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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ROBERT&MARY SWAIN
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KEEP UP THE GREAT JOB..THERE MUST ALWAYS BE HOPE
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Gene Kinbur
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We need non-violent resistance.
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Barbara A McClain
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Earthjustice does a GREAT job of exposing and pursuing culprits
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Smallville
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What ever happened to a code where breaking laws was not an option, where gaining respect from consideration of others was more important than chasing a buck regardless of the cost to others. Just try and inhale a dollar bill.
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Adriaan
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Our environment is too important to ignore
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Connie Mainwaring
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Who can object to clean air? Only businesses who make money polluting our environment.
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Nancy Fifer
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I am very concerned because the environment was ignored in the nasty political atmosphere surrounding the elections!!!!! We are at the mercy of wealthy corporations who own some politicians. What a sad commentary when greed will destroy our beautiful planet.
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Lisa Vaughan
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We are the Earth's stewards. Isn't it about time we started acting like it?
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Lyndee Wolf
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There is no Planet B to sustain life as we know it.
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Suzanna van der Voort
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We can't live without clean air and a safe environment. Our only home: planet earth, is in desperate need of our protection NOW! When we don't act now, then WHEN?
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Nancy Charlton
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Clean air means clear thinking.
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betty winholtz
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earthjustice helped my town with a power plant
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DAVID FUTCH
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IN CALIFORNIA BE SURE TO VOTE NO ON PROP 23AND PROP 26. LET'S CLEAN OUR SURROUNDINGS.
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EmettS
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How is it that the internal combustion engine is 100+ years old and more popular than ever. Every other technology is obsolete in in just a few decades... hmmm... join and discuss with me at http://unpollute.ning.com
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IDRISS B. SHARIEF
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Clean air + clean water = Healthy people
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Mooser
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Did you know that there are more cases of Lung Cancer now than ever before? Is it due to more people smoking? Nope, in fact the numbers of smokers have been dropping steadly in the last twenty years. Then why such an increase in Lung Cancer? Why all the increases in all forms of Cancer? Try adding up all the various chemicals that the average human absorbs in their system everyday, then concider the damage that each of those toxicins are causing everyday. The answer I got was, can the world of fashion come up with designer gas masks fast enough to save the world? Or will it be a case of cleaning up the polluters before there six of your friends are picking up your coffin and puting it to rest in your grave? Doesn't sound like a real good choice to me either!
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Mooser
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Did you know that there are more cases of Lung Cancer now than ever before? Is it due to more people smoking? Nope, in fact the numbers of smokers have been dropping steadly in the last twenty years. Then why such an increase in Lung Cancer? Why all the increases in all forms of Cancer? Try adding up all the various chemicals that the average human absorbs in their system everyday, then concider the damage that each of those toxicins are causing everyday. The answer I got was, can the world of fashion come up with designer gas masks fast enough to save the world? Or will it be a case of cleaning up the polluters before there six of your friends are picking up your coffin and puting it to rest in your grave? Doesn't sound like a real good choice to me either!
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SMH Zollinger
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I see a world where the air and water everywhere is clean and fresh and pure. All people and companies big and small, work together joyfully to keep it so. Earthjustice is working hard to make this a reality rather than just a dream.
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SMH Zollinger
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I see a world where the air and water everywhere is clean and fresh and pure. All people and companies big and small, work together joyfully to keep it so. Earthjustice is working hard to make this a reality rather than just a dream.
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Janice Lawrence
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If we had clean air we wouldn't have so much lung disease.