On Tuesday, May 14th, join the Clean Air Coalition of WNY and Green for All – a national organization working to build an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty, for a Neighborhood Leader Summit– an all day long training for Movement Builders. Topics include: Collective story telling Community resiliency Collective impact […]

Some of you may know that I was away in sunny Los Angeles at Greenpeace’s Non- Violent Direct Action Camp for an entire week, and if you didn’t, now you know. I took in some sun, but most importantly, I took in some climbing skills- yes, climbing! This is the second direct action camp GP has held […]

Stone Circles at Stone House- Facilitating Deeper Practices Training Retreat Firstly, I want to express my gratitude to everyone who made a contribution in order to make it possible for me to attend the Training Retreat- THANK YOU, it was EXACTLY what I needed. I entered Stone Circles the first day thinking that I was […]

As a student thinking about pursuing a career in environmental justice, interning at the Clean Air Coalition has been an amazing opportunity, and one that I am so thankful I was able to experience before graduating from Canisius College.  For myself, at least, and for I’m sure many other interested students, working for a non-profit […]

We are excited to announce our 2013 Lois Gibbs Fellows! This year the Coalition received a record number of applications. The following fellows were chosen to participate in this highly-selective program because  of their commitment to their community and desire to lead. Congratulations to this years class!  Lindsay Marlow, Junnior Vidal, Irene Cederleaf, Mike Ruggiero, Yvonne […]

Dear Mr. Hoyt, You owe the residents of the West Side an apology.  Last week the authority you chair was allowed to go ahead and demolish eight homes on Busti Avenue, and in fewer than twelve hours the homes were mere rubble.  During the coverage of this momentous event you said that you and the […]

West Side members of the Clean Air Coalition were shocked to hear that the Busti Avenue homes had already been demolished early Monday morning. “Community members should have definitely received more notice that the homes were going to come down on Saturday.  The Peace Bridge Authority should have taken the weekend to inform residents that […]

You have the Right to Know! Do you want to know what companies in your community release into the air and water? Are you curious about which facilities don’t have to report their emissions? Interested in learning which companies are reducing their pollution? Join us on March 13th! The Toxic Release Inventory or TRI is […]

Thank you to everyone who came out to our big Tonawanda wide risk ranking event on February 20th! Nearly 200 people joined us at the Brounshidle Post #2 to learn the results of a years-worth of community-based environmental health research in Tonawanda NY. City of Tonawanda Mayor Ronald Pilozzi & Erie County Legislator Kevin Hardwick were […]

 On Monday the NYS Department of Health finally released it’s long-anticipated Tonawanda health study. The study was initiated after Tonawanda residents called on the agency to investigate the seemingly high rates of illness in their community. NYS DOH found that lung cancer, bladder cancer, and total cancers were elevated among both males and females; esophageal […]