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24 Hour Vigil and Nonviolent Action at IES Incinerators 499
High Street
Noon, Tuesday, August 21, 2001 Protest
and Rally, Tuesday, 5 p.m.
Tell IES to replace the incinerators with safer non-incineration technologies to protect jobs and community and worker health. Demand healthy communities & environmental justice! BRING: FRIENDS, FAMILY, CO-WORKERS, SLEEPING BAGS, FOOD, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, BANNERS AND SIGNS!!!!! Sponsored by the Coalition
for Healthy Communities and Environmental Justice We observe the following
nonviolence guidelines: See Also: 8/14 SF Chronicle press coverage 8/7 Three Arrested in Successful 8-Hour Blockade at IES Incinerators in East Oakland! Check out video of the blockade at indymedia.org and press coverage in the San Francisco Chronicle!
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Breaking News August 14, 2001 One week after protesters blockaded the front gate of their incineration facility, Integrated Environmental Systems today announced plans to reduce incineration of medical waste by 70% within one year. The announcement came at a press conference chaired by Oakland City Council president Ignacio de la Fuente, a long time supporter of IES. The announcement by De la Fuente and IES was an attempt to head off further protests by the Coalition for Healthy Communities and Environmental Justice, a coalition of local residents and community, health, labor, religious and environmental justice organizations. IES hopes to be able to keep burning millions of pounds of medical and non-medical waste, but will continue to face strong community opposition. The Coalition considers today's announcement a big victory in the four year old campaign, but is vowing to continue protests to force IES to stop all incineration and to replace the incinerators with safer non-incineration technologies. De la Fuente's press conference was met with protests by dozens of his own constituents, who blasted his collusion with IES and the exclusion of the public from this so-called "agreement." The Coalition had our own press conference after the politician/IES event ended to let the public know that the community is united in the effort for zero dioxin, safe jobs and a complete transition away from incineration to safer technologies.
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