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Dear 'Links,
   We'll keep you informed of developing issues surrounding the power plant and the true cost of coal.
 
HealthLink co-plaintiff in suit against the power plant
Salem News, April 21, 2010- The Conservation Law Foundation yesterday filed an amended notice of intent to sue the owner of the Salem power plant for alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act... 317 self-reported opacity violations... high levels of particulate matter, one of the most dangerous pollutants...read more
  
jairoThe Human Cost of Coal
Op-ed by Lynn Nadeau
A Colombian man, Jairo Fuentes Epaiyu, has been living in my home this week. We are working together although he doesn't speak English and I don't speak Spanish.... he is on a speaking tour to tell us - the people who use the coal buried beneath his village - about how his ancestral home has been destroyed by the owners of the largest open-pit coal mine....read more  
 
   
Local EARTH DAY EVENTS - Join in! 
 
Thursday, April 22
Earth Days 2010 Evening Program
Salem State College
7:00 - 8:45 p.m. (Social hour, music 6 - 7 p.m.)
Central Campus, public welcome
 
Featured Speaker: Dr. Joan Fitzgerald, Director of Law, Policy and Society Program at Northeastern University: "Emerald Cities: Linking Sustainability and Economic Development"
Presentation of "Friend of the Earth" Awards to the following:
  •  Dr. Frank Ackerman, Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University
  • Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) at University of Massachusetts Lowell
 
Saturday, April 24 
Activities for all ages: Woods cleanup, exhibits, music, refreshments
8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Pennybrook Entrance, Lynn
Volunteers needed for HealthLink exhibit table. Contact us at healthlink@healthlink.org
 
HealthLink
Box 301
Swampscott, MA 01907
781-598-1115
 
 
HealthLink mission: To protect and improve public health by reducing and eliminating toxins and pollutants from our environment through research, education and community action.