Dodging Pollution: An Underdog Story
Earthjustice - Non-Profit - www.earthjustice.org
Some of the worst air polluters have dodged controls for decades, pumping dirty air that makes playing outside a dangerous game for kids across the U.S. Though 2011 brings unprecedented opportunities to clean up these polluters, only public pressure can counteract the polluter lobby's influence. A humorous video can help: in a dodgeball game between kids and pollution, large men dressed as mercury, soot, and other pollutants hurl dodgeballs labeled with diseases (e.g. asthma ) while kids counter with balls marked "health" and "clean air". The message: join the kids' team to ensure dirty industries don't dodge clean air rules again.
AdminSimon A. Nurse
(Admin, Free Range Studios' Youtopia)
shared this idea
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Lisa A
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Regardless as to wether one believes in Global Warming or not- the fact is that coal and uranium mining, gas and oil drilling , industry air and water pollution, etc, are all very real and do have a negative impact on not only our health, but also the health of the food chain, wildlife and even soil conditions.
ENFORCED pollution regulations on all industry and energy companies are a necessary evil if we want to keep living conditions at least liveable for both man and beast on this Continent. Without any type of accounting for polluting groundwater or pumping out toxins from smokestacks, our land will truly be poisoned beyond belief. It may seem overly "treehuggerish" or "greenie" to consider this, but there is no escaping the fact that some sort of regulation is needed with all forms of industry -- even our military-- that contribute toward water and air corruption. Not all of us are able to afford a missle ticket to another planet once Earth goes to **** in a handbasket because of our sloppy way of harnessing Earth's resources!
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john mcclure
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thank you for fighting for clean air and all you do. More power to you.
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Randy Caffejian
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Yes- Earthjustice
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Anonymous
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Hope you win
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Terry chin
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Good luck and I hope you win for clean air!
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Marcia Berman
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I hope you win. You are a superb organization
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Nancy Spejcher
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Pulling for you to win=-) Your work is greatly appreciated!!
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Marcia Berman
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Keep up your wonderful work!!!
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Rhonda Dennis
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We need clean air now!
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C Smith
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This one would be very good I think.
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Art g
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Yup, what they said..
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Art g
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Yup, what they said..
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Jane Hope
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When I was young and lived in the country I would sometimes have to go downtown-to the doctor,or to get my hair cut,etc. Every time I went down town I would come home with a headache. That was when pollution was even worse than it is today.
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barb57
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Some of the worst air polluters have dodged controls for decades, pumping dirty air that makes playing outside a dangerous game for kids across the U.S. Though 2011 brings unprecedented opportunities to clean up these polluters, only public pressure can counteract the polluter lobby's influence.
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j. manning
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it's just too simple- we're all connected. thanks for the reminders.
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Johannis
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Here is to EarthJustice! Great work! We need more people that care and dare to think in order to make necessary changes.
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Doris Wilson
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The condition of the environment impacts every other issue, from poverty to peace and human rights. It is the priority survival issue of our time.
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andy Taylor-Blenis
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This group is working for all of us.
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Marlena Lange
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Earthjustice is working to protect humans and wildlife
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CC
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Count me in!