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John – Do you know how many days we have left until our end-of-quarter deadline?
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The young guy in the photo is me as a young federal prosecutor in California.
One of the first cases I took on involved a corporation that hired toxic waste haulers to smuggle hazardous materials across the border into Mexico.
The U.S. government had just put in place additional environmental regulations to protect our drinking water and our communities. This made it harder to dump chemicals and toxic waste in the U.S. and was critical for water safety.
The corporation in the case — a laminating company — paid the haulers to smuggle the waste across the border and dump it in Mexico. We found dozens of drums of hazardous waste there, from paints to flammable solvents and other toxic materials. We also intercepted a fair amount of other cargo intended to be dumped. Tragically, people living there emptied the drums, filled them with water, and washed clothes in them, among other unknowingly dangerous uses.
As an Assistant U.S. Attorney, I took on this waste dumping corporation — and won.
It was the first federal prosecution for across-the-border toxic waste dumping ever. It set an important precedent: that no company, big or small, could avoid accountability when harming our planet and putting the health of communities at risk, at home or abroad.
Back to today: Pitching in $2, or any amount you can spare, will help our campaign for the United States Senate, where I will continue to hold those big corporations polluting our planet accountable.
$2 will help me make it to the Senate to pass legislation like the Green New Deal so we can protect our precious planet, create more green jobs, and build cleaner infrastructure.
What do you say? John, will you pitch in $2 or more today to help me protect our planet?
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Thanks so much for reading this longer note.
Adam
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