BLUE RIDGE ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE LEAGUE www.bredl.org
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
BREDL The League Line


The LEAGUE LINE is a quarterly publication of the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League.
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Winter 2012

The LEAGUE LINE: Winter 2012

- Cover: Hydrofracking Law by Lou Zeller & Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on the Environment and the Rural Landscape by Therese Vick
- Director's Report: The Occupation of 2012 by Lou Zeller
- Chapter Update: Concerned Citizens of Shell Bluff - Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery Rallies Environmental Justice Campaign
- New Industries Invade Small Southern Cities and Georgia by Charles Utley
- The History of the North Carolina Air Toxics Program by Lou Zeller
- Fast Forward to 2012: A is for Arsenic by Therese Vick
- Nuclear Updates
- Chapter Update: Neighborhood Environment Watch - School and Church Outreach Campaign by Beverly Kerr
- Preventing Uranium Mining from Taking Place in Pittsylvania County, VA by Ann Roger
- Park Foundation Supports BREDL in 2012





Fall 2011

The LEAGUE LINE: Fall 2011

- Cover: League Uncovers Secrecy Pledge Between NC Div. of Air Quality and South Atlantic Galvanizing by Beverly Kerr
- Director's Report: Organizing Communities for Social Change - What BREDL Does Best by Lou Zeller
- BREDL Duke Stanback Intern Kathie Sun Sheds Light on Sewage Sludge Sites
- Justice For One, Justice for All Is Still a Myth by Charles Utley
- Biomass Incineration: The Diagnoses Is In by Therese Vick
- Faults, Fractures and Fission: Part Three by Lou Zeller
- In the Harnett Triangle: Waste, Politics and...Chicken? Congratulations to Harnett County Citizens! by Therese Vick
- League Documents Flooding at Coles Hill, Virginia - Proposed Uranium Mine and Mill Site by Ann Rogers
- plus more . ..





Summer 2011

The LEAGUE LINE: Summer 2011

- Cover: CPI Biomass: Greenhouse Gases, Air Toxins, Health Threats by Lou Zeller
- How PC PRIDE Is Fighting Biomass Incineration in Roxboro by Therese Vick
- Japanese take interest in Shell Bluff stand against New Nukes at Plant Vogtle by Rev. Charles Utley
- Director's Report: The Midas Touch: Impacts of the 2011 NC General Assembly by Janet Marsh
- BREDL Welcomes Duke Stanback Interns!
- Fractures, Faults and Fission: Part Two - Amateurs, Cranks and Fakers by Lou Zeller
- Anatomy of a Victory: The Closure of BMWNC Medical Waste Incinerator by Catherine Mitchell, CHE Chair
- A Nuclear Excursion: Cancer Risks Near Nuclear Facilities by Beverly Kerr
- Poultry Power USA Puts the Chicken Before the Egg by Therese Vick
- What Does Sustainable Economic Development Mean for Environmental Justice? by Therese Vick
- BREDL Action
- Chapter Updates





Spring 2011

The LEAGUE LINE: Spring 2011

- Cover: Sustainable Economic Development The Alternative to "No"
- BREDL Welcomes Community Organizer, Therese Vick by Beverly Kerr
- Director's Report: Nuclear Déjà vu - We must do it all over again by Janet Marsh
- Toxics and Disability by Daisy O’Nan
- Let Science Speak Now in the Uranium Mining Debate by Ann Rogers
- Fractures, Faults and Fission: Part One - Earth Quakes Nuclear Power by Lou Zeller
- Empowering Youth Today For Tomorrow by Rev. Charles Utley
- “Mighty Oaks From Little Acorns” by Christy Bailey, Alamance County Homeschool Teacher
- Dry-cleaning Solvent Perks Up Durham Neighborhood by Lou Zeller
- Nuclear Campaign Updates
- From Statistics for Action - BREDL’s partners at TERC write with this news … by Beverly Kerr
- Chapter Updates





Winter 2011

The LEAGUE LINE: Winter 2011

- Cover: Environmental Justice: A New Renaissance by Lou Zeller & Charles Utley
- Director's Report: On Taking Action: How to Win When the Obvious Things Have Failed by Janet Marsh
- League's Clean Energy Policy and the 2011 Stop Biomass/Incineration Campaign by Lou Zeller & David Mickey
- North Carolina Tightens Rules for Medical Waste Incinerators by David Mickey
- Virginia's 1% Solution by Ann Rogers
- Park Foundation Awards Grant to BREDL by Janet Marsh
- Virginia Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Our Appeal by Lou Zeller
- Biomass and Nuclear Plants Target Poor Communities by Lou Zeller
- Superfund National Day of Action by Charles Utley & Beverly Kerr
- "Under the Foot of the White Man" by Claude C. Howard
- League Campaigns to Prevent National Nuclear Waste Dump by Lou Zeller
- Groups Appeal Plant Vogtle Decision
- Shades of Green - Buying the Nuclear Farm by Sandra Kurtz
- Nature Sanctuary Update: Securing and maintaining trails and picnic areas by Julius & Beverly Kerr
- Chapter Updates





Fall 2010

The LEAGUE LINE: Fall 2010

- Cover: Phase Out Perc Dry Cleaning’s Toxic Solvent by Beverly Kerr
- Director's Report: Hit ‘em where they ain’t by Janet Marsh
- Georgia Perc Campaign by Rev. Charles Utley
- How We Beat Fibrowatt by Betty Tesh
- Successful Messaging Workshops Teach Creative Media Techniques by Beverly Kerr
- Vogtle Reactor Nuclear Messaging Meeting
- Citizens for a Healthy Environment Mount Cancer Count Survey by Sue Dayton
- Nuclear Power Updates by Lou Zeller
- Is Biomass Carbon Neutral? EPA Wants To Know. by David Mickey
- Waste or Fuel? Incinerator or Boiler? by David Mickey
- plus chapter updates . . .





Summer 2010

The LEAGUE LINE: Summer 2010

- Cover: League demands protection for NC drinking water from Sewage Sludge Spreading by Sue Dayton
- Guest Editorial: PVC, the Poison Plastic Unhealthy for Our Nation’s Children and Schools by Mike Schade, PVC Campaign Coordinator Center for Health, Environment & Justice
- Director's Report: Our Energy Policy in Hot Water by Janet Marsh
- National Grassroots Summit and Forum On Radioactive Waste Policy by Rev. Charles Utley
- The Timber Beasts Are Back by David Mickey
- Hundreds gather to protest plant proposed for Hart County by Lou Zeller
- BREDL and TERC ‘What a team!’ by Beverly Kerr
- Nuclear Issues Update by Lou Zeller
- BREDL Moves Closer to Creating Nature Sanctuary in Madison County, NC by Ann Rogers
- plus chapter updates . . .





Spring 2010

The LEAGUE LINE: Spring 2010

- Cover: Inherently Dangerous - Westinghouse AP-1000 nuclear power reactor by Lou Zeller
- Director's Report: Stimulus Dollars Should Not Create Sacrifice Zones: A Letter to EPA by Janet Marsh
- The Importance of Organizing at the Grassroots Level by Rev. Charles Utley
- Risk-based standards remain a threat to NC’s drinking water by Sue Dayton
- Be Safe: Promote Precautionary Action by Anne Rabe, CHEJ Be Safe Campaign Coordinator
- Clean Up North Carolina’s Energy Policy! by David Mickey
- Impact Fund Grant Awarded
- Toxics In Soil Increases Neighbors Concerns by Julius and Beverly Kerr





Winter 2010

The LEAGUE LINE: Winter 2010

- Cover: Biomass Energy: The Big Green Lie by Lou Zeller
- Director's Report: The Secrets of Our Success: A Tribute to James Johnson and Sam Tesh by Janet Marsh
- A Poultry Litter Exchange For North Carolina by David Mickey
- Constitution Day Essay by Jaime Zeller
- Sludge Spreading Poses Risk to Children by Sue Dayton
- Environmental Justice Cries Out by Rev. Charles Utley
- BREDL Is Worth Its Weight In Gold! by Ann Rogers
- Violations and Negotiations Highlight Stop Fibrowatt Campaign by David Mickey
- Matthews’Residents Back For Round 2 In Fighting For Clean Air by Sue Dayton
- Today’s Heroes By Matthew Sands
- Stericycle Awareness Campaign Update: January 2010
- A Scary Story from Surry County by Sam Tesh
- Communities taken to the cleaners by Sue Dayton
- Who are all these people working for me? Beverly Kerr





Fall 2009

The LEAGUE LINE: Fall 2009

- Cover: BREDL Mounts State-Wide Campaign to phase out use of toxic dry cleaning solvents by Sue Dayton
- Director's Report: Ban the Burn by Janet Marsh
- Citizens for Marlboro County Win Double Victory Against Mega-Dump by Belvin Sweatt and David Mickey
- A groundbreaking environmental justice case with potential for national impact by Janet Marsh
- Documentary Debut, Hyde Park Desperate...Determined by Beverly Kerr
- The Biomass Mess in North Carolina by David Mickey
- New Person County MRF is Open for Business
- Plutonium Plague by Cathy Garger
- Alleged "Nuclear Renaissance" by Arnie Gundersen, Fairewinds Associates
- plus lots more . . .





Summer 2009

The LEAGUE LINE: Summer 2009

- Cover: PC PRIDE Brings Green Jobs to Person County by David Mickey
- Director's Report: Nothing with a smokestack is green energy by Janet Marsh
- Guest Column: Need an attorney? by John Runkle, Attorney at Law
- Nuclear Follies: Part Two? by Lou Zeller
- Air Toxics Rules in Limbo by David Mickey
- Super highway permanently stalled by Mark Barker
- PERC Alert by Sue Dayton
- Stop Fibrowatt Campaign Expands by David Mickey
- plus lots more . . .





Winter 2009

The LEAGUE LINE: Winter 2009 (25th Anniversary Issue)

- Cover: Activists Fight For Zero Waste by David Mickey
- Director's Report: 25 Years: Reflections On Lessons Learned by Janet Marsh
- Harnessing America's Energy by Lois Marie Gibbs, Executive Director, CHEJ
- Our Stewardship Will Make A Difference by James Johnson
- One In A Million by Ginny Hoyle
- Victory In A Landmark Clean Water Act Challenge by Louis Zeller
- Safer Incineration? Not Likely! by Sue Dayton
- BREDL And Residents Of Hyde Park Continue Struggle With Environmental Injustices by Charles Utley
- plus lots more . . .





Fall 2008

The LEAGUE LINE: Fall 2008

- Cover: The Anti-Nuclear Movement in the South by Louis Zeller
- Director's Report: Air Pollution Deregulation: A Giant Step Backward by Janet Marsh
- Taking care of the earth for future generations by Sam Tesh
- Environmental Justice: Making Communities Whole by Charles Utley
- FibroWHAT? by David Mickey
- Sewage Sludge: coming to a farm near you by Sue Dayton
- plus lots more . . .