Environment

Fire crews worked for three days to contain a mammoth fire at a fuel storage facility run by the Caribbean Petroleum Corp. and owned by Gulf outside Puerto Rico's capital.

Please sign the petition to EPA and the federal Office of Surface Mining.

With energy production high on the national agenda, and one of the largest discoveries of natural gas in our midst, the question is: “What impact will Hydraulic Fracturing in the Marcellus Shale have on our Water, Environment and Economy?”

Sierra Club's national Arctic expert will be in town to give a presentation on the growing threat of climate change and oil development in Alaska's most pristine areas, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the Western Arctic.

Presented by Dr. Linda MacCammon

Director of the Peace and Social Justice Studies Program at SJFC

Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 7:00 – 9:00 PM

First Unitarian Church, 220 S. Winton Rd, Rochester

FREE and open to the public.

The FDA will ignore pesticides, chlorine, dioxins, radiation and other industrial parts of typical cigarettes in its new Act. This Act, supposedly against the cigarette industry, is entirely in support of that industry, even to the point of assisting it to evade legal consequences.

One treesitter descends after week of defending people from blasting

To show support for the coalfield residents in Appalachia and conduct public outreach, an educational "human billboard" line is planned for this Tuesday, August 11.

You are most welcome to attend - or drive by and
honk your support!

We will gather at Twelve Corners in Brighton at 5pm and continue until about 6pm.

Thank you for your support!

Every year Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace commemorates the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1945) with a vigil.

Wednesday, August 5th 7:30 PM

Avon Traffic Circle, Routes 5 and 20, Avon, NY

Discussion by Cheryl Wertz, Executive Director of Peace Action of New York State (PANYS)