The Government plans on spending $28.5 Million on the West Side. Want to know where trucks are being rerouted in your neighborhood? Want to know how the project will impact your health? Want to make sure you can still get to Front Park? To LaSalle Park? Then join us on Tuesday December 10th for a Teach-In to learn: About […]

TONAWANDA, NY – The New York State Department of Health will present the final results of their Tonawanda cancer study on Wednesday, November 6th at the Sheridan Parkside Community Center (169 Sheridan Parkside Dr.) in Tonawanda & on Thursday, November 7th at St. Timothy’s Church (1453 Staley Rd.) in Grand Island. NYS DOH found that […]

Amigone Funeral Home Inc. moved to dismiss a suit filed by the New York State Attorney Generals office, calling neighbors’ concerns– many who are elderly- frivolous. The crematory, which has a long history of generating offensive odors, soot and excessive noise, has been the source of persistent community complaints for decades. “Even after reading sworn […]

On March 28th, twelve jurors found Tonawanda Coke and its environmental control manager Mark Kamholz guilty on violating the Clean Air Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). While we wait on a new sentencing date, the Department of Justice released a Government Sentencing Memorandum which makes recommendations for Tonawanda Coke to be sentenced as follows: […]

This coming weekend organizer Natasha Soto is traveling to Pittsburgh to present on two panels at Power Shift 2013,  a national conference for young organizers in the climate movement. Power Shift 2013 will bring together leaders from the climate movement and beyond. The conference features keynote speeches from leaders from across the progressive movement, in-depth training […]

Organizer Natasha Soto was featured on the October 3rd cover of ARTVOICE, highlighting our Participatory Budgeting campaign in Tonawanda & our work in neighborhoods bordering the Peace Bridge Plaza on Buffalo’s West Side. Reporter Sarah Bishop interviews Natasha about her work using Participatory Budgeting as a way to change the decision making process and bring […]

Crematory’s Odor, Soot And Noise Have Long Plagued Tonawanda Neighborhood A.G.’s Suit Seeks To Block Operation Of Crematory In Residential Neighborhood Schneiderman: This Lawsuit Will Reassure The Community That The Amigone Crematory Will Never Again Foul Their Air And Disrupt Their Lives BUFFALO – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and State Department of Environmental Conservation […]

This past June, Clean Air sent a delegation of members to Appalachia to meet with members of the Coalfield Environmental Health Project, a community organization made up of residents who live next to surface mining sites in Beards Fork,West Virginia. For 3 days, our members learned first hand how residents are fighting coal companies who […]

  All we were trying to do was submit comments to the Department of Transportation after their public scoping meeting, but we were not allowed. On July 10th, one day before public comments were due for the NY Gateway Plans, Clean Air members and West Side residents, as well as some of our organizational  partners, […]

On March 28th, twelve jurors found Tonawanda Coke Corporation and its environmental control manager Mark Kamholz guilty of violating the Clean Air Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. And together, in June, we made history when nearly 600 residents impacted by Tonawanda Coke cast a ballot for how to spend the settlement money. This […]