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Erin Brockovich
Sep 22, 2022
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Love to see the people showing up and making these toxic corps sweat. Check out this great organizing work.

Chemours Wants To Expand. NC Advocates Showed Up to Say NO!

Chemours hosted a public information session yesterday about wanting to expand their toxic PFAS production in North Carolina.

Just look at the crowd that showed up!

NC residents can take action here.

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Clean Cape Fear @CleanCapeFear
Chemours is only letting 10 ppl in at a time. They don’t want to hear from this crowd! Stop by the CFRW tent and give public comment. This crowd is 🔥 #nomorechemours #chemoursexpansionNC
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9:15 PM ∙ Sep 21, 2022
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A Big Win For “Cancer Alley” Residents

Louisiana community groups and environmental orgs scored a landmark victory against a massive petrochemical project last week, when a state district judge in Baton Rouge struck down the project’s air permit. The decision is a major blow to Formosa Plastics, whose proposed $9.4 billion complex in St. James Parish would have been one of largest plastic production facilities in the world.

Read the full story here.

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Climate Power @ClimatePower
Last week, @risestjames and fellow environmental justice advocates successfully blocked the building of a petrochemical plant in their predominantly Black community! WATCH local activist, Shamyra Lavigne, detail their ongoing fight for environmental justice:
2:46 PM ∙ Sep 21, 2022
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Protest Outside The EPA Headquarters

On Tuesday, scientists, activists, firefighters, cancer survivors, and families from around the country showed up in D.C. to express outrage at the inadequate efforts of the EPA to regulate and remove cancer-causing chemicals from the environment. Organized by the SAFE Coalition, many of the organizers are moms whose children are sick and dying from environmental contamination.

Learn more here.

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PEER @PEERorg
📢We are at the #SAFEEPAProtest in DC and the energy is amazing! Advocate @wind_susan organized parents, cancer victims, and firefighters to tell @EPA to do their job! We shouldn't have to beg for clean water and clean schools. We need to prioritize environmental health now!
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3:44 PM ∙ Sep 20, 2022
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