G.R.E.E.N., or Grass Roots Environmental Education Network, is a Green Corps organization at Seattle Central Community College. Our past campaign was a candidate forum a few weeks ago, covered in Seattle Central's Collegian newspaper. More than a hundred Seattle Central folks -- students and faculty -- showed up to hear local candidates discuss environmental issues.
NEW! Our latest campaign: Increase Superfund, don't gut it!
Three members of Congress who serve on committees relating to Superfund represent the Northwest. Polluting mega-corporations are telling Congress that Superfund is broken and needs reform. We want our members of Congress to oppose efforts to gut the "polluter pays" provision of Superfund. We want cleanup standards at toxic waste sites raised, not weakened!
The federal Superfund law was first passed in 1980 in response to disasters like the toxic contamination of neighborhoods at Love Canal, New York. Superfund is based on the "polluter pays" principle: those who created the mess should pay to clean it up. The law established a pool of money, funded primarily by a tax on the chemical and petroleum industries, to clean up abandoned toxic waste sites. It also gave the government the power to recover cleanup costs from the polluting companies.
We're sending letters to the editors of newspapers in the Northwest. We're also contacting our members of Congress who serve on committees that allocate money to Superfund: Rick White and Jennifer Dunn of Washington and Dirk Kempthorne of Idaho. We'll be meeting with Rick White by the middle of December in person, with representatives of some other environmental organizations, to convince him that it's not in U.S. citizens' interests to "reform" Superfund legislation.
If your district is represented by Rick White, Jennifer Dunn, or Dirk Kempthorne, write to them or to your local newspaper expressing your support for strengthening "polluter pays" provisions of Superfund!
Get involved in G.R.E.E.N. at Seattle Central Community College.
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Want to help out physically? Call Dave at (206)523-8985 (leave a message if he's not there), or Katherine at (206)729-9742. You can join the Events, Research, or Outreach committee -- we need poster-makers, food-procurers, letter-writers, pavement-beaters, phone-callers, and more. Help us do right by the Earth!
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