besafenet dot com
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