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Veronica Fire Drill Friday

Representing Communities on the Frontline of Fossil Fuel Extraction in Washington, DC

By Kristen Locy / January 9, 2020
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Last Friday, CCJ team-members headed to Washington, DC to represent frontline communities at the Fire Drill Friday action in front of the US Capitol. Fonda claims her red coat is the last piece of clothing she will buy Credit: Kristen Locy The climate crisis is not an isolated issue — it involves every part of […]

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Shale & Public Health Conference

Takeaways from the 2019 Shale & Public Health Conference

By Lisa DePaoli / November 22, 2019
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On Tuesday, I attended the 7th annual Shale & Public Health Conference at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Just one day before, my colleagues at the Center for Coalfield Justice had gone to Harrisburg along with people whose health, or the health of their loved ones, has been directly impacted by […]

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Merchants of Doubt

Merchants of Doubt

By Kristen Locy / November 14, 2019
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This is an accompanying “What’s on Your Mind” blog written by Dave Ninehouser from The HearYourselfThink Project: Who was behind spreading this politically motivated slime job, aka “Pizzagate?” Most conspicuously, Alex Jones, of course. The same internet scam artist responsible for exploiting the deaths of the children murdered in the Sandy Hook school shooting by […]

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Party in the park CCJ

Party in the Park Celebrated 25 Years of Advocacy

By Kristen Locy / October 15, 2019
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From all of the CCJ staff (and Gizmo), a sincere thank you for coming out to celebrate with us, and we hope to see you soon!

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Fracking gas burnoff

Community Health in Southwestern Pennsylvania

By Lisa DePaoli / October 9, 2019
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This blog was written by a concerned and engaged CCJ member and retired nurse who attended Monday night’s community meeting at the Canon-McMillan High school. With her permission, we are sharing her comments with you as the 5th in our What’s on your mind? series. In my view, whether they meant to disclose it or not, […]

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DOH Public Meeting

How many more of my friends have to die before the state takes action?

By Heaven Sensky / October 8, 2019
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As many of you have been following, the Department of Health of the great State of Pennsylvania held a public meeting at Canon-McMillan High School last night, October 7th, to discuss the methodology used to draw up their report, which concluded that there is no cancer cluster within the district.  As many of our followers […]

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