We hope you’ll join us on July 13th for our screening of Maquilapolis: City of Factories.
The film shares the stories of women who work in multinationally-owned factories in Mexico. For example, after making television components all night, Carmen comes home to a shack she built out of recycled garage doors, in a neighborhood with [...]

At our meeting in April, we decided we wanted an update from the folks who have been working at EPA and DEC to clean up Tonawanda Coke. It took us a few months, but we’ve got a few dates on the calender.
July 7th at 7:00 pm: EPA and DEC Community Update
We’re hosting folks [...]

We apologize for being out of touch on the web! Our webmaster was down and out for awhile…but he’s back!
Be sure to check back often for updates on how to get involved over the summer!

JD Crane, owner of Tonawanda Coke, has a history of abusing workers and communities in cities across the country. Today, he has two plants up and running: one here in Tonawanda and another in Erie, PA.
The plant in Erie has received nearly as much attention as Tonawanda Coke. The state filed [...]

Our office is buzzing in anticipation of our Annual Dinner next week.
The event is an opportunity for us to come together to celebrate our work this year and raise money to support our work in the future. We’re hosting Lois Gibbs as they keynote speaker. Lois has been a big fan of [...]

As promised, Denny Larson from the Global Community Monitor came to visit us this weekend – and we had a great time!
On Saturday, Denny showed our new members how to test the air in our community. We tried to take an air sample on Kaufman, but it was too windy. YNN did [...]

Our campaign against Tonawanda Coke began with a bucket. Looking for a way to demonstrate the air in Tonawanda is dangerous, Jackie and the gang hooked up with Denny Larson from the Global Community Monitor. Denny taught the group how to use “the bucket” to take their own air samples. The air [...]

Tonawanda Coke just won’t stop.
Today I got a call that an ally over at the Wastewater treatment plant could see flames coming from the plant.
So I hopped in my car. Sure enough, I could see the dark smoke from Riverside.

I sat there for about 20 minutes. Even with the wind blowing [...]

The Clean Air Coalition is growing every day in influence and numbers. We need your help to spread the word about the good work we’re doing!
We’ve signed up to participate in a number of community fairs. Can you help us by spending a few hours at the booth talking to people about our [...]

The past few weeks we’ve noticed the smoke has been darker and the odors have been stronger at Tonawanda Coke. Whatever is going on in there isn’t good for us to breathe.
And it looks like there is also trouble at Erie Coke, our “sister plant”, in Erie, PA that is also owned by Don [...]