State of Neglect: Companies comfortable working Texas' environmental quality system
By: Dallas Morning News
January 20, 2009 -- The significance of the Asarco case goes far beyond Smeltertown or La Esmelda, old names for long-abandoned neighborhoods that grew up near the towering facility. The fight offers an unprecedented inside look at how corporate influence in Austin can
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A SMALL DOSE OF TOXICOLOGY
By: Dr. Steve Gilbert Ph.D.
October 20, 2008 -- A SMALL DOSE OF TOXICOLOGY
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A rationale for lowering the blood lead action levels
By: Drs. Gilbert and Weiss
October 20, 2008 -- Fresh scientific evidence on why it is necessary to lower allowable lead evels!
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Milestones of Toxicology: Lessons Learned
By: Gilbert and Hayes
October 20, 2008 -- Interactive Poster: Milestones of Toxicology
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Asarco Report Confirms Deteriorated Condition of Copper Smelter
By: City of El Paso
July 11, 2008 -- A recent report filed by Asarco with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shows that the Asarco El Paso copper smelter is in significant disrepair and in no condition to restart. The report prepared by Asarco and filed with the TCEQ on July
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Video: City of El Paso Opposes the Re-opening of ASARCO
By: City of El Paso
July 08, 2008 -- Video: City of El Paso Opposes the Re-opening of ASARCO
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Sen. Shapleigh Asks EPA to Protect El Paso From ASARCO Contamination
By: Sen. Eliot Shapleigh
June 06, 2008 -- Senator Shapley has written a letter to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency asking who will clean up the 100-year legacy of Asarco lead and arsenic contamination in our community of El Paso.
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TCEQ Approves Asarco Air Permit
March 27, 2008 -- This is the official order by the TCEQ approving Asarco's air permit. It includes all of the requirements of the permit, and the conditions which must be met prior startup.
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History of Asarco in El Paso -- (Not Pretty!)
By: Sen. Shapleigh's Office
February 16, 2008 -- All the facts and figures in one place. Please read!!
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Tacoma's Asarco Site to be Remediated and Redeveloped
By: JOHN GILLIE; john.gillie@thenewstribune.com
February 03, 2008 -- Fifteen years ago, Mike Cohen and his wife, Julie McBride, peered through the chain-link fence that surrounded the former Asarco copper smelter site near Point Defiance Park in Tacoma and considered the possibilities.
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$27.8M Asarco settlements include El Paso's $2.3 M
January 25, 2008 -- Asarco has agreed to a $20.7 million unsecured claim to resolve 220 claims connected to its Tar Creek operation in Oklahoma and a $2.3 million unsecured claim to 51 people in Texas at El Paso.
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EPISD Comes Out Against ASARCO
By: KFOX TV
January 25, 2008 -- The El Paso School Board is the latest local governing body to come out in opposition to the renewal of ASARCO's air permit renewal, which would allow the copper smelter to reopen.
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UTEP Report Provides Economic Reasons to Oppose Asarco
By: GTLO Staff
January 23, 2008 -- Read the attached Executive Summary
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Shapleigh to TCEQ: IBWC Claim Begs Asarco Question
By: Shapleigh to TCEQ: IBWC Claim Begs Asarco Question
December 07, 2007 -- State Sen. Eliot Shapleigh is asking the Texas Commissioner for Environmental Quality for information, and an accounting, following a $27 million IBWC claim against Asarco in which the federal agency asserts contamination to ground and water adjacent
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El Paso paid price during Asarco heyday
By: Steve Fischer / Guest columnist/El Paso TImes
November 18, 2007 -- A recent guest column by Robert Litle, Asarco's plant manager was insulting to anyone who enjoys clean air.
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Remediation Underway at Asarco
By: TCEQ Response to Sen. Shapleigh's Questions
November 16, 2007 -- Read this to find out what Asacrco is doing on-site to clean-up their soil and groundwater contamination.
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Acorn on New EPA Air Standards as Applied to Asarco
By: Newspaper Tree
November 15, 2007 -- The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) lead expert panel has set standards more protective of public health. These new standards will directly impact Asarco’s Air Permit Application. Below is a summary of these impacts over the next ten month
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New waterfront hotel coming to former Asarco smelter site
By: The Tacoma News Tribune
November 15, 2007 -- Silver Cloud Inns and Hotels, operator of Tacoma's only waterfront hotel, the Silver Cloud Inn in Old Town, will open a second waterfront hotel in 2010 on the site of the former Asarco copper smelter.
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Reyes Comments on "Troubling" Asarco Info in GAO Report
By: Newspaper Tree
November 13, 2007 -- U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes has strong words for Asarco and the EPA, stating: "The EPA should be more proactive in informing citizens about companies in their community against which the agency is taking enforcement action.” Read his comments and the G
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Conservationists Sue to Make Defunct Miners Pay for Cleanups
By: ENS
November 06, 2007 -- Evans points to Asarco, which declared bankruptcy in 2005, as
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County Seeks Criminal Enforcement Review of ASARCO
By: Louie Gilot / El Paso Times
October 30, 2007 -- El Paso County Attorney Jose Rodriguez discussed a request for a criminal enforcement review against Asarco. (Victor Calzada / El Paso Times)El Paso County Attorney José Rodríguez said Monday that civil penalties against Asarco have not worked and th
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Reopening of El Paso copper smelter worries some
By: Gary Scharrer, San Antonio Express-News
October 07, 2007 -- Supporters argue that good-paying jobs justify reopening an old copper smelter on the fringes of downtown El Paso.
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City Leaders Speak Out Against Asarco's TV Commercial
By: KTSM News Clip
October 05, 2007 -- Asarco TV a misleading
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Group says Asarco illegally burned waste
By: Darren Meritz / El Paso Times
October 03, 2007 -- A community organization fighting to stop Asarco from resuming smelter operations in El Paso has requested that County Attorney José Rodríguez seek criminal prosecution of the copper company for allegedly illegally burning hazardous materials.
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Richardson says deny Asarco its air permit
By: Darren Meritz / El Paso Times
October 03, 2007 -- FACES Against ASARCO Meeting Minutes
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Asarco asks for 8th extension to file bankruptcy plan
By: Bloomberg News
October 02, 2007 -- For an eighth time, Tucson-based copper producer Asarco LLC is looking for an extension of its exclusive right to file a reorganization plan.
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A wonderful, thoughtful, powerful letter from our Mayor
By: GTLO Staff
September 30, 2007 -- Mayor Cook tells it like it is about Asarco
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Asarco asks judge to accept settlement
By: Adriana M. Chávez / El Paso Times
September 30, 2007 -- Asarco LLC filed a motion in bankruptcy court Friday asking a judge to accept a settlement of $13,280,780 with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and $419,200 with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, for past costs associated with t
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Faces Against Asarco Photo!
By: GTLO Staff
September 29, 2007 -- Photo and Letter to Editor
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Letter: Story ignored on Asarco mass gathering
By: Suzie Byrd
September 29, 2007 -- Sunday night a sea of El Pasoans got together for a photo. Not just any photo. Approximately 1,000 El Pasoans wanted to show that they stand against the reopening of Asarco.
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KFOX TV News Story Shows Faces Against Asarco Crowd
By: GTLO Staff
September 25, 2007 -- Huge Crowd of El Pasoans Unite in Faces Against Asarco!
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Faces Against. Asarco - Map and Background
By: El Paso Now!
September 24, 2007 -- September 23 at 6 P.M., we are gathering for the biggest ever photo of people who oppose ASARCO re-opening.
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Faces Against ASARCO
By: GTLO Staff
September 06, 2007 -- Press Release
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Read the most current legal arguments vs. ASARCO
By: Newspaper Tree
June 29, 2007 -- Links to Legal Arguments Vs. ASARCO (bottom of the page)
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Sample Flyer
By: GTLO Staff
June 09, 2007 -- Print Anti-ASARCO flyers and distribute!
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El Paso officials say no to Asarco copper smelter
By: Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press
June 08, 2007 -- The El Paso City Council, officials from neighboring Sunland Park, N.M., and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, recently signed a joint resolution against Asarco. They hope state environmental officials deciding Asarco's future in El Paso will consider the symbo
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Deny Asarco: We're better than a smokestack
By: El Paso Times Editorial
June 03, 2007 -- We don't believe reopening the Asarco copper smelter will mean more jobs and more money for the El Paso economy.
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2 Countries, 3 Cities Take Stand Against ASARCO
By: Rene Leon, Newspaper Tree
June 01, 2007 -- The governing bodies of three sister cities in the Borderland – El Paso, Sunland Park, N.M., and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico – came together Thursday morning in a historic joint meeting to strongly oppose the re-opening of ASARCO.
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ASARCO Threatens Future of Downtown and Region
By: Beto O'Rourk, City Representative District 8
May 17, 2007 -- We recently learned that the executive director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has recommended a five-year extension of ASARCO's air permit.
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New Mexico Environment Department Opposes Permit for Asarco
By: Ron Curry, Secretary
May 04, 2007 -- Department opposes the renewal of the air permit that would allow the reopening of the Asarco Inc. copper smelter in El Paso. “Air quality and pollution issues stemming from the plant are not just a problem for El Paso and Texas.
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TCEQ ED: No Permit for ASARCO...Unless
By: GTLO Staff
May 01, 2007 -- The TCEQ ED has concluded that ASARCO will not meet the requirements for renewing its permit and does not recommend issuance.
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7,925 Tons of pollution would be allowed by the Asarco permit -- per year
By: GTLO Staff
March 23, 2007 -- ASARCO seeks to emit 7,925 tons per year of pollutants into El Paso's air for another 10 years.
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Timeline of Important Events
By: By GTLO Staff
March 21, 2007 -- Timeline for air permit renewal shows ASARCO is delaying the processing of its own application!
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Rolling Stone Magazine Reports that ASARCO is an
By: Tika Milan, Rolling Stone mAGAZINE
March 09, 2007 -- Charges of environmental negligence are nothing new to the company, which is currently identified by the EPA as a potentially responsible party, at 37 Superfund sites that rank among the nation's most toxic.
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El Paso Opposes Permit Extension
By: GTLO Staff
February 21, 2007 -- In a letter dated December 22, 2005, signed by Erich M. Birch, the City Attorney’s Office responded negatively to the Executive Director’s request for an extension to May 1, 2007 of ASARCO’s air permit application (Air Quality Permit No. 20345).
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Copper Plant Illegally Burned Hazardous Waste, E.P.A. Says
By: Ralph Blumenthal, New York TImes
October 11, 2006 -- A bankrupt copper giant facing billions of dollars in pollution claims across the nation pretended for years to recycle metals while illegally burning hazardous waste in a notorious El Paso smelter, according to a newly released Environmental Protect
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New Study By Award-Winning Chemist Charges ASARCO
By: Michael E. Ketterer
January 31, 2006 -- Award winning chemist Michael E. Ketterer, says, “There is no question in my mind that ASARCO is a major contributor to the lead, arsenic and cadmium contamination within 6 kilometers of the site,
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ASARCO Impacts Cuidad Juarez
By: Frontera NorteSur Apr-Jun 2007
February 25, 2005 -- The J. Paul Taylor Social Justice Symposium: Combining Theory and Practice for Environmental Justice
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