The Bay Area Environmental Health Collaborative (BAEHC) is a broad partnership among six coalitions and numerous organizations working to protect public health in communities heavily impacted by air pollution.

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www.baehc.org

Join us in demanding that the Air District address the health impacts from toxic air pollution that slams low-income communities & working class communities of color. Enough is enough!

This report, prepared for BAEHC by the Center for Justice, Tolerance, and Community (CJTC) at U.C. Santa Cruz, analyzes air pollution data and demography in the San Francisco Bay Area. It finds that low-income, people of color and immigrants are disproportionately exposed to toxic air pollution and its associated health risks.

Download BAEHC's What We Want statement.

What we're working for.

This Wednesday, at 9:45 am, the New Source Review (NSR) rule is up for a hearing, which could potentially end new pollution in overburdened communities. Let the District know that the NSR rule is a crucial opportunity for the Air District to do the right thing and integrate cumulative health impacts in their regulations.

BAEHC is demanding that the District adopt our proposed Pollution Reduction Protocol, which calls for an end to new pollution and implementation of pollution reduction plans in overburdened communities.

Because of your amazing support and demands for more health protections for overburdened communities at the last two Air District Board meetings, the District put more health-protective measures back on the table for the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines. We can win another victory.

We need your support. Here's what you can do to help:
(1) Mobilize with us for the upcoming Air District meeting on Dec. 16th at 9:45 am at 939 Ellis St. in San Francisco (near Van Ness) in San Francisco.

(2)Add your organization's name to our sign-on letter. (View the browser version here)..

(3) Call the Air District Board Member who should be representing you. Tell them to protect community health by adopting BAEHC's Pollution Reduction Protocol and creating additional health-protective standards for communities most impacted by pollution.

And mark your calendars - on Jan. 6th, the Air District Board will vote on providing more health protections for these highly impacted communities on a different rule – the California Environmental Quality Act.

It's time to speak up loud and clear...
No more business as usual!
Stop the pollution in our communities!

Bay Area Environmental Health Collaborative
(415)994-2496

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Support our work! Online Donations now accepted.
Click here to support the valuable environmental health and justice work that we do. You can donate through our fiscal sponsor, The Rose Foundation for Communities & the Environment.

Updated Resources
Download the signed Bay Area Air Quality Management District Cumulative Impact Resolution adopted unanimously by governing Board of Directors, July 31, 2008. Also, you can now download the complete Pop Ed area cumulative impact maps.

We have a new website!
Now you can download our "What We Want" statement, our Pop Ed regional cumulative impact maps, the groundbreaking "Still Toxic After All These Years" report, and more.

Our Pop Ed Toolkit is finally here!

This is a regional problem requiring a regional solution. We have to stand united against environmental injustice!

Mailing address: Bay Area Environmental Health Collaborative | c/o Environmental Law & Justice Clinic |
Golden Gate University School of Law | 536 Mission St | San Francisco, CA 94105
Office: 62 First St | Suite 250 | San Francisco, CA 94105
Interim Campaign Director Telephone: 415.994.2496
Project Coordinator Telephone: 415.369.5302
Fax: 415.896.2450
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