EPA Visit a Good Start, but Not Enough for Mecca

August 24, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Amy Miller, Becky Ross, brenda rincon, Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Comité Cívico del Valle, Consolidated Tire Recyclers, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Eastern Coachella Valley, Eastern Coachella Valley Environmental Justice Taskforce, Eduardo Guevara, environmental justice, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, First Nation Recovery, IVAN, IVAN Coachella, Johnny Flores, Kathleen Johnson, Luis Olmedo, Mecca, Promotores Comunitarios del Desierto, Western Environmental

[Translate] By Johnny Flores, Jr., and Brenda R. Rincón Coachella Unincorporated   MECCA, Calif. — Two dump sites.

Community View: Mecca Deserves Real Answers and Actions From Western Environmental

May 23, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: AQMD, California Environmental Quality Act, CEQA, Department of Toxic Substances Control, DTSC, Eduardo Guevara, Mecca, WEI, Western Environmental

[Translate]   Last week, California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control met with Mecca residents to report that soil samples taken at Western Environmental, Inc.,