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Archive for July, 2008

July 12 - another Air Quality Action Day today!

Posted: Friday, July 11th, 2008 @ 11:37 pm in Events | No Comments »

Beautiful weather and pollution from our everyday car trips make the air quality lower than it has to be. We hope you become aware of the simple things we all can do to reduce the problems for ourselves and the especially vulnerable (such as kids, and people with asthma). We listed the ideas from Clean Air [...]

Rockland Environmental and Civic Groups Form Coalition to Oppose United Water Plans to Pump Hudson River for Drinking Water

Posted: Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 @ 10:56 pm in Events | No Comments »

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PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - JULY 9, 2008
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Some of the leading environmental organizations in Rockland County have joined together with civic organizations in a growing coalition that is demanding a more thorough environmental and economic analysis by state and local agencies of United Water’s proposed desalination-filtration plant in Haverstraw.  The Rockland Coalition for [...]

July 8 = another Air Quality Action Day is forecast today!

Posted: Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 @ 9:49 pm in Events | 1 Comment »

  
URGENT!
The New York State Department of Transportation has declared that Tuesday, July 8, 2008 will be an Air Quality Action Day in the New York metro area due to forecasted high levels of ground-level ozone pollution. While tomorrow will still be a day when people can go about most of their normal activities, such [...]