“Don’t Dump on Us Keep North Carolina Healthy” Articles

August 11, 2007: Love Canal activist will speak in Winston-Salem, Gibbs fought to rid N.Y. community of toxic waste - Lois Gibbs was once so shy that she couldn’t bring herself to ask questions at PTA meetings. But when Gibbs discovered that her sickly child was attending a school that was built near thousands of tons of chemical waste, she became the voice of a movement. | Winston-Salem Journal article


August 15, 2007: Activist energizes landfill fight - About 50 environmentalists from Scotland and Richmond counties gathered at the Laurel Hill Community Center on Tuesday night to listen to the activist who brought national attention to Love Canal, a toxic waste dump in Niagara Falls, N.Y. | Fayetteville Observer article


August 16, 2007: Environmentalists set new goals, Group realigns its political efforts for long haul at rally - The regional dump in the Green Swamp may be gone, but the Friends of the Green Swamp isn't. | Myrtle Beach Sun article


August 19, 2007: Reduce, reuse, recycle - No one wants to be dumped on. It's a message that everyone can embrace. That's why last week's visit by Lois Gibbs and the Don't Dump on Us: Keep North Carolina Healthy Tour was welcomed. | Richmond County Daily Journal Editorial


August 22, 2007: Lois Gibbs decries Duplin county landfill efforts- More than 200 Duplin County residents concerned about the possibility of building a landfill in northern Duplin County listened last Thursday night as a nationally known environmentalist described how the Love Canal disaster in New York 30 years ago affected her family and community. | News Argus article


August 22, 2007: Love Canal activist Gibbs advises PRIDE: ‘You’ve got to fight it politically’ - If they are to prevail, opponents of the proposed expansion of the Upper Piedmont Environmental Landfill in Person County must understand they are in “a political fight.” | Roxboro Courier-Times article