Category: Blog entry
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People’s Gas and Oil Summit in Pittsburgh
For those of you who haven’t watched Gasland, I would strongly recommend checking it out. Besides the cool shots and excellent banjo accompaniments, the story at the heart of the film is extremely compelling and well told. There are honest and admirable protagonists in the movie, as well as shadowy corporations. The movie was created by Josh…
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First Newsletter
Newsletter Edition — Thursday, June 18th, 2010 Join Energy Justice Network at the US Social Forum 2010 in Detroit! ——————————————————– Workshop #1 Mapping for Justice: Open Source, Dirty Energy and Waste Facilities ——————————————————– http://organize.ussf2010.org/ws/mapping-justice-open-source-dirty-energ… Wed, 06/23/2010 — 10:00am — 12:00pm Woodward Academy Room 1449 Energy Justice Network is creating a space to share critical information about all…
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When Zero Waste is Environmental Racism
- by Kaya Banton, Chester Environmental Justice My name is Kaya Banton and I have been a resident of Chester, Pennsylvania all of my life. Chester is a small city right outside of Philadelphia known as one of the worst cases of environmental racism. There are a number of polluting facilities in and surrounding Chester.…