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2001 Press Releases
Environmentalists Call On Holcim To Modernize Plant
December 18, 2001 — Dundee, Michigan
Contact:
Jeff Gearhart, Ecology Center, (734) 663-2400 ext. 117
Arreta Schills, Local Resident, (734) 439-2573
Jerry Renning, Michigan...
Release Date: Dec 18th 2001
Groups Call On Automakers to Offer Similar Program
November 27, 2001
Contact:
Jeff Gearhart, Ecology Center, 734 663-2400 ext. 117
Jeff Krcmarik, Washtenaw County Division of Public Works 222-6865
The Ecology Center and...
Release Date: Nov 27th 2001
November 13, 2001
New York — The Clean Car Campaign has joined forces with automotive dealerships, state and city officials, and environmental organizations across the nation today to kick off a “Switch-the-Switch” event...
Release Date: Nov 13th 2001
Ecology Center and Michigan Environmental Council Appeal Permit to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
October 30, 2001
Contact:
Mike Garfield (734) 761-3168 x 104
Isaac Elnecave (517) 487-9539
The Ecology Center and the Michigan...
Release Date: Oct 30th 2001
New Test Results Find More Contamination, Trigger More Clean Up
August 2, 2001
Contact:
Billie Hickey, Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision, Phone 313-842-1961
Alma Lowry, NLG/Sugar Law Center 313-962-6540
In the last few weeks,...
Release Date: Aug 2nd 2001
Groups Applaud Similar Call To Ford By State Attorneys General
July 2 , 2001
WASHINGTON — The Clean Car Campaign, with the support of 26 environmental organizations, today called on Ford and other automakers to remove toxic mercury...
Release Date: Jul 2nd 2001
Children Exposed to Hazardous, Untested Chemicals
June 7, 2001
For more information:
Mary Beth Doyle, Ecology Center, 734-663-2400 ext 108
Gary Skulnik, Greenpeace Media Officer 202-319-2492 or 202-549-3212 (cell)
Greenpeace and the...
Release Date: Jun 7th 2001
April 25, 2001
BUFFALO — Automobiles contain large amounts of mercury in tilt switches used in hood and trunk lighting devices. The Buffalo Police Department has joined forces with the New York State Department of Environmental...
Release Date: Apr 25th 2001
contact: Janet B. Kreizman, 202-662-8527
For immediate Release: April 19, 2001
WASHINGTON, DC—The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. (ISRI) announced today that, as part of its Design for Recycling® initiative,...
Release Date: Apr 19th 2001
Resolution on the Elimination of the Use of Mercury in Automobiles
April 2001
WHEREAS: The production of switches and wiring in automobiles account for 110 tons of mercury (1999); and
WHEREAS: This is an increase in usage over the...
Release Date: Apr 1st 2001
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