Passing along… Below is a message I received from Penn Environment regarding a Meeting on Pitt campus 2/16/17 at 7 pm to stop illegal polluting in Pittsburgh - Please RSVP and attend. Please share with your friends. Thanks. Cheryl/Jackson St. On Monday, January 30, 2017 3:19 PM, "Stephen Riccardi, PennEnvironment Western PA Field Organizer" <action@pennenvironment.org<mailto:action@pennenvironment.org>> wrote: There’s a sad truth about many of our cornerstone environmental laws like the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts: they often go unenforced. What does this look like? Powerful industrial polluters dumping toxins in our air and water, and environmental regulators following the desires of those major polluters, instead of establishing protections that put people first. In today’s political climate, it’s more important than ever for citizens to understand how they themselves can go after illegal polluters and use our bedrock environmental laws to hold President Trump’s EPA and local regulators accountable. Join PennEnvironment and national experts who’ve taken on Pittsburgh-area illegal polluters and the agencies that regulate them and won major victories. RSVP here.<http://pin.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=8iN%2FuUJx%2FvUBDYdmsbam%2FA3OvTMq1Bzr> WHAT: Making Illegal Polluters Pay in 2017 Public Forum WHO: * Eric Schaeffer, Executive Director, Environmental Integrity Project * Heather Govern, Attorney, National Environmental Law Center * Grant MacIntyre, Director, University of Pittsburgh Environmental Law Clinic * Stephen Riccardi, Western PA Field Organizer, PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center WHERE: University of Pittsburgh's Barco Law Building (3900 Forbes Ave) Room 107, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 16th 7:00pm Pennsylvanians have demonstrated an incredible capacity to come together with their neighbors to protect their communities, through engaging in everything from polluters’ permit hearings to citizen lawsuits against the worst offenders. Pennsylvanians can take on powerful industries and inactive regulators and win—and we want you to be part of it. Join us at this forum to learn more about how we can still protect our health and environment in these times.<http://pin.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=lFcq8hzWIVNPi27teSu6WMtEp%2B2iF1tB> Stephen Riccardi PennEnvironment Western PA Field Organizer Donate today.<http://pin.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hmnkInhN%2B%2BKq0WlAd8qlzA3OvTMq1Bzr> A cleaner, greener future is within our reach. Your donation today can help us bring the vision we share a little closer to reality. PennEnvironment, Inc. 1429 Walnut Street, Suite 1100, Philadelphia, PA 19102, (215) 732-5897 1831 Murray Ave., Ste. 219, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, (412) 521-0943 Facebook<http://pin.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=tcaSADFjLhrGhIHPL5zHEw3OvTMq1Bzr> | Twitter<http://pin.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=iiL7SQshaNTkGaTN4TocLw3OvTMq1Bzr> If you want us to stop sending you e-mail then follow this link -- Unsubscribe<http://pin.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0nSt4B7ucbi%2BdNlUyQ8dnA3OvTMq1Bzr>