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GREENPEACE TO SUPPORT ARIZONA CITIZENS ANTI-TOXICS CAMPAIGN
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October 2, 1989
PHOENIX, Az (GP)--The international environmental organization
Greenpeace will campaign throughout Arizona beginning October 9th
in support of the Statewide Citizens Rally for the Environment to
be held October 14, 1 p.m. at the state capitol in Phoenix.
Greenpeace activists, and a 48 foot Greenpeace campaign bus, will
visit Phoenix, Tempe, Jerome, Cottonwood, Clarkdale, Sedona,
Flagstaff, and the Navajo reservation, urging citizens to attend
the October 14th rally at the state capitol.
Press conferences will be held as follows:
PHOENIX: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 10 a.m. in front of state capitol
JEROME: WEDNESDAY, OCT. 11, 12 noon, Main Street, Jerome. The
mayor will present the key to the city to Greenpeace.
FLAGSTAFF: THURSDAY, OCT. 12, 12 noon, Wheeler Park, adjacent to
City Hall
Representatives from local community groups will join Greenpeace
representatives at each press conference.
The October 14 rally is being held in response to increasing
efforts by the toxic waste industry to site controversial
hazardous waste incinerators and disposal facilities in Arizona.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is requiring states to
submit Capacity Assurance Plans by October 17, detailing how the
states will handle hazardous waste generated in the state.
Throughout the United States, environmental and community groups
are demanding the states and EPA emphasize toxics use and waste
reduction, not disposal facilities.
During the week, Greenpeace and community activists will be
completing a petition campaign asking the Governor and the state
legislature to place a five year moratorium on the siting of new
hazardous waste incinerators and other disposal facilities, and
to support the need for toxics use and waste reduction
legislation.
Sponsors for the statewide citizens rally include: Children for a
Safe Environment; Citizens against Toxic Substances; Cashion
Citizens for Uncontaminated Water; Concerned Citizens of Buckeye;
Concerned Citizens against the Rio Salado Project; Citizens
Clearinghouse for Hazardous Wastes; Citizens Committee against
Asbestos Dumping; Citizens against Ruining Our Environment
(Dilcon, Arizona, Navajo Nation); Citizens against Hazardous
Waste in the Verde Valley; Greenpeace; Keep Arizona Beautiful;
Keep Sedona Beautiful; Mothers of Maryvale--Concerns about Real
Environmental Safety; No Landfill Committee--Casa Grande;
Resistance against Trash--Queen Creek: Residents against
Agricultural Pesticides; Santa Cruz Valley Environmentalists;
National Toxics Campaign; Tisconans for a Clean Environment;
Sierra Club; Toxic Waste Investigative Group; Chemically Damaged
Workers Coalition.
Contact: Bradley Angel, Greenpeace: (415) 474-6767
after Oct. 8th: (602) 634-9049
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