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Green Party of Connecticut
P.O. Box 231214, Hartford, CT 06123 1-888-877-8607
www.ctgreens.org
CONTACTS:
Tom Sevigny, 860-693-8344
Judy Herkimer, 860-672-6867
May 18, 2005
GREEN PARTY OF CONNECTICUT CONDEMNS GE IMAGE
CAMPAIGN
The Green Party of Connecticut has joined with other
environmental groups in deploring General Electric's latest attempt to
paint itself as an environmentally friendly company through its "ecomagination"
ad campaign.
As a leading proponent for the clean-up of the
entire length of the Housatonic River, the Green Party of Connecticut is
dismayed by the continued problem of PCB pollution along the river that
was caused by GE. GE has effectively delayedefforts to clean up the
Housatonic for decades and has spent millions of dollars more on public
relations distorting the facts about PCBs in an effort to convince the
public that no action is necessary.
GE also continues to undermine the federal Superfund
program by challenging key provisions of the statute in federal court.
"GE's effort to greenwash itself will not clean
up the Housatonic River," said Tom Sevigny of the Northwest Chapter
of the state Green Party. "Their record of intransigence and
failure to take responsibility for their environmental degradation along
the river is what the real GE is all about when it comes to the
environment."
"Ecomagination" is General Electric's new
corporate marketing doublespeak which is just another attempt to
redirect the public's focus from years of despicable PCB pollution that
they have yet to adequately remediate," says Audrey Cole of the
Northwest Chapter of the Green Party of CT. "We must hold General
Electric accountable for the remediation and recovery of the Housatonic
River and other important public resources that have long suffered from
their irresponsibility and obstructive interference.
MORE INFORMATION
The Connecticut Green Party
http://www.ctgreens.org/
Housatonic River Initiative
http://www.housatonic-river.com/
Scenic Hudson
http://www.scenichudson.org/
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