“Fighting Dirty is a primer for citizens’ groups battling against powerful corporations attempting to override sensible environmental planning. But more than that it tells the story of a community of rural agricultural an indigenous peoples pulled together by a need to protect the land they love. It’s well worth a read” - Gord Miller, ecologist former Environmental Commissioner of Ontario

“Fighting Dirty is an inspiring read for all activists battling against the money and power of corporations. It joins Charlie Angus’s book, Unlikely Radicals, in showing that when  small group of determined committd citizens don’t give up, leaders and unexpected opportunity will emerge. When a cause is just, good people win.” - David Suzuki, co-founder, The David Suzuki Foundation

“What emerges from the author’s account of the ensuing fight with the company – and sadly the Ontario Ministry of the Environment – is the importance of individuals in any such effort, and also of sheer persistence and bloody-minded refusal to accept being steamrolled by bureaucracy and alleged expertise. She has written a vivid and almost novelsitic account of the principals involved, bringing their struggle to life as part of the tapestry of rural southern Ontario. If an account of an environmental battle can be a page turner, this is it.” Frank Bayerl, Monitor, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Sept / Oct 2017

To order your copy of the book email: cccteftdy@gmail.com

Where does it go?

Who cares?

Once its out of sight, it’s out of mind. Besides, we pay waste management companies big bucks to safely dispose of this stuff.

So no worries, right?

Wrong.

The companies that manage our waste make a healthy profit. In fact, like other businesses, their primary function is to make money for the shareholders. For them, garbage is just a means to an end, and it’s safe disposal is often only a concern to the extent that they are held accountable under the law. Protecting the environment around their landfills can often be less of a priority than hiring the best lawyers and spin-doctors.

This appears to be the case in Napanee Ontario in Canada.

While all the legal obligations have been met so far, the potential for an environmental disaster is significant, and the ability to prove liability after the fact can be difficult. Once a water source is contaminated, it’s too late.

That’s why people who care about the environment and the health of those downstream are fighting an uphill battle to stop this damage before it starts.

That means hiring experts and lawyers to show how the fractured bedrock in the area will not hold back the tonnes of garbage juice gathering at the bottom of the pile. We do not have billions of dollars to spin the truth and fight in court.

What we do have is a group of dedicated but overworked volunteers working on a shoe string budget. Collectively we are the CCCTE (Concerned Citizens Committee of Tyendinaga and Environs) and this is only the beginning. It’s going to be a wild ride, so why not follow Us: