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The Clean Air Coalition of W.N.Y.
- “City of Factories”
- Mark your calender – the regulators are coming to town!
- We’re back!
- We’re Hitting the Road for Erie, PA
- It’s not too late to make your reservation!
- Bucket Brigade Kicks Off the Summer
- The bucket is making a comeback
- Tonawanda Coke’s on Fire
- Calling all volunteers!
- Trouble at Erie Coke
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The Facts
This page is full of information about air quality and the related politics.
For the Technical Experts
For the Rest of Us
This section includes our easy-to-read fact sheets and the update from the EPA.
- The Tonawanda Community Air Quality Study Fact Sheet
- EPA update on Tonawanda Coke, October 2009
- Basic facts about tar sludge
- EPA February 2010 Community Update
The paperwork sent to Tonawanda Coke in December and January ordering them to clean up was hundreds of pages. We pulled out the most important stuff – the list of violations and the time line Tonawanda Coke must comply with to avoid fines.
Letters from Legislators
2010
2009
- Gillibrand’s letter to Crane
- Representative Slaughter to NYS DEC Commissioner Pete Grannis
- Representative Slaughter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson
- NYS Senator Antoine Thompson to Commissioner Grannis (June 23, 2009)
- NYS Senator Antoine Thompson to Commissioner Grannis (October 20, 2009)
- NYS Senator Antoine Thompson to Governor Paterson
Political Influence
- JD Crane’s Sphere of Influence. JD Crane is no stranger to the game of politics. An analysis by the Clean Air Coalition of WNY found the people and organizations JD Crane and Tonawanda Coke have supported financially from 1999 to 2009. The data was compiled using information from the Center for Responsive Politics and the NYS Board of Elections Campaign Financial Disclosure database.
More coming soon!