Partnership for Onondaga Creek in the Press

Onondaga Nation and environmental partners win prestigious EPA award

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May 17, 2010
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Onondaga Nation and environmental partners win prestigious EPA award

NEW YORK – The Onondaga Nation and its environmental partners were honored by the U.S.

Onondaga County, Onondaga Nation and two environmental groups to be honored by EPA

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April 19, 2010

 

By Tim Knauss / The Post-Standard

April 19, 2010, 6:57PM

Syracuse, NY -- Officials from Onondaga County, the Onondaga Nation and two non-profit environmental groups will travel to Manhattan Friday to accept an award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for their work collaborating on a green solution to the sewer overflows that plague Onondaga Lake and its tributaries.

The Partnership to be Awarded

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April 14, 2010
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The South Side-based Partnership for Onondaga Creek will receive an environmental award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its work improving water quality in Onondaga Creek and Onondaga Lake.

Activists' persistence on sewage pushed Onondaga County to 'go green'

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January 18, 2010
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"This is the story of how Republican politician Mahoney sought help from community activists to shake up a complex $560 million program to clean up Onondaga Lake and its tributaries — a program that had long been controlled by engineers and bureaucrats."

POC News Release

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November 18, 2009
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The POC declares vistory in its 10-year struggle against neighborhood sewage plants and the mile-long pipeline proposed for the south side.  Out of this struggle we have grown from an advocacy group to an Environmental Justice group with state and national recognition.  As we continue to work on environmental awareness and equity issues, we will be pushing for Green Jobs in Syracuse's under-served and forgotten neighborhoods.