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Press Room
For Press information about all Clean Virginia Waterway's activities, contact:
Clean Virginia Waterways
Longwood University
Farmville, VA 23909
Phone: 434-395-2602
Fax: 434-395-2978
Email: cleanva@longwood.edu
Releases from Clean Virginia Waterways
International Coastal Cleanup in Virginia—Press Release for newspapers
Other information of interest
International Coastal Cleanup—Press Kit from Ocean Conservancy
EarthTalk column mis-quotes Clean Virginia Waterways staff:
EarthTalk (a column written by The Environmental Magazine) distributed a column on October 23, 2009 in which cigarette litter was discussed. The unnamed author of the article DID NOT CALL OR INTERVIEW ANY MEMBERS of Clean Virginia Waterways' STAFF or VOLUNTEERS yet inserted numerous misleading and highly inaccurate quotes purportedly made by CVW’s executive director, Kathleen Register. The article grossly misrepresents the established position of Clean Virginia Waterways regarding litter prevention as well as Ms. Register’s professional standards. This misuse of a media forum undermines the significant litter prevention efforts that CVW has developed during the past 10 years working with other litter prevention organizations and partners in the tobacco industry. The article's author later called CVW in response to our several calls for a retraction, and admitted that he paraphrased information found on the CVW website and made up quotes. Conservation organizations rely upon the honesty and professionalism of the media to disseminate important information to the public; CVW is disappointed that EarthTalk's article did not meet these standards.
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