2007
Dec. 5, 2007: Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League and the
People’s Alliance for Clean Energy have filed a Notice of Appeal
to Virginia Department of Environmental Quality regarding
reissuance of VPDES (Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System) Permit for Dominion-North Anna Power Station. BREDL Press Release
| Notice of Appeal
Oct. 23, 2007: NEW STUDY
REVEALS ASPHALT PLANT DANGERS
- Today at a press conference in Spruce Pine, the
Mitchell County Citizens for Clean Air and the Blue Ridge
Environmental Defense League released an air pollution study of
the proposed Young & McQueen asphalt plant which shows that
air toxins would be deposited far from the plant site. The League’s
report shows dangerous levels offsite of formaldehyde, benzene
and arsenic. BREDL
Press Release | BREDL
Air Pollution Study of proposed asphalt plant | Asphalt Plants Page
October 9, 2007: Today two organizations announced the filing of a legal challenge that could stop the construction of a plutonium fuel factory at the Savannah River Site. Nuclear Watch South and the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League uncovered information that the US Department of Energy plans major modifications to the proposed plutonium fuel factory. Read Press Release
On July 31, 2007 the US Department of Homeland
Security issued a Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement for a National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility.
The NBAF would be a new defense research laboratory for
biological warfare agents. Five sites are being considered: 1)
Manhattan, Kansas, 2) Athens, Georgia, 3) San Antonio, Texas, 4)
Butner, North Carolina and 5) Flora, Mississippi. A possible
sixth site is also being considered on Plum Island, New York
where a federal facility has operated for decades.
What You Can Do:
First, attend the Public Meeting on Sept. 18, 2007. The Dept. of
Homeland Security will invite the public to make oral comments.
The meeting will begin at 7:00 PM at the South Granville High
School on 701 North Crescent Drive in Creedmore, NC 27522.
Second, send your comments by mail, online, via fax or voice
mail. The public comment period will end on Sept. 27, 2007
More Info: BREDL Press Release | BREDL Comments on Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility | BREDL Factsheet
July 17, 2007: N.O. - B.S. Forms to Address Sewage Sludge | Group Fears Pollution of Jordan Reservoir Dressed in hazmat suits, rubber boots, gloves, and dust masks, members of Neighbors Opposing Bio-Sludge (N.O. - B.S.) took sludge to the podium today to speak on why additional monitoring and testing of treated sewage sludge - also known as biosolids - is needed in order to determine the effects of land application of sewage sludge on the ailing Jordan Reservoir. Read N.O.-B.S./BREDL Press Release
NEW REPORT PUTS CHARLOTTE AT THE NUCLEAR CROSSROADS
May 22, 2007 At a press conference on the North Carolina-South
Carolina line, citizens’ groups from two states released a
new report which details the dangers of high-level nuclear waste
shipments under the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership program.
Author John Sticpewich of Commonsense at the Nuclear crossroads
used the Department of Energy’s routing criteria to produce
the maps and tables in More Than A TAD: A Study of the
Problems With the Transport and Reprocessing of Nuclear Waste in
the Carolinas. The report lists nuclear power plants in 17
states from which nuclear waste shipments would pass en route to
Savannah River, a potential GNEP site. For example, from 2,146 to
4,498 shipments would likely pass through the Charlotte-Rock Hill
area on Interstate 77. DOE has already held public hearings on
their plans for centralized storage and reprocessing.
Photos and Statements
from representatives of organizations - BREDL May 22, 2007
press conference on dangers and risks regarding transportation of
high level nuclear waste across Carolinas
2006
The Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League opposes DOE’s
plan, called Complex 2030, which calls for a new
generation of nuclear weapons production, for which we
believe the Savannah River Site is at great
risk. Complex 2030, developed by the National
Nuclear Security Administration, is a proposal to
construct new facilities to manufacture plutonium
warheads, to conduct nuclear weapons research and
development, and to store nuclear materials.
On October 19, 2006 the US Department of Energy published
the Notice of Intent to Prepare a Supplement to the
Stockpile Stewardship Management Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement—Complex 2030
(Federal Register vol. 71, no. 202, page 61731).
The first public meeting on Complex
2030 was held on November 9th in North Augusta,
South Carolina, near the Savannah River Site bomb
plant. Further meetings are being held near atomic
weapons sites in Tennessee, Texas, Nevada, New Mexico and
California with a final hearing in Washington, DC on
December 14, 2006. The written public comment
period extends through January 17, 2007.
Our ultimate goal is to change completely the mission of
the United States Department of Energy’s Savannah
River Site from military to peaceful pursuits. We
are dedicated to ending the toxic and radioactive
pollution of the soil, water and air of SRS by achieving
a true cleanup of more than five decades of bomb plant
contamination.
Nov. 9, 2006: BREDL
Press Release
Nov. 22, 2002: BREDL
Press Release | BREDL releases Don Moniak report:
""Does America Need A New Atomic Bomb
Plant?: A Preliminary Review of DOE's Plans to Restore
Large-Scale Plutonium Pit Production"
July 25, 2006: US PIRG releases Report: Making Sense of
the "Coal Rush". "Coal Rush"
Threatens Environment and Energy Security Proposed Plant
in SW Virginia Among 150 Plants Proposed Nationwide;
Plants Would Boost Global Warming Pollution by 10 Percent
and Coal Consumption by 30 Percent Read US PIRG/SIERRA
CLUB/BREDL Press Release
April 17, 2006: Report Finds Duplin Citizens Are
Concerned About Proposed Landfill: A new
University of North Carolina School of Public Health
study released by a local citizens group found that
Duplin County residents remain concerned about the
potential for declining air quality, contamination of
their wells, and lost opportunities for future parks and
outdoor activities. The report, “A Community Health
and Demographic Survey Near a Proposed Landfill Site in
Northwestern Duplin County, NC”, found slightly
elevated rates for allergies and asthma, as self-reported
by residents, already existed in a two mile radius around
the proposed site near Faison.
BREDL
Press Release | Download the University of North
Carolina School of Public Health study:
"A
Community Health and Demographic Survey Near a Proposed
Landfill Site in Northwestern Duplin County, NC
"
2005
Dec. 12: 2005: SENATOR DOLE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR
UNETHICAL VOTE - Today members of the Blue Ridge
Environmental Defense League hand delivered a letter to
Senator Elizabeth Dole's Salisbury office challenging her
opposition to a ban on using human subjects in pesticide
experiments. This summer, Senator Dole voted against a
measure introduced by Senator Boxer to ban testing
pesticides on children and pregnant women.
BREDL Press
Release & photo | BREDL Dec. 12, 2005 letter to Senator
Dole | BREDL comments on rule
Dec. 7, 2005: Microsoft Completes
Phase Out of PVC, “the Poison Plastic”/
North Carolina Group Applauds Steps to Eliminate
PVC - Today the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense
League and other environmental organizations across the
country praised the efforts of major U. S. corporations
to eliminate PVC plastic from their products. Read BREDL Press
Release
April 7, 2005: GROUPS CALL
ON GOVERNOR TO DEMAND TERRORISM SAFEGUARDS - Today at a
press conference in Columbia, citizens groups called on
Governor Mark Sanford to halt the impending plutonium
fuel shipments through South Carolina and to demand
terrorism safeguards at the Catawba nuclear station.
BREDL Press Release | Letter
to SC Governor Mark Sanford
Mar. 28, 2005: Citizens
Groups Advise SRS Citizens Advisory Board - Sunshine
Campaign Will Allow Public To Have Say - Today at a press
conference in North Augusta, grassroots citizens groups
announced a “Sunshine Campaign” to open up the
process of communication between the Department of
Energy, the SRS Citizens Advisory Board and the general
public.
BREDL Press Release | BREDL Statement to the Savannah River Site
Citizens Advisory Board
March 09, 2005: BREDL Press Release:
BREDL CHALLENGES DUKE’S PLUTONIUM LICENSE - Today
the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League filed a
petition before the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to
revoke the license amendment issued by the staff of the
NRC to Duke Energy Corporation for plutonium fuel tests. BREDL
Petition | Cover Letter | Exhibit 1 | NRC Original
Order
2004
Dec. 7, 2004: A new report released today
by the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL)
documents the health risks to people living near waste
incinerators in North Carolina. Citing as examples
two medical waste incinerators, Stericycle in Haw River
and BMWNC in Matthews, and the municipal solid waste
incinerator WASTEC in New Hanover County, BREDL urged
North Carolinians to learn about PVC, the "Poison
Plastic", and take action to phase out its use. Read
BREDL Press Release
BREDL joins Center for Health,
Environment & Justice (CHEJ) in national release of
PVC Report - PVC, Bad News Comes in Threes: The
Poison Plastic, Health Hazards & The Looming Waste
Crisis. This national report will be released on Tuesday,
December 7, 2004. It provides a comprehensive summary of
the hazards of PVC, with new information on the looming
PVC waste crisis. News Releases and events in 19 States.
For information on the national release contact CHEJ at:
703-237-2249, Cell Phone 703-627-9483. In North
Carolina, please contact BREDL Staffer David Mickey at
336-769-0955.
July 17, 2004: Brunswick
Citizens For A Safe Environment, a BREDL chapter, is
fighting a proposed Hugo Neu auto fluff landfill in their
community of Leland, NC (link
to pictures, auto fluff factsheet, and additional info.)
| July 10, 2004
Press Release
June 2, 2004: Read Press Release and
link to Report - Interstate 73 is one of the most
wasteful highway projects in the nation, according to a
new report released today by Virginians for Appropriate
Roads (VAR), Citizens Concerned about I-73, Blue Ridge
Environmental Defense League (BREDL), Taxpayers for
Common Sense (TCS), and Friends of the Earth (FoE). The
report, Road to Ruin, identifies the 27 most wasteful
highway projects in the country.
April 27, 2004: Read Press
Release and Lou Zeller Statement - Citizens
Charge US With Nuclear Treaty Violation : Today
at a press conference at the United Nations, the Blue
Ridge Environmental Defense League charged the United
States with violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty (NPT) and called for international inspections of
weapons facilities in South Carolina.
March 25, 2004: Read Press Advisory - PACE, a BREDL chapter,
Anti-Nuclear Day of Action: Commemorating Three Mile
Island to be held in Charlottesville, VA (includes a Talk
by Lois Gibbs, BREDL mock nuclear cask)
March 8, 2004: BREDL’s
Lawsuit Against Duke’s Plutonium Fuel Tests Wins
Full Hearing. In a ruling by the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, the
three-judge panel agreed to hear three specific
objections to the experimental project. Read Press Release |
Read NRC Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
ruling (.pdf)
February 19, 2004: Post-9/11
Terrorism Measures Not Applicable to Duke’s
Plutonium Fuel | NRC Chooses Secrecy Over Security:
Yesterday, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
announced that confidential NRC upgrades to the security
requirements for nuclear power plants and plutonium
processing facilities, imposed after the terrorist
attacks of September 11, 2001, have “nothing to do”
with a proposed license amendment that would allow Duke
Energy Corporation to use bomb-grade plutonium at the
Catawba nuclear power plant. Read Press
Release
Feb. 12, 2004: BREDL Press Release -
GROUPS HOLD PEOPLE’S HEARING ON INTERNATIONAL PAPER:
Today in Lake Waccamaw the BE SAFE North Carolina
Campaign hosted a public hearing on the air permits and
new proposals for International Paper at Riegelwood.
Speakers took aim at the recently issued Clean Air Act
permit and IP’s proposal to avoid meeting federal
maximum achievable control technology standards. IP has
proposed to substitute a computer-modeled risk assessment
for federally mandated technological improvements.
Jan.14, 2004: On
Thursday, January 15th, representatives of the
southeastern regional Blue Ridge Environmental Defense
League will argue against plutonium fuel testing at Duke
Energy’s Catawba nuclear plant at a second hearing
before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board of the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Read Press Advisory
2003
Dec. 02, 2003: On
Wednesday, December 3rd, representatives of
the southeastern regional Blue Ridge Environmental
Defense League will argue against plutonium fuel testing
at Duke Energy’s Catawba nuclear plant at an
ajudicatory hearing before the Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Read Press Advisory
Oct. 20, 2003: Today at
press conferences in Asheville, High Point and Durham,
statewide and regional organizations launched the BE SAFE
North Carolina campaign. Groups from across the state
will promote the “better-safe-than-sorry”
approach to protection of public health and the
environment. The mission of BE SAFE NC is to protect
children’s health and to safeguard our air, water,
and workplaces. Press Releases and more information on the BE
SAFE Campaign.
Sept. 22, 2003: Keeper of the National
Register reaffirms status of Southeast Roanoke, VA
Historic District; Historic resources form hurdles to
I-73's construction. - The Keeper of the National
Register of Historic Places has reaffirmed the historic
status of the Southeast Roanoke Historic District, a late
19th/early 20th century mixed-use working class
neighborhood nominated as an historic district by
Virginians for Appropriate Roads (VAR) and found eligible
for inclusion in the National Register last October. VAR
is a BREDL chapter. Read VAR Press Release
and additional information (includes link to map and
agency letters)
July 25, 2003: BREDL and WEAG cite
numerous flaws with DEQ’s approval of Wythe County,
VA asphalt plant. Groups request DEQ to stop relocation
and re-open permitting process. Read Press Release
| July 25, 2003: BREDL and WEAG letter to Virginia DEQ
Director Robert Burnley requesting determination of
permit exemptions. (.pdf) | More information
including BREDL/DEQ correspondence, background, pictures.
June 3, 2003: G-8 FAILS TO
FUND PLUTONIUM FUEL
INTERNATIONAL ANTI-PLUTONIUM CAMPAIGNERS
ARRESTED IN RUSSIA
Today at a press conference in Augusta, Georgia, the Blue
Ridge Environmental Defense League announced that the
international campaign to stop plutonium fuel has
succeeded in delaying funding but at the cost of an
erosion of civil rights. Read BREDL
Press Release | May 30, 2003: Letter
to Heads of State of the Group of Eight Nations from
Non-governmental Organizations opposing Plutonium Fuel
| On May 27, 2003, twelve Russian activists were
arrested near the Ministry of atomic power in Moscow
for speaking out in opposition to plutonium fuel
(MOX)
2002
Nov. 22, 2002: BREDL
Press Release | BREDL releases
Don Moniak report: "Does America Need A New Atomic Bomb Plant?: A
Preliminary Review of DOE's Plans to Restore Large-Scale
Plutonium Pit Production" (in .pdf)
June 19, 2002 - June 28, 2002: Nuclear
Waste Roadshow heads to Florida. Read Press Advisories
and Press Releases (updated
throughout the Florida Roadshow)
June 11, 2002: BREDL has released a
report which reveals that the US DOE's plutonium fuel
testing program would require tens of thousands of miles
of national and international shipments. BREDL Press Release
and Report
May 30, 2002: On Thursday, May 30th
the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League will launch
its regional campaign opposing nuclear waste transports
from nuclear power plants in North Carolina and South
Carolina to Nevada. See
Press Release and Press Advisory for details and
locations - updated throughout the Roadshow | Please
see the BREDL Southeastern
HLNW Roadshow page for pictures, reports, letters,
and links.
March 28, 2002: Roanoke County, Va tire
fire emits huge quantities of toxins. Read BREDL Press
Release , Chronology of Roanoke County, Virginia
Tire Fire UPDATE: April
16, 2002: EPA announces that the Roanoke County Tire Fire
is finally out as of 11 am. The fire burned for 25 days
over 139 acres. Only 3,000 - 4,000 tires remain on site.
According to media reports, those tires will be hauled to
a North Carolina recycler.
Jan. 17, 2002 - Jan. 17, 2002 -BREDL
comments to EPA Region IV regarding New Source
Review rules under the Clean Air Act , BREDL comments
to EPA Region III regarding New Source Review
rules under the Clean Air Act , Read Jan. 17, 2002
Virginia Press Advisory
2001
Nov. 20, 2001: Citizens
meet to oppose Wedlake Plant. BREDL
Press Release ; PVC Fact Sheet
Nov. 15, 2001:
NUCLEAR REACTORS THREAT TO HOMELAND SECURITY - GOVERNMENT
DOWNPLAYS THE RISK
Despite U.S. government knowledge that terrorists were
targeting nuclear plants, security risks have been
downplayed for years by both industry and the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, according to a Greenpeace report
released Thursday. The report, Risky Business: The
Probability and Consequences of a Nuclear Accident,
co-released locally with the Blue Ridge Environmental
Defense League, analyzes each of the 103 nuclear reactors
operating in the U.S. and includes detailed maps of the
consequences and fall out for the 12 worst reactor
sites. The Catawba reactors and McGuire reactors north
and south of Charlotte figure prominently in the lists. BREDL Press Release
and link to report
Oct. 23, 2001: Today
at a press conference in Rock Hill, SC, the Blue Ridge
Environmental Defense League (BREDL) announced the filing
of a legal petition to block the US Nuclear Regulatory
Commission's proceedings for the extension of licenses
for Duke Energy’s Catawba and McGuire nuclear power
plants. BREDL
Press Release ; Petition
to NRC
Oct. 11, 2001 - BREDL
releases a national report which presents safe
alternatives for solving the problems of hospital and
infectious waste, making dangerous medical waste
incinerators like Stericycle in Haw River, NC
unnecessary. The report Non-incineration Medical
Waste Treatment Technologies was produced by the
national Health Care Without Harm campaign. BREDL Press
Release; Executive Summary; Oct. 9, 2001 BREDL letter to
NC DAQ regarding Stericycle; Dioxin Fact Sheet;
Background on HCWH's report.
Download the report at http://www.noharm.org
Aug. 30, 2001: Groups Warn South Carolina
Governor Jim Hodges not to fall for MOX. Press Release
Aug. 29, 2001: A Report on the Plutonium
(Pu) Situation, Promise To "Delay" Made In Bad
Faith - The decision this week by the Department of
Energy (DOE) to "delay" plutonium shipments to
the Savannah River Site (SRS) involved several omissions
of information and was another act of bad faith by an
Agency with a long tradition of bending federal law and
misleading the public. Read Media Advisory
Aug. 23, 2001: PLUTONIUM FUEL FUNDING
NEARLY EXHAUSTED , BAD COST ESTIMATES PLAGUE PROGRAM -
Documents obtained this week by the Blue Ridge
Environmental Defense League (BREDL) indicate that
funding for the Department of Energy’s (DOE)
Plutonium/MOX fuel program contract is nearly exhausted. BREDL Press
Release , Plutonium Fuel Factory facts
Aug. 21, 2001: Today in testimony before
the US Environmental Protection Agency in Arlington,
Virginia, representatives of the Blue Ridge Environmental
Defense League told federal officials to close the
loophole for fossil-fueled electric power plants. The
four-state citizens group called on the EPA to reduce air
pollutants which reduce visibility in our national parks
and which cause thousands of deaths every year. Read North Carolina Press
Release and Four-state
(VA, NC, SC, & TN) Press Release , BREDL Comments on BART
Guidelines under Haze Regs , EPA BART Facts
May 24, 2001: BREDL
May 17, 2001 letter requesting NRC to hold hearing on
Construction Authorization Request (CAR) for a Mixed
Oxide Fuel Fabrication facility at Savannah River Site in
South Carolina. (.pdf file) | BREDL
Press Release
May 3, 2001: Press
Release with links to report In Charlotte, NC today
BREDL releases a new plutonium fuels transportation
report outlining past problems with the U.S. Department
of Energy's handling of plutonium.
April 25, 2001: Press
Release /EPA letter - EPA has
environmental objections with I-73 (Roanoke, VA - NC
border) project. EPA recommends a supplement be prepared
to address significant issues and alternatives.
April 16, 2001: GROUP
REPORTS LITANY OF IRREGULARITIES IN PLUTONIUM FUEL
FACTORY LICENSE APPLICATION AND REVIEW:
Today, the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
(BREDL) released documents challenging the plutonium fuel
factory proposed for the Department of Energy’s
(DOE) Savannah River Site (SRS) near Aiken, South
Carolina. In a letter written to the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC), BREDL contends that the Duke
Cogema Stone and Webster (DCS) plutonium factory license
application is fatally flawed and should be rejected. The
group also contends that DOE must complete a supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement. read BREDL
Press Release
April 10, 2001 - Read GCE/BREDL Press
Release - Georgians for Clean Energy and the Blue
Ridge Environmental Defense League will sponsor an
informational Open House regarding the Department of
Energy's ongoing plans to construct and operate a
plutonium (MOX) fuel factory at the already heavily
polluted Savannah River Site, approximately 90 miles
upstream from Savannah. If built, the plutonium factory
will generate millions of gallons of liquid radioactive
waste and increase the potential of creating more
permanent nuclear weapons and power production missions
at SRS and the region.
The Open House will be held from:
4-8 p.m., April 12, 2001, at 3025 Bull Street, Savannah,
GA.
March 22, 2001 - GROUPS
PETITION NRC FOR A FULL HEARING ON PLUTONIUM FUEL FACTORY
An international coalition of environmental, social
justice, and nuclear weapons groups have petitioned the
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to hold a formal
licensing review of government plans to build a factory
to make nuclear fuel from plutonium. Today, Georgians
Against Nuclear Energy (GANE) and the Blue Ridge
Environmental Defense League (BREDL) released a letter
signed by 142 organizations requesting a full public
process including testimony, written comments, discovery,
subpoena, cross-examination, appeals, and the possibility
of a hearing before the Atomic Safety and Licensing
Board. More info: BREDL Press Release
, February
22, 2001 letter to NRC Chairman Richard Meserve
March 21, 2001 - BREDL LAUNCHES CHILD
PROOFING OUR SCHOOLS CAMPAIGN
Today at a press conference in Wilmington, the Blue Ridge
Environmental Defense League launched a statewide
campaign to protect North Carolina school children from
toxic chemical exposures. The group plans to work with
parents and school officials to determine the level of
environmental toxins in the state’s schools and to
implement programs to reduce or eliminate these threats.
BREDL released a new national report called Poisoned
Schools: Invisible Threats, Visible Actions. The report
details the dangers to children attending schools located
near toxic air pollution sources and contaminated sites.
More info: BREDL
Press Release
Feb. 6, 2001 - Aiken, SC: The Blue Ridge
Environmental Defense League will commemorate the 5th
Anniversary of former Secretary of Energy Hazel O’Leary’s
last “openness” press conference at which DOE
released its publication “Plutonium, The Last 50
Years.” More info: BREDL Press Release, BREDL MEDIA ALERT
, PLUTONIUM REPORT
Jan. 24, 2001 - GROUPS
URGE SUSPENSION OF PLUTONIUM FUEL EXPERIMENT IN CANADA -
Yesterday in a letter to the Canadian Nuclear Safety
Commission (CNSC), twenty-five organizations from three
countries urged the CNSC to take immediate action to
suspend a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) test--called
Parallex--of mixed oxide (MOX) plutonium fuel planned in
Canada’s National Research Universal (NRU) reactor. BREDL Press Release,
Groups' letter to
CNSC
Jan. 10, 2001 - Today in a letter to US
Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Bill Richardson, the
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL) urged
immediate action to halt the plutonium
fuel factory project at the Savannah River Site. The
group charged that the recently released
Environmental Report reveals that the project’s
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was
incomplete and incorrect. BREDL Press
Release, BREDL
letter to US Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Bill
Richardson , DOE reply to letter , Insights from Offsite
(No. 2001-1 2/15/01) ,
2000
November 30, 2000 - BREDL letter to
NC Division of Waste Management - BREDL Challenges
TCLP testing of Special Wastes: The Blue Ridge
Environmental Defense League requests that the NC
Division of Solid Waste cease the disposal of
"Special Wastes" in NC Subtitle D landfills
until adequate testing methods are developed and
implemented that can adequately determine the hazards of
the "Special Waste" streams.
November 29, 2000 - PRESS RELEASE:
Anson County CACTUS files environmental justice complaint
with EPA. Anson County CACTUS is requesting that the
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
initiate an investigation into the North Carolina
Department of the Environment and Natural Resources'
issuance of a June 1, 2000 construction permit allowing
Chambers Development of North Carolina, Inc. to construct
a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Facility adjacent to a
predominantly African-American community in Polkton,
North Carolina.
November 21, 2000 - Blue Ridge Environmental Defense
League and our Halifax County
chapter, Citizens Against Regional Dumping, held a press
conference and rally on the steps of
the courthouse in Halifax, NC. CARD members spoke
against the county’s plans for a
regional, commercial landfill to be operated by WMX in
their community. Details about the press conference
(including photos and statements) plus a report on the landfill.
July 22, 2000 - Russian
and American NGOs Blast G-8 Secrecy. Plutonium
Plans are a Danger to All Nations.
July 20, 2000 - PRESS ADVISORY - JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE BY RUSSIAN AND
AMERICAN NGOs AT G-8 SUMMIT - 12 Noon , July 22, 2000
NGO Center
June 9, 2000 - Prisoners Of Our
Homes (POOH) holds a press briefing in Charlotte, NC.
POOH called for the shut down of the BMWNC medical waste
incinerator. Photos from press
briefing.
June 5, 2000 - Russian and
American plutonium agreement draws fire.
May 18, 2000 - BREDL/NACAP Press
Release regarding air permit At a press conference in
Franklin, the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League and
Neighbors Against the Cullasaja Asphalt Plant released a
detailed analysis of the pollution which would be allowed
if the state approves a permit for the Rhodes Brothers
asphalt plant.
March 24, 2000 - Press Advisory -
Today, representatives of the Blue Ridge Environmental
Defense League will travel to Harrisburg to testify in
support of Pennsylvania's proposed clean air
regulations. The new rule would limit North
Carolina's nitrogen oxide emissions to 10,737 tons per
year.
March 21, 2000 - Press Release , Excerpt from
injunction motion/filing - Three Citizens'
Organizations Join Legal Challenge to U.S. Nuclear
Proliferation-Prone Plutonium Plan
- On Tuesday, March 21, Blue Ridge Environmental
Defense League, Physicians for Social Responsibility and
Nuclear Information and Resource Service joined the
plaintiffs who sued the US Department of Energy to stop a
U.S.-Russian-Canadian plan to use nuclear weapons
plutonium as fuel in nuclear power reactors.
1999
Nov. 9, 1999 - ANSON COUNTY
CACTUS TAKES LEGAL ACTION OPPOSING WATER QUALTIY
CERTIFICATION PERMIT - Anson County Citizens Against
Chemical Toxins in Underground Storage, filed a petition
for a contested case against the North Carolina
Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division
of Water Quality, for the issuance of a 401 Water Quality
Certification permit to Chambers Development of North
Carolina, Inc. The petition was filed with in the office
of administrative hearings in Raleigh.
Press
Advisory: TOXIC TOUR - CITIZENS TO TAKE BACK THEIR
AIR
On
Sept. 20, the NC Division of Waste Management signed a
Compliance Order with Administrative Penalty for Solite,
Inc. of $52,499.00
Enforcement
actions against Solite, Inc. may be forthcoming - The
North Carolina Division of Waste management confirmed on
Sept 13, 1999 that enforcement actions against Solite,
Inc. may be pending.
Report released by the
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL) and
Prisoners Of Our Homes (POOH) shows mercury in tuna
threatens developing babies and young children. Citizens
ask North Carolina hospitals to reduce threat by
eliminating mercury from health care.
Virginians For Appropriate Roads, a
BREDL chapter, press release
regarding I-73 project's mention as one of the 50 most
wasteful highway projects in the nation.
Anson County Citizens
Against Chemical Toxins in Underground Storage (CACTUS)
and the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL)
join a new national coalition
asking Congress to end federal taxpayer subsidies that
waste natural resources, damage the environment, hurt
local recycling businesses and discourage recycling.
Community leaders from
Russia and North Carolina create coalition
to stop the use of plutonium fuel in nuclear power plants
NRC wants closed
meetings
Savannah River in D.O.E. budget
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