This is a shout out to my activist friend Rachael Belz - one of the leaders of Ohio Citizen Action, a 100,000+-member strong environmental group. She can be seen here protesting pollution by Sunoco Inc. Let me take this opportunity to let Rachael know that I'm always impressed by her idealism, which does not remain at the level of theoretical abstraction (something we politically-minded academics tend to fret about in moments of existential crisis that tend to occur at the end of the semester when students' final papers and exams may prompt us to question the effectiveness of our pedaogic efforts) and gets things done in the world! You go grrrl! Kick some corrupt corporate ass!
(Thanks, Jim, for sending me this article).
Follow this link to learn more about Ohio Citizen Action's campaign to get the Sunoco Refinery to clean up its act.
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Thanks for the shout out. MUCH APPRECIATED!! A quick update - those Sunoco scoundrels will be spending more than $65 million over the next 4 years to completely upgrade their antiquated Toledo refinery. Ah, the power of an incredidly big mouth can never be underestimated. Note to others out there - those corporate fools are always more scared of you than you are of them! -- Rach
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