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Fwd: [Basec] EJ Bill Call-in Day -- TOMORROW
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Corrina Chase)
Tue Mar 26 15:52:17 2002
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Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 15:54:08 -0500
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From: Corrina Chase <corrina@MIT.EDU>
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> ACTION ALERT
> STATEWIDE CALL-IN DAY TO PASS THE
> ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE BILL!
>
> Make your voice heard -- demand
> environmental justice for all
> communities! Participate in the March 27th
> Call-in Day and help pass
> the Environmental Justice Bill.
>
> THE PROBLEM
> Communities of color and low income
> communities are most likely to have
> polluting facilities and uses -- incinerators,
> landfills, and toxic
> chemical plants -- in their neighborhoods.
> These environmental problems
> pose health risks for residents, yet these
> communities have had the
> fewest resources to confront or prevent these
> threats.
>
> THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE BILL
> With this bill, the state would create a new
> program to identify "Areas
> of Environmental Justice Concern" -- a new
> "ACEJC program" to protect
> people where they live work and play. The bill
> directs the state
> Executive Office of Environmental Affairs to
> develop statewide
> regulations for protection and use of areas of
> critical environmental
> justice concern to the Commonwealth. Once
> the bill is passed, details
> of how it will work will be decided through a
> public process to develop
> regulations. Citizens in polluted areas could
> direct their own future,
> by applying for ACEJC status.
>
> WHAT YOU CAN DO
> 1. Mark your calendars now to remember to
> call your Representative
> at(617) 722-2356 on WEDNESDAY, MARCH
> 27. 2. SPREAD THE WORD! Please
> send this message to your members,
> volunteers, friends, and colleagues
> asking them to participate in the statewide
> event and send a reminder on
> the morning of March 27.
>
> TALKING POINTS
> -- The Environmental Justice Bill is good for
> our health. It will call
> more attention to local health concerns and
> will keep new polluting
> facilities from locating in already
> overburdened communities.
> -- The Environmental Justice Bill is good for
> our communities. It will
> allow communities to make real choices for
> themselves and will require
> tougher review of new, toxic land uses. It will
> also encourage cleaner
> development on abandoned lots (brownfields)
> and will help attract better
> economic development and jobs to our
> neighborhoods.
>
> TO FIND OUT WHO YOUR STATE
> REPRESENTATIVE IS:
> http://www.secstate.isaka.net/magov/search_f
> orm.php
>
> TO FIND YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE'S
> PHONE NUMBER:
> http://www.state.ma.us/legis/memmenuh.htm
>
> FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT RANI
> COREY
> (mailto:rcorey@environmentalleague.org/
> 617-742-2553) OR NICOLE SHARKEY
> (mailto:nhsharkey@hotmail.com/
> 617-442-3343 X28)
> --
>
>
> Amy Fisher
> Northeast Regional Director
> Center for Environmental Citizenship
> 59 Temple Place #669
> Boston, MA 02111
> 617.542.2782
>
>
> Want to take action on energy and environmental justice? Learn how at the
> Summer Training Academy in political skills to protect the environment.
> Apply online TODAY at http://www.envirocitizen.org/sta
>
> Want to impact critical ballot initiatives this fall and learn how to run a
> political campaign? Apply online TODAY to the Eco Campaign School at
> http://www.envirocitizen.org/ecs
>
>
>
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-Corrina Chase
http://web.mit.edu/corrina/tpool/tidepool.html
