Sept 18/19: Env Justice Conference at Niagara Falls + Toxic Tour of Love Canal

[Liz Barry]

Hey NYC/NJ-ers, 

Looking ahead to September, there's a great conference happening up at Tonawanda September 18/19. 

TonaWHERE? In upstate New York, right between Great Lakes Ontario and Erie where Niagara Falls is, near our Canadian friends: 

TonaWhy? Because the Western New York Environmental Justice Alliance along with a lot of other folks (Jackie Creedon!) won a landmark 2013 verdict against a polluting coke plant -- only the second time in US history that a company has been indicted and convicted under the Clean Air Act. And because it's right by Love Canal, "Quite simply, Love Canal is one of the most appalling environmental tragedies in American history." - EPA, 1979 http://www2.epa.gov/aboutepa/love-canal-tragedy 

TonaTherefore: a Toxic Tour is planned for Friday September 18 to hear directly from the folks involved in these situations (and also to see Niagara Falls):

http://www.airhugger.org/toxic-tour/

Event website: http://www.airhugger.org/

PL note recapping this: http://publiclab.org/notes/liz/08-04-2015/western-ny-community-based-science-for-action-regional-workshop-tonawanda-ny

I am potentially interested in coordinating ground travel from NYC/NJ. Maybe Bos/Prov folks might like to arrange something as well. Write back with interest and we can see what develops. 

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[Liz Barry]

Resending this! I'd love to plan some travel with a small crew to go up north. 

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Hi all,

I'd be very interested in carpooling with folks from the Boston- Prov area to go to Tonawanda on Friday 9/18 in time for the tour and back to Boston on Saturday after the conference. I have a Toyota Prius that could comfortably seat 4 ( 3  + the driver) .

Lynn

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On Aug 10, 2015, at 12:12 PM, Liz Barry <l...@publiclab.org> wrote:

Resending this! I'd love to plan some travel with a small crew to go up north. 

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On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 9:23 AM, Liz Barry <l...@publiclab.org> wrote:

Hey NYC/NJ-ers, 

Looking ahead to September, there's a great conference happening up at Tonawanda September 18/19. 

TonaWHERE? In upstate New York, right between Great Lakes Ontario and Erie where Niagara Falls is, near our Canadian friends: 

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TonaWhy? Because the Western New York Environmental Justice Alliance along with a lot of other folks (Jackie Creedon!) won a landmark 2013 verdict against a polluting coke plant -- only the second time in US history that a company has been indicted and convicted under the Clean Air Act. And because it's right by Love Canal, "Quite simply, Love Canal is one of the most appalling environmental tragedies in American history." - EPA, 1979 http://www2.epa.gov/aboutepa/love-canal-tragedy 

TonaTherefore: a Toxic Tour is planned for Friday September 18 to hear directly from the folks involved in these situations (and also to see Niagara Falls):

http://www.airhugger.org/toxic-tour/

<Screen Shot 2015-08-07 at 9.09.08 AM.png>

Event website: http://www.airhugger.org/

PL note recapping this: http://publiclab.org/notes/liz/08-04-2015/western-ny-community-based-science-for-action-regional-workshop-tonawanda-ny

I am potentially interested in coordinating ground travel from NYC/NJ. Maybe Bos/Prov folks might like to arrange something as well. Write back with interest and we can see what develops. 

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[Liz Barry]

Lynn, 

Did you get any takers?

From NYC, the $62 each way train tickets look too good to pass up, but they would only bring someone as far as Buffalo. 

Now there's also the OpenHardwareSummit in Philly on this same weekend, but it looks like at least Bronwen (who is from the area) and I will be traveling up from to Tonawanda. 

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