Tag Archives: EnviroNews California

Recap: Students, Activists, Rock Downtown Oakland at March for Our Lives (Raw Video Coverage)

(EnviroNews California) — Oakland, CA — Students, poets, singers and activists took to the podium on March 25, 2018, at the historic March for Our Lives demonstration in Oakland, California. The event was attended by over 3,000 people and was a vibrant part of what news agencies and…

EWG Report: 8 Million Californians Now Drinking Water Tainted With Toxic TCP Pesticide

(EnviroNews California) — The Environmental Working Group (EWG) released a report April 11, 2017, that found 94 water systems serving eight million Californians are contaminated with 1,2,3-trichloropropane (TCP). TCP is a toxic pesticide byproduct that has also been used as a solvent and paint remover. While Shell Chemical…

Erin Brockovich Is Asked: ‘Why no time for environmental crime?’

(EnviroNews California) – Los Angeles – There have been few instances in the history of the industrial revolution where anyone has actually gone to jail for atrocities committed against the environment. It seems at least pertinent to ask: Why hasn’t anyone been put in handcuffs yet for the…

Erin Brockovich Weighs in on Fracking and Gives Praise to GasLand the Movie

(EnviroNews California) – Los Angeles – Erin Brockovich is a people’s champion when it comes to battling against big industrial polluters who contaminate and poison groundwater, so much so that they even made a Hollywood movie showcasing her first amazing success story in Hinkley, California. The movie, ‘Erin…

Erin Brockovich on How to Fight Back Against Big Polluters at the Local Level

(EnviroNews California) – Los Angeles – In this interview segment, Erin Brockovich reveals exactly what can be done at the community level to fight back against large and often irresponsible industrial polluters.

Erin Brockovich Speaks Words of Encouragment to Utah’s Stericycle Activists

(EnviroNews California) – Los Angeles – In anticipation of her arrival this weekend in Utah, Erin Brockovich shared these motivating words of encouragement with the persevering and simply relentless activists battling the Stericycle medical waste incinerator in North Salt Lake City.

Erin Brockovich Addresses What Should Be Done Federally About the Incineration of Deadly Medical Waste

(EnviroNews California) – “How are we going to dispose of it without destroying ourselves?” This was the question posed by celebrity activist Erin Brockovich to EnviroNews California during a full-feature sit-down interview in Los Angeles. Medical waste is a topic that most people have probably given very little…

Erin Brockovich to Speak in Utah on Medical Waste Battle

(EnviroNews California) — Los Angeles — Famed environmental activist and subject of the Academy Award-winning movie ‘Erin Brockovich’ is set to appear in Salt Lake City, Utah on the 28th of this month to speak about one of her newest environmental battles — The fight against Stericycle and…

Amidst Many Utah Air Pollution Culprits, Could There Be Grounds for a Class Action Against Stericycle? – Erin Brockovich Weighs In

(EnviroNews California) – The Salt Lake Valley has a high number of industrial air polluters. To be frank, it’s loaded with them and its population is hobbled by some of the most dangerous air pollution on the entire planet. The pollution crisis is so severe, in fact, that…

Is It a ‘Victory’ If Stericycle Moves Out of the Neighborhood? – Erin Brockovich Weighs In

(EnviroNews California) – Los Angeles – Celebrity activist Erin Brockovich is at it again. That is, taking on BIG polluters. Her most recent endeavor is the obscure and dark world of medical waste, a subject that most Americans have likely spent little time thinking about over the course…