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Coalition for Voting Integrity forum on the issue of new voting machines, Oct 21, 7pm, at the Bucks County Courthouse Community Room, 55 E. Court St. Doylestown. Rally at 6 pm.
Voter registration tabling at Bucks Community College: 10 am to 2 pm:
• Monday, Oct 3 Perkasie Campus
• Tuesday, Oct 4 Newtown Campus
• Wednesday, Oct 5 Newtown Campus
• Thursday, Oct 6 Perkasie Campus
An evening with PAUL McCOLD, Chair of The United Nations Working Party on Restorative Justice
and District Judge DANIEL FINELLO, Jr., Warminster, PA
The American criminal justice system is based on a retributive model that seeks to prevent crime by punishing those who are caught and convicted. Seven out of ten times retribution fails to deter repeat offenses.
Our system is broken.
Could "restorative practices," which incorporatre the victim and the community more intimately in the criminal justice process, reduce recidivism and initiate real healing for all parties that are harmed by criminal acts?
Featuring the video, BURNING BRIDGES, which shows how restorative practices were applied recently following the destruction of an historical covered bridge in Bucks County. A panel discussion will follow the video presentation.
At the meeting of Sunday, August 7:
• We officially endorsed the Earth Charter Initiative
• Michael Doyle of Upper Bucks for Change reported on the Bucks County Coalition for Voting Integrity
• Larry Menkes will be a panelist, Sunday, Sept. 18, at the Philly Beyond Oil Conference
• We are not providing a bus to the rally, but you may find information on transportation here: September 24 Rally in D.C.
The showing of "The End of Suburbia" on April 2 at the Doylestown Library was attended by 90 people including Larry Menkes, host & producer, former Republican state representative & moderator, Ellen Bard, and 6 panelists. Details
The symposium: Preparing for life without oil is an issue of huge global concern, and an issue that we can actually DO something about locally. The work that has started in Warminster Township can lead to a program for dramatically reducing pollution, cost, and consumption of energy. This model can be reproduced in all Bucks County municipalities. It's time for far-sighted people to take the lead.
The United States suffers from an acute vacuum of leadership. We have very few real leaders. Mostly what we have are clever followers, who pretend to lead. We, the people have to take the lead. If we do, the so-called "leaders" will soon follow.
Report on special January meeting, Sunday January 9, 2005:
A special joint meeting of the Bucks and Montgomery County Green Parties and the Social Issues group of Pebble Hill Church viewed and discussed a documentary video, "The End of Suburbia." http://www.endofsuburbia.com/. This hour long video produced by The Post Carbon Institute discusses the need to prepare for the imminent end of cheap oil.
The inevitable decline of global oil production, which some experts say has already begun, combined with rising energy demand from China, India, and other emerging economies, may have cataclysmic effects-- especially on the United States, which has structured daily life around readily available and cheap oil.
A group of 35 attended the event, hosted by Larry Menkes, chair of the Energy Committee of Warminster Township. He told the group what Warminster has already done to reduce its energy dependency and save thousands of dollars, and made a number of suggestions for what individuals can do.
Mr. Menkes said that if we had started serious conversion to renewable energy in 1990, America would be energy independent today. The quagmire in Iraq could have been avoided, the budget deficit eliminated, and our financial future made more secure.
Richland Township supervisor and elected Green official, Mike Zowniriw, attended the event along with Skip Moyer and Ed Bonsell, chairs of the Bucks and Montgomery County Green Parties.
Highlights of "The End of Suburbia" and a short video from The Rocky Mountain Institute, which demonstrates fixes to both the energy crisis and global warming, will be shown at the Doylestown Library on Saturday, April 2 at 1 p.m. A panel discussion with local experts on sustainability and fiscal responsibility will follow the videos. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Hope to see you there.
Green Party Candidates for State-wide Office
Skip Moyer is new Bucks County GP Co-Chair
Skip chats with Ralph Nader at the White Dog Café
Local Green Marine & Iraq Vet launches Peace site:
Iraq Veterans Against the War
Our New Message Board:
The Bucks County Green Party now has a message board for posting news and discussions of environmental and other issues. The board is open for anyone to both read and post messages. (If you are not familiar with online message boards, follow the link and then see the entry under "Announcements" for instructions on how to post.)
Warminster Day: June 11:
Larry Menkes, local Green and Chair of the Warminster Energy Advisory Committee, and below, our official Green Party mascot.(below Larry)
Honda Civic Hybrid
July 10: Monthly meeting at Pebble Hill Church 7 p.m.
5/9: Next showing of The End of Suburbia: Montgomery County Green Party's "Pizza & Politics" at the Chestnut Hill Library, 7:30 to 9 p.m. Details: Montgomery Co. Green Party
We meet monthly at Pebble Hill Interfaith Church, 320 Edison-Furlong Rd, just south of Doylestown at the corner of Woodcrest, 1 mile from Route 611 and 1.5 miles from Rt. 263. (Entrance is from Woodcrest)
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Past Events 2005
4/2: The Bucks and Montgomery Green Parties, in conjunction with the The Earth Charter Initiative and The Alliance for a Sustainable Future willl sponsor a symposium, Saturday, April 2 at 1 p.m in Doylestown:
Highlights from two video documentaries, "The End of Suburbia," , which discusses the likely consequences of the imminent decline of global oil production, and "Natural Capitalism" from The Rocky Mountain Institute, which demonstrates creative solutions to the coming energy crisis. A panel will follow on how to turn a potential crisis into social and economic advantage: to our families-- thousands of dollars; to our communities-- hundreds of thousands; to our planet-- priceless!
At a time when energy prices are on the rise and budgets are under more pressure than ever, we believe that local governments will be very receptive to investments in energy saving devices that have quick payback. Warminster Township has already begun to lead the way, and we believe that we have a model that can be duplicated in other municipalitites and school districts locally and across the country. This is an issue that transcends party politics!
Once a few municipalities have signed on, the process should become easier. Help us get it started. There will be informational material available on a range of conservation and renewable energy alternatives, advice on available funding, and organizational help for your own community.
Attend this important event. Seating is limited to 100. As of Wednesday morning, March 31, there are still 40 seats remaining. Please come early even if you have a reservation. At 1 p.m. previously reserved seating will be opened to the general public.
The Program: Symposium on "The End of Oil" & "Natural Capitalism"
1:00 – Welcoming: Larry Menkes
Moderator: Ellen Bard, Former PA State Representative; Producer and Host of Bard Means Business™, a TV series featuring innovative products and companies. Bard continues her focus on key issues of public interest, including new solutions to constraints on energy supplies.
1:10 – Panel Introductions:
• William J. Marston, Architect and LEED Accredited Professional, Alliance for a Sustainable Future
• George Hoguet, Director of Mid-Atlantic Operations, Native Energy LLC
• Phil Getty, Environmental Hydrogeologist, Boucher & James, Inc. Formerly petroleum geologist, Shell Oil Corp.
• Larry Menkes, Chair, Warminster Twp. Energy Advisory Committee (EAC)
• Gus Linton, A founding member of the Bucks County Greens
• Erin Casey, Penn Environmental
• Scott Kelly, PA Green Building Council, ReVision Architecture
1:25 – View Video – The End of Suburbia
2:05 – 2:15 – Reflect on film as a group
2:15 – Panel Comments/Reaction
2:25 – View Video – Natural Capitalism
3:05 – Panel Comments/Reactions
3:10 – Questions from the audience
3:45 – Closure and Summary Remarks by
Panel and Moderator
We wish to thank the following people and organizations for helping to make this event possible:
The Bucks County Free Library of Doylestown
Larry Menkes
Gus Linton
Amanda Amarotico
Andrew Wright
Alliance for a Sustainable Future
Boucher & James Engineers
Bucks County Greens
Builders Report: Super Windows
Clean Cities
Earth Charter Citizens of the Delaware Valley
Energy Coordinating Agency
Energy Cooperative
Green Treks
Interfaith Council on the Environment
Native Energy
Pennsylvania Green Building Council
PennEnvironmental
Philly Million Solar Roofs
ReVision Architecture
Sustainable Business Network
Warminster Township Energy Advisory Committee
The following websites can help you further your understanding of the topics brought up today as well as help you to make a difference:
The End of Suburbia
Rocky Mountain Institute
From the Wilderness
Union of Concerned Scientists
Worldwatch Institute
. . . and here are some readable and relevant articles:
John Hallock: "Forecasting the Availability & Diversity of Global Conventioional Oil Supply"
Roscoe Bartlett: "Peak Oil Presentation in the US Congress"
James Howard Kunstler: "The Long Emergency" (from Rolling Stone)
Robert L. Hirsch: "Peaking of World Oil Production: Impacts, Mitigation, & Risk Management"
Admission is free, but seating is limited. For more information call Larry Menkes: 215.328.9128 or Gus Linton: 215.257.2457 (Doylestown Library, 150 S. Pine St. Doylestown, PA 18901 215.348.9081)
3/20: Lambertville Coalition for Peace, the Coalition for Peace Action-Princeton, and the Central NJ Coalition Against Endless War in a rally at 3 pm on March 20th. We would like to invite your group to co-sponsor the event, which will include speakers, the moving Iraqi wall exhibit, musicians, and a march from Lambertville across the bridge to New Hope, PA, to demonstrate that we are a community united to bring our troops home. Contact: Christa Tinari ctinari@snip.net 609-397-7290
3/8/08: Oskar Castro, coordinator of AFSC National Youth & Militarism program will speak at the Richland Friends Meeting, Quakertown, 7 pm, Tuesday, March 8th on the risks, horrors, and misconceptions of military life including: misrepresentations by recruiters, Selective Service Registration, and militarism in the public schools-- including the recruitment agenda of "No Child Left Behind." Oskar spent 10 years working as a recruiter before jooiniing the American Friends Service Committee two and a half years ago. (Suggested donation $5.00); info: (215) -241-7176
3/6/05: Next Bucks County Green Party Meeting: 2 p.m. Sunday, March 6, at Pebble Hill Interfaith Church in Doylestown. All are welcome.
Past Events 2004
APRIL 24 2004-- First Ever Statewide Green Party Presidential Caucus at Pebble Hill Church 3 to 5 p.m.
Mark your calendar now! Make Green history on this date!
On Saturday, April 24, 2004, the Bucks County Green Party will participate in the first ever statewide Green Party of PA caucus. This event will determine the preferences of registered Green Party members regarding the selection of a 2004 Presidential nominee. This is your chance to make your voice heard within the Green Party. For updates, possible additional locations, check this web site.
This is what democracy looks like!
Voter registration tabling at BCCC, Newtown, March 24 & 25
There will be voter registration tabling at Bucks County Community College on Wednesday, March 24 & Thursday, March 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 5 to 7 p.m. at the top of the main stairs of the Rollins Center.
Voter registration tabling at BCCC Upper Campus, Perkasie, March 21 & 22
There will be voter registration tabling at BCCC Upper Campus, One Hillendale Dr, in Perkasie, on Monday, March 21 & Tuesday, March 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 5 to 7 p.m This is a first for the Upper Campus.
March 7, 5:30 p.m: THE THIRD MILLENNIUM PROJECT at PEBBLE HILL CHURCH and
THE EARTH CHARTER ENERGY and CLIMATE WORKING GROUP In cooperation with the Bucks County Greens PRESENT "NATURAL CAPITALISM and the PARADIGM CONSPIRACY," A VIDEO FROM ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE narrated by AMORY LOVINS, renowned authority on energy efficiency A DISCUSSION led by CHRISTOPHER LARGENT, author, philosopher, teacher, agent of positive social change will follow.
A unique opportunity to discover, explore, and conspire with new-paradigm expert, CHRISTOPER LARGENT, the exciting possibilities arising from the marriage of cutting-edge design and efficiency techniques with a philosophy of living in harmony with the biosphere. This is a practical blueprint for political and social evolution that, if adopted by politically active people will move humanity toward ecological sanity and the world to sustainability.
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State Green Party convention: Jan 31 & Feb 1 in Reading, PA
• We officially endorsed the Earth Charter Initiative
• Michael Doyle of Upper Bucks for Change reported on the Bucks County Coalition for Voting Integrity
• Larry Menkes will be a panelist, Sunday, Sept. 18, at the Philly Beyond Oil Conference
• We are not providing a bus to the rally, but you may find information on transportation here: September 24 Rally in D.C.
Warminster Day: June 11:
Larry Menkes, local Green and Chair of the Warminster Energy Advisory Committee, and below, our official Green Party mascot.(below Larry)
CFC Logistics closes its Cobalt-60 food irradiator facility in Milford Township after much pressure from local citizens groups with help from Public Citizen. From the local press 4/27/05: CFC closes irradiator and Irradiated food hot topic
Press Release on irradiator closing 4/28/05:
from Nocobalt-4-food
Press Release 4/3/05: Report on "The End of Suburbia" Symposium
4/10/05-- The symposium, "The End of Suburbia" at the Doylestown Library was attended by 90 area residents. The response from the community was very supportive, and there have been requests from at least 3 groups to run the program again. A reporter from the local paper wrote a decent review of the event on Sunday, then four days later an editorial in the same paper called us "extremists on the fringe" and "doomsayers." This is exactly the response we expected from the media. One of the panelists said on Saturday, "Don't expect support from the local press. Their biggest single source of revenue is advertising from auto dealers who have lots full of gas guzzling SUVs they have to unload, and the editors can't afford to piss them off."
Here's Larry Menkes' reply:
Here's Gus Linton's reply
At least the debate has begun locally. We don't have easy access to mass media, but perhaps our best headlines are the price signs posted at area gas stations.
International Anti-food Irradiation Day 2004
Sunday, Nov 21st, 2004
Dr. Helen Caldicott, recipient 1985 Nobel Peace Prize, will be the keynote speaker
Also speaking - Patty Lovera of Public Citizen - Deputy Director, Critical Mass Energy & Environment Program
A Gathering at 10 a.m. will precede the Caldicott speech:
Protecting & Healing The Lenape Homeland
People United Against Nuclear Irradiation
Jim Beer - Spokesperson
We will be honored to be led by the Lenape Nation of PA
in a Sacred Prayer Ceremony followed by a traditional Round, or Friendship Dance for details: http://www.nocobalt-4-food.org/
9/04 Skip Moyer becomes new Bucks County Green Party chair.
Here is a list of "environmental" groups that are either being bought out by corporate money, or simply show poor judgement in supporting the Growing Greener bond initiative.
BY MIKE EWALL, ActionPA.org
The bond initiative on the May ballot is to approve $625 million in new
debt for the state in order to fund the Growing Greener program started by
Governor Ridge.
Like many issues, this isn't a black-or-white / good-or-bad issue. There
are upsides and downsides.
Since most people are hearing only the upsides, I'll spell out some of the
downsides.
MASSIVE NEW DEBT
The $625 million Growing Greener II bond issue is the largest proposed bond
debt ever to go before Pennsylvania voters. Imagine $625 million -- plus
interest (perhaps doubling that amount) -- having to be paid back largely
by Pennsylvania taxpayers. That's a lot of money, no matter how you cut it.
Why does the state need to BORROW money? Well, it's because our
politicians are too "bought" by corporate interests to actually be willing
to tax them fairly. Consequently, we end up with big corporations getting
13-year exemptions from all state and local taxes in the form of Keystone
Opportunity Zones (i.e. corporate welfare), while the rest of us have to
shoulder the tax burden. When governments go into debt, they're borrowing
from bond corporations, which tend to give money back to the politicians
who enable this debt cycle in the first place. These private bond
corporations make tons of money as our public institutions are forced to
pay them back with interest over many years. This debt cycle is palatable
to politicians since it enables them to cut taxes on corporate campaign
contributors, promise the voters no new tax hikes, then leave future
generations of politicians to manage the debt, where they'll be forced to
raise taxes or cut public services.
Voters should never reward this sort of government mismanagement by
approving bond debt. It's like letting a teenager rack up massive credit
card debt, except in this case, it's our government being run by teenagers.
WHO WILL PAY FOR IT?
This is undetermined. Governor Rendell wants to fund Growing Greener II
with two new eco-taxes:
* a tax on most waste dumped/burned in Pennsylvania's municipal/residual
waste disposal facilities
* a tax on a tiny fraction of the state's industrial toxic chemical
releases (those reported to the national Toxic Release Inventory database)
The basic ideas of "green taxes" on pollution and waste are
sound. However, these proposals have so many loopholes that they could end
up doing more harm than good. A two-pager outlining these loopholes can be
found here: http://www.actionpa.org/waste/GGIIcritique.pdf
Examples include incentives that could:
* encourage polluting industries to lie about their toxic emissions, making
themselves and Rendell look good, but providing even less information to
the public about what they're being exposed to
* encourage tire burning, sewage sludge dumping, dumping of toxic chemicals
down the drain, incineration of toxic wastes and various other "beneficial
use" schemes for toxic waste streams, such as using asphalt or waste coal
ash as soil amendment
* encourage irresponsible use of highly toxic incinerator ash
There is also opposition from grassroots waste activists on the grounds
that one part of the movement (watershed organizations, primarily)
shouldn't obtain funding that depends on continued waste dumping in the
state (harming another another part of the movement -- those communities
fighting waste disposal facilities). Any fees on waste disposal should be
used only to mitigate that problem -- such as providing funding for
developing source reduction, recycling and composting programs. Similarly,
taxes on toxic emissions should be used for real monitoring and enforcement
as well as "toxics use reduction" programs. It's bad environmental policy
to have general government funds or funding of "good" projects depending on
continuing harm to the environment.
These funding arguments may be somewhat moot, since the Republican
legislative leadership is dead set against any new fees or taxes on waste
or toxic emissions in the state. How they'd fund this debt remains to be
seen and won't be decided until after the bond vote.
WHAT WILL IT FUND?
The money will be used to fund a wide range of projects, from open space
preservation to polluting power plants.
Many things that Growing Greener II will be used to fund are questionable,
such as:
* paying the coal, oil and gas industries to clean up messes that they
should be footing the bill for
* reuse of contaminated industrial sites known as "brownfields"
(Pennsylvania has pioneered the relaxation of cleanup standards to allow
reuse of toxic sites without properly addressing the toxic contamination
* funding dirty "alternative energy" projects such as:
* new power plants to burn waste coal (a fuel far dirtier than normal
coal), releasing higher amounts of global warming pollution and
cancer-causing PAHs, while creating a extremely toxic ash to be dumped in
PA communities without liners to protect the groundwater
* burning of toxic landfill gases without filtering the mercury and
other toxins out before burning the gas
* animal waste digesters that help proliferate factory farms
* "alternative fuels" which could mean anything from polluting and
energy-intensive ethanol factories to coal-to-oil refineries
* various unsafe waste reuse schemes, like the use of toxic coal plant
fly ash in building materials
* carbon sequestration schemes, which could include a wide range of bad
ideas, such as biotech tree plantations
POLITICAL CORRUPTION
A large share of the Growing Greener money is used to fund watershed
organizations. These groups are expected support the often
anti-environmental agenda of DEP or risk losing their funding. There are
cases where watershed groups lost their Growing Greener funding after
standing up against the dumping of toxic sewage sludge in their watershed
(a practice enthusiastically promoted by DEP).
WHO SUPPORTS GROWING GREENER?
You'll find a long list of supporters of Growing Greener II at:
http://www.growinggreener2.com/default.aspx?id=11
What you won't find is a single grassroots environmental group. It's
primarily groups or local governments who are seeking to get more money
through Growing Greener. A handful of foundation-driven big environmental
groups are helping support and legitimize the effort. However, the
Pennsylvania Environmental Network, ActionPA, the Green Party of
Pennsylvania and numerous grassroots community groups are opposed to
Growing Greener II.
Mike Ewall, ActionPA
215-743-4884
catalyst@actionpa.org
http://www.actionpa.org
POLLUTION SITES IN BUCKS COUNTY (A SHORT LIST)
by Mike Ewall
Activists' Center for Training In Organizing and Networking (ACTION)
215-743-4884
catalyst@envirolink.org
http://www.actionpa.org
If you want more details on any of the issues below and especially if you want to get involved in any of these issues, please contact me at 215-743-4884.
As grim as all of this info may seem, please know that Bucks County would be significantly messier if it weren't for grassroots environmental activists throughout the years. Some of the many victories include stopping the following (listed in reverse chronological order): * a construction/demolition waste incinerator in Morrisville
* an asphalt plant in Upper Bucks
* a trash transfer facility in Upper Bucks
* a municipal waste (trash) composting operation in a poor, black
neighborhood in Bristol Twp (possibly coming back)
* the Wheelabrator trash incinerator in Falls Twp would be 50% larger and
would have fewer pollution controls
* a contaminated soil burner in Bensalem Twp
* a medical waste incinerator in Bristol
* a massive incinerator ash monofill in Falls Twp
* a nuclear reactor on an island in the Delaware River Unfortunately, there are also several things which were defeated in one community, but which ended up in Falls Twp (the environmental armpit of the county).
The list below is divided into the following 19 categories:
-NUCLEAR WASTE SHIPPING ROUTES
-FLUORIDATION
-SLUDGE DUMPING ON FARMS
-SPRAWL
-QUARRIES
-POWER PLANTS
-HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITIES
-MEDICAL WASTE FACILITIES
-WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES
-TRASH TRANSFER STATIONS
-MILITARY TOXIC SITES
-NUCLEAR MATERIAL SITES
-SUPERFUND / TOXIC WASTE SITES
-OTHER SITES WORTH MENTIONING
-CHEMICAL ACCIDENTS
-FISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORIES (both are for PCBs)
-TOXIC RELEASES
-CABOT
-OTHER RANDOM STUFF NUCLEAR WASTE SHIPPING ROUTES:
81 casks of intensely radioactive irradiated nuclear reactor fuel rods would be transported by rail on the Conrail line through Lower Bucks from New Jersey's Oyster Creek nuclear reactor on its way to a parking lot outside of an unbuilt nuclear waste dump in a leaky mountain amid fault lines on Native American lands in Nevada. These shipments could go on for about 30 years, not including the additional shipments needed if the nuclear reactors continue to operate and make new waste. Nuclear waste casks do not contain all of the radioactivity from the fuel rods. People in the area of the rail lines can be exposed to radiation, not to mention the catastrophic potential of accidents.
This crazy proposal was passed by congress several times, but was vetoed by President Clinton. Bucks Congressman Greenwood voted in favor of this in the 1997-1998 Congress and was absent for the vote when it came up in the 1999-2000 congress. In 2002, he voted in favor of it again - even voting to override the Governor of Nevada's veto on the official designation of the Yucca Mountain site.
Also, Pennsylvania's 2 U.S. Senators (Specter and Santorum) have voted the wrong way on this twice in the last 4 years. Santorum is the 2nd largest recipient of nuclear industry money. Specter is the 11th. In 2002, they again voted the wrong way, overriding the Nevada veto of the Yucca Mountain site.
POWER PLANTS:
There are two 550-600 megawatt natural gas-fired power plant proposed for Falls Twp. Plans include running a pipeline under the Delaware River.
There are already 2 power plants in Bucks County (both in Lower Bucks): 546 megawatt oil-fired power plant in Croydon (Bristol Twp) 64 megawatt oil-fired power plant in Falls Twp
Some resources on natural gas can be found online at: http://www.energyjustice.org/naturalgas/
HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITIES:
HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITIES:
Commercial Facilities:
-Safety-Kleen Corp (Falls)
Captive (non-commercial) Facilities [permitted for storage]:
-Betz Laboratories (Langhorne)
-Betz Laboratories (Trevose)
-Rohm & Haas Co. (Bristol)
MEDICAL WASTE FACILITIES:
Medical Waste Systems, Inc.
Commercial Medical Waste Disinfection Facility (needles & syringes only)
Warminster
SMI Medical Waste / East Coast Medical Waste, Inc.
Medical Waste Transfer Station that has hoped to build a medical waste incinerator
Falls Twp (near Morrisville)
A good resource on medical waste is the Health Care Without Harm campaign.
TRASH TRANSFER STATIONS:
Waste Management of Indian Valley
Hilltown Twp
Construction Demolition Recycling, Inc.
Upper Southampton Twp
MILITARY TOXIC SITES: Bristol Veterans USARC (10 sites) (Bristol Twp)
G. Levor & Company (Bristol Twp)
Naval Air Warfare Center ACFTDV (17 sites) (Warminster Twp)
NAS Johnsville (Upper Mount Bethel Twp)
NIKE PH-15 (Bristol Twp)
NIKE PH-67 [Chester] (Bristol Twp)
NIKE PH-07 (2 sites) (Richboro)
NIKE PH-97/99 [Lansdale] (2 sites) (Warrington Twp)
USARC North Park (Falls Twp)
USARC Quakertown (Quakertown)
USARC Warrington (Warrington) "ASARC Bristol" is also listed in a list of nuclear contaminated sites as part of the Nike Missile Complex.
Military Toxics info can be found at these sites: http://www.penweb.org/issues/miltox/
http://www.miltoxproj.org/ NUCLEAR MATERIAL SITES:
MitchellGreenspan
Industry & Science
Sellersville, PA
Byproduct Material Possession Only
Residual contamination & other byproduct material
This site came from the "Deadly Nuclear Radiation Hazards USA" mapping project database, online at:
http://www.prop1.org/prop1/radiated/
http://www.prop1.org/prop1/radiated/pa0rept.htm (PA page)
FISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORIES (both are for PCBs):
* Levittown Lake (Bucks Co.) [Entire lake]
* Delaware River and Estuary, including all tributaries to head of tide and
the Schuylkill River to the Fairmount Dam (Bucks, Philadelphia, & Delaware Co.) [Yardley to PA/Delaware state line]
State Green Party caucuses were held Saturday, April 24, 2004 at Pebble Hill Church: Nader- 10 votes; Cobb- 4 votes; Others- 2 votes
"Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War"
55 local citizens braved icy roads and windy temperatures in the teens to meet at Pebble Hill Church in Doylestown to view "Uncovered: The Whole Truth about the Iraq War." The one-hour video was produced by the MoveOn organization, and played simultaneously at over 2500 locations across the nation on Sunday, Dec 10.
The film documented fabrication and distortion of intelligence by the Bush administration to create a case for invading Iraq. Approximately 20 senior officials of the CIA, Pentagon, and Department of State gave expert testimony on the video.
This turnout at PHC was impressive in both numbers, and quality of the people. Among the participants was a former Republican State Senator.
The meeting at PHC was followed by a lively discussion.
"Uncovered" is still available on the MoveOn web site for $15.
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NOV 3: ZOWNIRIW WINS !!!
On Tuesday our County Green Party was victorious in two of the three elections that we entered. These were our first ballot victories in Bucks County:
Mike Zowniriw defeated an incumbent Republican supervisor in Richland Township by 675 votes to 597 (53% vs. 47%). This is certainly a landslide victory in what has been an all Republican municipality for a long long time.
Mike's victory was not just a win for the Green Party, but a victory for the people of Richland. A coalition of Greens, Democrats and Republicans, in the true spirit of America, adopted the revolutionary idea of ignoring party lines in order to work together to restore democracy in northern Bucks.
Phil Getty (unopposed) was elected auditor of Solebury Township. Phil has a long career as a proponent, practictioner, and teacher of Green values. The government of Solebury will be enriched by his inclusion.
Judy Szela received about 25% of the vote for supervisor in Milford Twp, losing to the Republican candidate. Judy was so absorbed in the effort to stop the irradiator that she had little time to organize a campaign. Thank you, Judy, for your support of Green values.
Greens everywhere are helping to catalyze a movement that transcends political parties, a movement of healing and empowerment of individuals and communities .
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Local News Briefs:
Green Party appealing to disenchanted
By: WINSLOW MASON JR. (10/19/2003)
The Green Party is making inroads into Bucks County's political milieu. Democratic and Republican party leaders are taking note .
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October 5: Bucks County Green Party endorses Democratic candidates
At our October meeting we endorsed Bee Beckman for Doylestown Twp Supervisor and John MacFarland for Nockamixon Twp. Supervisor. We commend both candidates for their commitment to sustainable community, open space, environmentally sound practices, and stewardship of our natural heritage. The endorsements were unanimous.
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9/2/03: Local candidates launch campaigns
Judy Szela (rhymes with "Stella," Mike Zowniriw (kinda rhymes with "Donahue"), and Joel Mount appeared at a press conference near the site of the proposed nuclear irradiator in Milford Township to launch the fall campaigns.
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More evidence that Americans are a people of faith: a gift for Ramadan
"Concrete Fence" more than twice as high as Berlin Wall & three times as long !?
