Events
Please save the dates below and register for our upcoming events, and share widely with your networks! bit.ly/CleanAirEvents and linktr.ee/cleanairwny
Our Annual Dinner returns on May 22!
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- Clean Air is bringing back our Annual Dinner on May 22nd! This event is extra special because we will also be celebrating our 15th anniversary as an organization! Our Annual Dinner will be taking place at our office location, Trinity Episcopal Church, 371 Delaware Avenue. We will be having a happy hour (cash bar) occurring from 5:30pm-6:15pm and then come together for dinner and awards at 7pm. Please feel free to reach out to Chris Murawski at chris@cacwny.org or Gia Spicola at gia@cacwny.org with any questions!
Clean Air Events
Spring 2024 Tonawanda Community Meeting – May 6, 6:30pm
- Brounshidle American Legion Post 205/VFW Post 2472• 3354 Delaware Ave, Tonawanda, NY 14217
- Doors 6:30pm, Program 7-7:30pm, Workshop stations 7:30-8:30pm
- Join Clean Air’s members and staff to learn about our current work in the Tonawanda-area, what’s coming up in the next few months, how to get engaged, and share with us any other environmental justice concerns that you may have. Pizza and pop will be provided; childcare, interpretation services, or other accessibility needs will be provided if requested by May 1. Children also invited to participate!
Clean Air’s 2024 Mutual Aid and Emergency Prep Series
- Clean Air and Erie County Department of Health will again be offering a series of emergency preparedness trainings with a mutual aid framework in 2024. All classes will be held at Trinity Church, 371 Delaware Avenue in downtown Buffalo.
- Due to the hands-on nature of the training, these classes are only available in-person. The space is large and masks are provided and encouraged. Breakfast snacks and/or lunch is always provided. Childcare, interpretation services, or other accessibility services provided with pre-registration.
- 2024 dates –
- June 11 – Full Stop the Bleed Training, 6pm-8pm
August 3 – Full First Aid Training, 9:30am-2:30pm
September 21 – Preparing a Go Bag, 11am-2:30pm. Class also includes a practice Stop the Bleed session from 1pm-2:30pm; you do not need to attend the morning session to participate in the practice time.
October 26 – Preparing for Shelter in Place Emergencies, 11-2:30pm. Class also includes a practice Hands-only CPR session from 1pm-2:30pm; you do not need to attend the morning session to participate in the practice time. - Our Narcan and Harm Reduction training in February was cancelled due to illness – we will be rescheduling for later this year.
- June 11 – Full Stop the Bleed Training, 6pm-8pm
Clean Air’s July General Meeting – Wednesday July 24, 2024, 5:30-7pm
- Join Clean Air on Wednesday July 24 and every fourth Wednesday every other month in 2024 for our Bi-monthly General Meeting on Zoom and in person at Trinity Church, 371 Delaware Ave in downtown Buffalo! This space is for our current members and supporters, as well as any and all interested in learning more about our work and getting involved with our campaigns! Interpretation services and other accessibility services provided with pre-registration. Registration link will be posted closer to the event.
- Can’t make it this time? Save the dates for the remainder of 2024 – July 24, September 25, and November 20.
Partner and Public Events
Wednesday May 8, 5:30-7pm – East Side Environmental Forum, hosted by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. This is a space hosted by NYS DEC where residents can raise and discuss environmental concerns in their neighborhood and work towards solutions with our environmental regulators.
- Topic this month – Brownfields and the American Axle site; contact Cindy if you want to ask for a certain topic to be covered!
- Wednesday May 8, 5:30-7 PM, and every other month on the second Wednesday
- Buffalo Frank E. Merriweather Jr. Library, 1324 Jefferson Ave
- To join virtually, or for more information, please contact Kayla Baker (kayla.baker@dec.ny.gov) or call 716-541-9631.
- The meeting is hosted by the NY State Dept of Environmental Conservation and will bring in different experts from other agencies depending on concerns. Clean Air will be attending as an advocate and helping to turn out the community
Statewide Environmental Rule Changes – Permitting Procedures and Remediation Programs
- NYS DEC has posted notice of hearings and comment periods for proposed changes to the rules for Permitting Procedures and Remediation Programs. For more information, please see the links below. We will share more information on our blog as we review the proposals. If you would like to connect with Clean Air about any of the proposed changes, please reach out to Bridge.
- Permitting rule changes – https://dec.ny.gov/
regulatory/regulations/ proposed-emergency-recently- adopted-regulations/hearings- mediation-services-revisions - Hearing – virtual, May 2
- Comment deadline – May 10
- Remediation rule changes – https://dec.ny.gov/regulatory/regulations/proposed-emergency-recently-adopted-regulations/environmental-remediation-revisions
- Hearings – virtual, May 15
- Comment deadline – May 21
Other Partner and Public Events of Note
- Rolling Deadline – Resiliency Retrofits 50/50 Loan/Grant Program
- Rolling Deadline – Highlander Center’s Train the Trainer Program on Cultural Organizing. Dates trainings will be held – May 7-11, June 26 – July 3, and July 31-Aug. 7, 2024. Highlander is accepting applications until all slots are filled. This training is free including room and board, but transportation costs might be borne by applicants. If you are a Clean Air member and interested in applying, please speak to one of our organizers!
- Niagara University Peace and Justice Conference – October 24-27, early deadline for proposals May 1
- April 20-22 – Community Canvases’ Earth Day Clean-up Challenge
- May 8-10 – CLUW 50th Anniversary Gathering in Niagara Falls
- May 13 – Hidden Life of Trees book talk
Comment Periods and Hearings
- Submit your comments on the proposed consolidation of Buffalo’s USPS Mail Processing Center through this survey
- April 30 – DEADLINE EXTENDED – submit comments on proposed Amended Remedy for Tonawanda Coke Site 109
- May 2 – public hearing on proposed changes to statewide rules on industrial permits
- May 10 – deadline to submit comments on proposed changes to statewide rules on industrial permits
- May 15 – public hearing on proposed changes to statewide rules on contaminated site remediations
- May 21- deadline to submit comments on proposed changes to statewide rules on contaminated site remediations