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Join Clean Water Action, Global Sustainability and Tri-County Sustainability Coalition for a free online screening of "The Sacrifice Zone — An Industrial Wasteland" on Thursday February 18th, at 7:00pm EST. Register below and we will send you a Zoom link to join!
After the film, we'll be discussing the groundbreaking environmental justice legislation recently passed in New Jersey that requires the cumulative environmental and public health impact of all facilities in any community before granting permits for new industrial or waste facilities. Joining the conversation will be:
We'll be discussing how resident support helped to get this law passed, how you can use it as a blueprint for legislation in other states and what local organizers can do now that it exists.
Film synopsis:
If you travel down a one mile stretch of Doremus Avenue in Newark, NJ, you pass a natural gas plant next to a sewage treatment facility next to an animal fat rendering plant next to a series of ominous looking chemical storage containers behind acres of fencing. Airplanes pass overhead every two minutes, their engines rattling windows, while a putrid smell wafts from the open pools at the sewage treatment plant.
The Ironbound district of Newark, New Jersey, is one of the most toxic neighborhoods in the country. Maria Lopez-Nuñez, a Honduran-American resident there, is waging a war for environmental justice. She is part of the Ironbound Community Corporation, one of the most effective environmental justice organizations in the country. The Sacrifice Zone follows Maria as she leads a group of environmental justice fighters determined to break the cycle of poor communities of color serving as dumping grounds for our consumer society.
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Thank you for registering for our virtual Sacrifice Zone Movie Screening & Panel Discussion!
We look forward to seeing you there!
If you have any questions, you can contact Eric at ebenson@cleanwater.org.
Thank you,
The team at Clean Water Action
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