Environmental Leaders Deliver 27,570 Petition Signatures to EPA Calling for Ban on Vinyl Chloride
Leaders from Beyond Plastics, Beyond Petrochemicals, River Valley Organizing, Hip Hop Caucus, Moms Clean Air Force, Plastic Free Future, Greenpeace USA, and others, delivered 27,570 petition signatures to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C., calling for a ban on vinyl chloride. The groups then met with Michal Freedhoff, assistant administrator in the EPA Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention.
The True Cost of Plastics: New Video Documents East Palestine Residents’ Experiences After Toxic Train Derailment
Beyond Plastics released The True Cost of Plastic, an on the ground video revealing the stories of East Palestine, Ohio, residents in the aftermath of the disastrous Feb. 3, 2023 train derailment.