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NC Science Advisory Board on Toxic Air Pollutants recommends increasing acceptable ambient levels (AALs) of arsenic nine-fold
Jan. 25, 2012: Raleigh- Despite latest research calling arsenic “the number one environmental chemical of concern in the US and worldwide, today the North Carolina Science Advisory Board on Toxic Air Pollutants (SAB) voted to recommend the increase of “Acceptable Ambient Levels” of arsenic nine-fold. This, despite the SAB’s own listing of arsenic as the number one substance to be reviewed under their “Prevention Paradigm.”
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Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery Rallies
Environmental Justice Campaigners in Georgia
 Dr. Joseph E. Lowery |
Jan. 7, 2012: Today at a church within view of Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant, civil rights veteran Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery spoke about the issues currently affecting the people this region. In attendance were many local residents from the rural Shell Bluff community in Burke County and many people from the Atlanta area who arrived in a bus chartered by Georgia Women’s Action for New Directions.
More Details: Concerned Citizens of Shell Bluff/BREDL Press Release | Event Flyer
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BREDL releases NC Air Toxics Report:
The North Carolina Legislature’s Assault on
the Public
Excerpts from the report:
From The History of the North Carolina Air Toxics Program Section:
In the 1980’s North Carolina established regulations for the reduction of toxic air pollutants—
chemicals which are irritants, acute or chronic toxicants, or carcinogens. The change was
prompted by rising levels of public concern about pollution and health. The NC Environmental
Management Commission was empowered by state law and executive order to control toxic air
pollution.
From the Fast Forward to 2012: A is for Arsenic Section:
To see a snapshot of what is ahead for North Carolina’s air
toxics standards, one has only to look at what has been occurring at the state level regarding this
well-known poison and carcinogen; increasingly shown to have alarming endocrine disrupting
effects.
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The League comments on injection wells rulemaking
Jan. 13, 2012: The draft North Carolina rule on injection wells is the camel’s nose under the tent because it allows certain innocuous-sounding injection well practices to occur under a new permit-by-rule scheme, opening the door to others yet unspecified and potentially dangerous. Recently, North Carolina embarked on a program entitled “State Review of Oil & Natural Gas Environmental Regulations,” aka STRONGER. However, we believe the regulatory trend embodied in the proposed draft rule would be under a different program: “Work Essentially Aimed at Killing Environmental Regulations;” that is, WEAKER.
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BREDL comments on the
proposed air permit for North
Star Jefferson Renewable Energy in Jefferson County, GA
The burning of wood and tires to produce power is an ill-considered idea; tires should not even be considered to be biomass and the residents of Jefferson County, Georgia do not deserve an additional, unnecessary source of toxic air pollution imposed upon their community.
BREDL Fact Sheet | BREDL Comments on proposed air permit
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