We’re Still Fighting For Peace in Seneca Babcock
The following is a message from Diane, long-time member leader from Peabody Street, marking the anniversary of us winning the shutdown of Battaglia Demolition! ‘It’s been three years today since Battaglia Corporation on Peabody Street was shut down by Judge Chimes. Unfortunately, we are still in negotiations to get it cleaned up. I have been […]
We won! Clean Air Members Celebrate Victory of Community Advisory Group at Neighborhood Hazardous Waste Site
We Won! Clean Air Members Celebrate Victory of Community Advisory Group at Neighborhood Hazardous Waste Site Delavan-Grider community wins oversight and accountability board at former American Axle site Clean Air members celebrate the creation of a Community Advisory Group on cleanup of the former American Axle site in the City of Buffalo. The advisory […]
We’re Hiring! A message from Clean Air’s Executive Search Committee
Over the past fourteen years, the Clean Air Coalition of WNY has built a strong foundation. We know what it means to build community, care for one another, and work towards a more beautiful and clear vision for the world that we want to see. At the end of 2020, Clean Air said goodbye to […]
Join us for our Annual Meeting!
Let’s celebrate our wins and start looking ahead at what we can accomplish in 2021. Join us for our 2021 Annual Meeting! Thursday, March 18th, 2021 from 5:30pm-7:00pm online and by phone via Zoom. Register at http://bit.ly/ca2021meeting or download this page, print and mail in your ballot!
The Huntley and Tonawanda Tomorrow Team
This email comes to you from Clean Air’s Huntley and Tonawanda Tomorrow team, Diana Strablow, Maria Tisby, Sue Kelley, Gary Schulenberg, James Jones and Emily Terrana Recently, we were asked the question, “what does Just Transition mean to you?” Our team member, Diana Strablow, answered it perfectly: “Just Transition is the notion that we should […]
American Axle Team
This post comes to you from the American Axle Team: Ms. Sydney Brown, Ms. Mary Blue, Ms. Della Miller, Ms. Shirley Stitt and Ms. Shelda Cunningham On our team, we believe in making this community whole. Making a community whole means full remediation of the former American Axle site and cleaning up all contamination that […]
Tonawanda Coke Campaign Team
This post comes to you from the Tonawanda Coke campaign team: Maria Tisby, Sue Kelley, Kristen Cascio, Mr. Red, James Jones, Joel Bernosky, Gary Schulenberg and Emily Terrana. If 2020 has taught us anything, it is the truth in Octavia Butler’s wisdom that “the only lasting truth is change.” This year has brought with it […]
I do this work for you, though we may have never met.
Beloved Community, It is my honor to introduce myself to all of you. My name is Emily Terrana and I am the Leadership Development Director and Environmental Justice Organizer here at Clean Air. If you had told me 10 years ago when I began organizing that I would find myself doing environmental justice work, I […]