3/15/2008 Community Gumbo

Listen | Democracy Now (3/14/08)

• Headlines for March 14, 2008
• Winter Soldier: Hundreds of Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Gather to Testify in Echo of 1971 Vietnam Hearings
• House Holds Rare Secret Session on Spy Bill

Listen | Anne Rolfes: Louisiana Bucket Brigade

The Louisiana Bucket Brigade is a 501(c)(3) environmental health and justice organization working with communities that neighbor the state's oil refineries and chemical plants, empowering citizens to take air samples in the fight to reduce pollution and protect public health. Anne Rolfes is the Louisiana Bucket Brigade's founder, and program director.

Related:

Louisiana Bucket Brigade
5th Annual Crawfish Boil
Saturday March 22, 2008 1-5 PM
Palmer Park at the corner of Carrollton & Claiborne
Buy your tickets now

Testimonials of people who live next to the Exxon Mobil Refinery in Chalmette, La.

Jim Cross, "Plan for Yuma Refinery Moving Forward," KTAR.com, 3/12/08.

Refinery Reform Campaign, "Refinery gets permit: Group to Take Refinery Permit Battle to EPA as State Issues Permit," 4/15/05.

David Baker, "Hurricane damage points up need for more refineries: Legislation would ease environmental laws for new ones," San Francisco Chronicle, 10/2/05.

Wikipedia, Oil Refinery.