Press Releases |
| Periodically the South Jersey Environmental
Justice Alliance makes public statements about a serious
issue concerning the immediate safety of residents in
our region. We also disseminate statements about our
EJ network's political activities related to long term
environmental issues that continue to seriously impact
people's lives, and we publicize success stories concerning
changes in environmental legislation with positive outcomes
for citizens in our region. |
| May 3, 2008 |
Conference
To Focus On The Crisis In New Jersey Created By Building
Schools On Contaminated Sites
The South Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance, New
Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance and other environmental
and civil rights organizations in New Jersey will host
the State’s first conference to focus on the
crisis caused by building schools on contaminated sites
and the related issue of healthy schools.
We are also proud to announce that Ms.
Lois Gibbs will be a featured guest
speaker at the conference. Ms. Gibbs is nationally
acclaimed for her groundbreaking work at Love Canal
and is currently the Director of the Center
for Health, Environment and Justice.
The Conference will be held on Saturday, May
3, 2008 at Thomas Edison State College,
101 West State Street, Trenton, NJ from 9:00 am to
4:00 pm. The Conference is free and open
to the public. A continental breakfast and lunch
will be provided. >>> more |
| Mar 5, 2007 |
New Jersey Environmental
Justice Alliance Presses Governor on
Diesel Executive Order for Private Fleets
A coalition of groups urges Governor Corzine to
take aggressive measures to fulfill his commitment to reduce
diesel and fine particulates in the air. >>> READ
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| Feb 18 2007 |
NJ
DEP leads the way on PFOA
The New Jersey Department
of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) has set the
nation’s lowest drinking water guidance
level for the controversial chemical PFOA
(perfluorooctanoic acid). New Jersey identified
the safe guidance level of only .04 parts per
billion after finding PFOA contamination in drinking
water supplies across the state. The DUPONT
ACCOUNTABILITY COALITION, a coalition
of environmental and labor organizations from
PFOA polluted communities around the country,
views New Jersey's action as major progress toward
ending DuPont's reckless manufacture and use
of PFOA. >>> READ
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| Feb 15, 2007 |
Petty's Island:
The Untold History
Produced by the Camden City African
American Commission & Scribe
Video Center
Petty’s Island, located just North
of the Ben Franklin Bridge in the middle of the Delaware
River, was an oil pumping station that has been reclaimed
by nature into a beautiful habitat with nesting eagles. This
documentary, produced as part of Scribe’s Precious
Places Community History Project shows how Petty’s
Island, a former depot for enslaved Africans, is being
threatened by development plans to turn the island
into a gated community. >>> READ
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