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California`s Toxic Secret

Senators are asking tough questions. The heat is on.

(SACRAMENTO Consumer Watchdog) - It’s outrageous and it’s got to stop. Top California regulators in charge of cleaning up polluters’ messes own hundreds of thousands of dollars in the polluters’ own stock.

It’s no wonder California has the nation’s toughest environmental laws and the weakest enforcement.

Marines Need Funds to Publish Non-Fiction Book

Story of murder, narcotrafficing and environmental contamination written by two Marine veterans.

(IRVINE CA / CAMP LEJEUNE NC) - The connection is not a square peg in a square hole, but its damn close.

Marine Corps leadership was involved in murder, crime scene cover-up, narcotrafficking (cocaine, the drug of choice), the shredding of records, and the denial of injuries from exposure to deadly contaminants at both El Toro and Camp Lejeune.

Chemung County Continues Persecuting Sara and Gary Harvey

One of the ugliest stories in America.

(ELMIRA, NY ppjg.me) - It seems the tortured imprisonment of Gary Harvey in Chemung County New York, will never end.

Mr. Harvey who suffered a head injury as a result of a fall in his home seven years ago, has been a real cash cow for not only the hospital he is confined to, but also for numerous agencies, attorneys and predatory guardians.

Irvine CA Great Park and Google® Headquarters: TCE Contaminant Progeny

Trichloroethylene (TCE) Raises Its Ugly Head…..This Time In Idyllic, Upscale Mountain View CA (Silicon Valley)

(LAGUNA BEACH) - We know that we’re banging on the same damned drum, but for our veteran browsers as well as newbies, with a fanfare, TAH DAH!

Lesson #1: TCE is a carcinogenic chemical, a chlorinated hydrocarbon compound that’s been seriously used as an industrial solvent, cleaner and degreaser since about 1930.

CRC Rammed Through in Salem

Without naming the CRC in her prepared statement, Tina Kotek (D-North Portland) framed the boondoggle as a “jobs and economic development bill.

(PORTLAND, OR) - If your rep in Salem is a Dem and their name isn’t Lew Frederick of Portland or Carolyn Tomei of Milwaukie, she or he voted for the CRC (Columbia River Crossing) boondoogle today.

They were joined by nine silent Repubs in the 45-11 vote to burden Oregonians to pay for the ill-conceived project *engineered by the corporate 1%...

Anti-Nuclear Activists Coming to Puget Sound in March

The Pacific Life Community (PLC) is dedicated to ending nuclear weapons and war-making through nonviolent direct action.

(SEATTLE) - Activists from around the country will come to Puget Sound in resistance to nuclear weapons and war-making during the first weekend of March.

The annual Pacific Life Community Faith & Resistance Retreat is being held at the All Saints Camp in Gig Harbor from March 1st through March 4th.

New Study Finds Pesticides Leading Cause of Grassland Bird Declines

Researchers focused on lethal pesticides, such as organophosphate and carbamate.

(WASHINGTON DC) - A new study identifies acutely toxic pesticides as the most likely leading cause of the widespread decline in grassland bird numbers in the United States.

The finding challenges the widely-held assumption that loss of habitat is the primary cause of those population declines.

Reactor Reax Top Stories - Five Facts That Sink Nuclear Power

"Reactor Reax" is brought to you by Physicians for Social Responsibility.

(WASHINGTON DC) - In this week's Reactor Reax, 5 facts that sink nuclear power, Vogtle is progressing but nuclear revival is not, and Florida legislators hope to fix nuclear advance fee law.

New Congressional Bill For Navy Vietnam War Veterans

We veterans need help from the American people. We need public support for action. We ask you to urge your members of Congress to co-sponsor the Bill. Without public support, nothing happens.

(MEDIA, PA) - The 112th Congress failed to pass law for Vietnam War veterans. The law would have afforded all U.S. Navy Vietnam vets VA benefits.

New House Bill HR-543, The Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act. This Bill was introduced to the 113th Congress by Congressman Gibson (NY). The Bill if passed will afford VA benefits to all U.S. Naval personnel engaged in the Vietnam war who served at sea never having boots on ground for Agent Orange exposure.

Toxic Vapors Found in Google Offices

TCE vapors reach unacceptable levels; efforts to remedy it in progress.

(MOUNTAIN VIEW mv-voice.com) - A carcinogen was found to be seeping up from contaminated soil into buildings at Google's building in Mountain View.