Citizens Aviation Watch (US-CAW)
CAW is a international organization comprised of local
airport/noise/environmental groups and civic organizations and
municipalities whose guiding principle advocates a sustainable, equitable
and accountable aviation industry.
CAW Members:
LOCAL CHAPTERS
Other groups:
Aircraft Noise Protest
Regarding Perth Airport in western Australia.
Airport Communities Coalition (ACC)
The ACC is committed to stopping a third runway at Sea-Tac Airport and
improving quality of life near the airport.
Airport Neighbors Alliance
Louisville, Kentucky.
Airport Neighbors Decide
Columbus, Ohio.
Airport Noise
Airport Noise was created to supply up to date information on citizens'
rights and the expansion of Piedmont Triad International Airport in
Greensboro, North Carolina. In the Fall of 1998 Federal Express targeted
Greensboro for an operations hub.
Alliance for a New Moffett Field
The Alliance for a New Moffett Field is comprised of volunteers from nearby
California communities. Their goal is to promote an open and democratic
process to determine the future of Moffett Field and to ensure that this
valuable resource will serve the interests of their communities, preserving
and enhancing their quality of life.
Alliance
of Residents Concerning O'Hare (AReCO)
AReCO is a grass roots organization made up of residents that are affected
by noise, pollution and safety concerns caused by O'Hare International
Airport located in Chicago, Illinois.
Bankstown and Environs Airport Resistance
Group in the Sydney Basin, Australia.
Branchburg/Readington Airport Coalition
(BRAAC)
BRAAC is fighting the expansion of the privately owned Solberg Airport which
may receive public funding for the expansion.
P.O. Box 5254
North Branch, NJ 08876
Citizens
for the Abatement of Aircraft Noise (CAAN)
CAAN is a coalition of citizens from Maryland, Virginia, and the District of
Columbia. They are working to reduce the aircraft noise associated with
Washington National Airport and Dulles International Airport. CAAN publishes
a newsletter periodically which also appears on its website.
Citizens Against Airport Pollution (CAAP)
Citizens Against Airport Pollution is working toward planning for an airport
that meets the needs of the citizens--environmentally as well as
economically. CAAP's mission is to encourage planning processes that
decrease noise at the source, address air quality impacts, and do not
promote additional traffic gridlock in the Silicon Valley.
P.O. Box 26142
San Jose, CA 95159
408 - 297 - 9753
Citizens Concerned About Jet Noise (CCAJN)
CCAJN is composed of government employees, government retirees, and
civilians who live and work in the community surrounding Oceana Naval Air
Station and Fentress Field in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The goal of CCAJN is
to minimize noise from Navy jets and its impact on the local community while
continuing to support the needs of the Naval Aviation Units.
Citizens Fed-Up with Aviation Noise (CFAN)
CFAN is a group dedicated to improving the "quality of life in the
Seattle and Urban King County area by employing the most effective methods
possible for minimizing the impacts of aviation noise upon citizens."
Citizens for Safe and Healthy Communities
Orange County, California.
Coalition Against Runway 2 (CAR2)
The Coalition Against Runway 2 (CAR2) was formed to oppose proposals for a
second runway at Manchester Airport in Great Britain.
Communities
Against Runway Expansion (CARE)
A coalition of cities and towns that oppose the plan of MASSPORT to
construct a new runway at Logan International Airport in Boston.
El Toro Airport Info Site
This web site brings together the many groups concerned with proposed reuse
of El Toro, California Marine Corps Air Station as an international airport.
The
Environmental Organisation, Copenhagen
The Environmental Organsation is fighting to protect the environment and
reduce pollution from Copenhagen airport, Denmark.
French
National Union Against Aircraft Noise and Pollution (UFCNA)
This group fights aviation noise, air pollution, and the risk of aircraft
accidents in France. The site is in French and English, with an English
database of aircraft noise information.
German
Federal Organization Against Aircraft/Airport Noise
Notgemeinschaft der
Flughafen-Anlieger Hamburg e.V. Partly in english, partly in german, the
hamburg airport neighbourship organization provides informations on hamburg
airport noise, health effects, effects of airport on children and learning,
airport and aviation accidents and risk studies.
Greensboro Airport Noise
Site created by Donaldson and Black, Attorneys, in North Carolina.
Heathrow
Association for the Control of Aircraft Noise (HACAN)
This group is working to reject the BAA's Proposal for a fifth terminal at
Heathrow and to create a night flight ban.
P.O. Box 339
Richmond Surrey
TW9 3RB UK
Just Say NOPE to NorthBay Overflights that Pollute the Environment in the North Bay of San Francisco Bay: SFO, OAK (San Francisco International Airport, Oakland International Airport)
http://www.JustSayNOPE.orgLeague for the Hard of Hearing "Airport and Aircraft Noise Center"
Move Against Relocating Choppers Here (MARCH)
Formed in 1995, MARCH is comprised of community leaders and concerned
residents living in San Diego County, CA. Their goal is to stop the planned
relocation of at least 112 USMC helicopters to Miramar Air Station.
National Helicopter Noise
Coalition (NHNC)
The NHNC publishes a newsletter to keep helicopter noise activists informed
and updated on aviation noise. The newsletter includes action alerts for
pending legislation relevant to the fight against helicopter noise.
PO Box 260205
Encino, CA 91426
National Organization to Insure a
Sound-Controlled Environment (NOISE)
The National Organization to Insure a Sound-Controlled Environment (NOISE)
is an association of local governments, community organizations, and
interested parties whose mission is to reduce aviation noise and the
detrimental impacts on local communities by working at the national level
for sound federal aviation policies.
NET-SKY
Coalition against the expansion of Bierset Airport in Belgium.
Noise Network
The Noise Network is a
voluntary organization actively trying to raise awareness on noise and
promote peace and quiet.
No More Noise
This site is hosted by a coalition of groups fighting the noise impacts of
air cargo expansion at Oakland International Airport. The site offers legal
and technical information on airport noise issues.
Notgemainschaft (Hamburg Airport, Germany)
The Notgemeinschaft is the oldest citizens' group opposing the airport
Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel. Noise from the European inner city airport impacts
more than 400,000 citizens. The website is partly in German, partly in
English.
Olmsted Falls Airport Committee
The Olmsted Falls Airport Committee is fighting the city of Cleveland and
the Cleveland Ohio Hopkins International Airport, which is in the process of
expanding its facilities. The OFAC's concerns are focused on the increased
noise created by expansion, the proposed 12,500 foot runways, their growth
toward Olmsted Falls, and the resulting impact on the city.
People Over Planes
Group based in Contra Costa County, California.
Perth Airport Aircraft Noise Exposure
Residents affected by aircraft noise around Perth Airport, Western
Australia, have formed PAANE to oppose the Perth Airport Master Plan, which
proposes building a new parallel runway and an increase in usage of the
existing main runway.
RDU Noise Committee
Regarding Raleigh-Durham Airport in North Carolina.
Regional Commission on Airport Affairs
The Regional Commission on Airport Affairs is a coalition of citizens groups
concerned with airport expansion and air transportation issues, and in
particular, expansion of the Seattle / Tacoma (Sea-Tac) airport.
Residents Opposed to Airport Racket (ROAR)
ROAR is an 800 member citizens group fighting aviation noise from the
Minneapolis / St.Paul Metropolitan Airport.
The Right Price For Air Travel Campaign
The Right Price for Air Travel is a Friends of the Earth Europe campaign to
reduce aviation's environmental impact. The campaign unites environment and
citizen's groups all over Europe. The campaign's main aim is to reduce the
environmental impact of air traffic, by introducing financial measures
needed to ensure that air traffic pays for the environmental damage it
causes and that it is taxed like other forms of transport.
Rural
Alliance for Military Accountability
The Rural Alliance for Military
Accountability (RAMA) supports, educates, and helps rural communities who
are organizing to correct the problems caused by the U.S. military and DOE
weapons complex activities.
San Francisco Airport Roundtable
The San Francisco Airport/Community Roundtable monitors a performance-based
noise mitigation program, interprets community concerns, and attempts to
achieve noise mitigation through a cooperative sharing of authority.
San Lorenzo Citizens Against Airport Noise
Regarding Hayward Airport in California.
Sane Aviation For Everyone (SAFE)
SAFE is a coalition of independent citizens groups and individuals in the
greater Metro New York region, who are seeking to save the neighborhoods of
the greater New York Metropolitan area from the devastation of aircraft
generated noise and other pollutants. Their goal is to implement a
Sustainable, Accountable, Feasible and Equitable aviation policy.
Save Our Skies
SOS seeks to improve the quality of life for those living around
Indianapolis Airport.
Save Our Skies (Australia)
Group based in Sydney.
Seattle Council on Airport Affairs (SCAA)
The SCAA is an association of individuals, community-based organizations,
and other entities, located primarily in Seattle, that are concerned about
the increasing negative impact on the quality of life of the region by
airport and aviation operations.
ShhAir
Regarding Hanscom Field in Concord, MA.
South Metro Airport Action Council (SMAAC)
SMAAC is an organization of concerned citizens committed to stabilizing and
preserving the south metro residential community by monitoring and
advocating positions on environmental and economic issues generated by
Minneapolis/St. Paul airport.
5116 Columbus Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55417
St. Charles Citizens Against Aircraft Noise
In St. Charles, Missouri.
Stop
14/32
In Boston, Massachussetts.
Taxpayers for Responsible Planning (TRP)
Mesa, Arizona.
Third Runway Protest
Regarding Sydney Airport in Australia.
UPROAR
UPROAR is a regional group focusing on the San Francisco Airport and its
impacts on communities located on the San Francisco Peninsula. Their main
concerns include the threat of airport expansion, airport pollution and
safety issues, and protecting quality of life and real estate values within
the communities surrounding the airport. UPROAR formed to object to existing
ineffective procedures for reducing air traffic and noise, and to fight
bureaucratic entities which advance the increase in air traffic as a means
to increase revenues and tourist trade.
Van Nuys Airport Citizens Advisory Council
Information on the proposed expansion of Van Nuys Airport.
Victims of Airport Expansion (Indianapolis
Airport)
This site discusses how the Indianapolis Airport and expansion plan affects
hundreds of Hoosier households, places of worship, nature/recreational areas
and quality of life.
West London Friends of the Earth
This site discusses expansion at Heathrow Airport, Great Britain.
Neighbors Against Noxious Odors
Incessant Sounds and Emissions (Neighbors Against NOISE)
Neighbors Against NOISE is a neighborhood organization of people who live
and work in New York City's Tribeca West Historic District. They use
education, activism, and indentification of noise sources to eliminate
harmful noise and other hazardous environmental pollution from commercial
machinery installed in neighborhood buildings. For more information, contact
Tim Lannan.
NoiseWatch
NoiseWatch (formerly Citizens' Coalition Against Noise) is a non-profit
volunteer organization based in Toronto, Canada, dedicated to raising public
awareness of the negative effects of noise. They provide information and
assistance to anyone affected by noise pollution.
Right to Peace and Quiet
Campaign
P. O. Box 968
London, England SE2 9RL
Tel. (011) 081-312-9997
Right
to Quiet Society for Soundscape Awareness and Protection
Right to Quiet is a membership organization working against noise pollution
and for the recognition of our "Right to Quiet."
Sound Rights: Citizens for a
Quieter Environment
Sound Rights is a grass roots organization devoted to the protection of
everyone's right to a quiet environment, and the restriction and regulation
of unwanted and unnecessary noise in the city of Seattle.
P.O. Box 4665
Seattle, WA 98104
Safety, Health, and Hearing Organizations
American
Tinnitus Association
Tinnitus is the perception of sound when no external sound is present; it is
often referred to as "ringing in the ears." The goal of the ATA is
to "promote relief, prevention, and the eventual cure of tinnitus for
the benefit of present and future generations."
Better Hearing Institute
This site is the Better Hearing Institute's "Hearing
Help-On-Line." It provides comprehensive information on hearing loss,
tinnitus, and hearing aids, as well as a directory of hearing care providers
(audiologists, hearing instrument specialists, and otolaryngologists).
The
Center to Protect Workers' Rights
The Center to Protect Workers' Rights is the nonprofit research arm of the
Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO. CPWR focuses on
construction worker safety and health as a means to assess and encourage
improvement in working conditions and industry productivity. Website
features include worker protection "hazard alerts" for
environmental pollutants (including noise in construction), available in English and Spanish.
The Council on the Environment of New York
City
Contains information on noise and how to protect yourself from it.
European Commission Concerted Action on
Protection Against Noise
The Institute of Laryngology and Otology, University College London.
The Farm Noise and Hearing Network
The Farm Noise and Hearing Network, located in South Australia, is a group
of farmers and health professionals including Speech Pathologists,
Audiologists, Community Nurses and Hearing Advisers. They aim to promote
hearing conservation in rural communities. The website has several useful
fact sheet relating to acoustics and agricultural noise.
Hearing
Education & Awareness for Rockers (HEAR)
Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers is a non-profit organization
dedicated to raising awareness of the real dangers of repeated exposure to
excessive noise levels from amplified sound which can lead to permanent, and
sometimes debilitating, hearing loss and tinnitus.
House
Ear Institute
The House Ear Institute is a hearing research institute named after Dr.
Howard P. House. The Institute is dedicated to developing knowledge about
hearing and related disorders, and sharing that knowledge with others so
that people's lives may be improved.
League for the Hard of Hearing
The League for the Hard of Hearing is the oldest hearing rehabilitation
agency in the country, offering a comprehensive program of services to
enable individuals to better function in a hearing world. The League also
has a Noise Center, and is an important sponsor of
International Noise Awareness Day.
National Campaign For Hearing Health
The National Campaign For Hearing Health is sponsored by the Deafness
Research Foundation. A
primary goal of the campaign is to advocate for the expectation that all
hearing loss and tinnitus can be medically ended, and that private funding
for research to achieve this objective is a national priority.
National Hearing Conservation Association
The mission of the National Hearing Conservation Association is to prevent
hearing loss due to noise and other environmental factors in all sectors of
society. NHCA purposes include hearing education, research, exchange of
information, development of improved occupational hearing conservation
programs,and to develop guidelines and standards for hearing protection.
National
Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders
The National Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders is a project
of the National Institutes of Health. The website contains hearing health
information, descriptions of current research, and information on their new
public information campaign to prevent noise-induced hearing loss.
Notgemeinschaft der Flughafen-Anlieger Hamburg E.V.
The
Royal National Institute for Deaf People
The Institute is located in London with regional offices throughout the
United Kingdom. They are an education and lobbying organization representing
the 8.7 million people in the UK who are deaf or hard of hearing. Their
efforts include a "noise at work" campaign.
Self
Help For the Hard Of Hearing (SHHH)
SHHH and its members are catalysts that make mainstream society more
accessible to people who are hard of hearing. They strive to improve the
quality of hard of hearing people's lives though education, advocacy and
self help.
The Sight and Hearing Association
The Sight & Hearing Association is a nonprofit organization serving
Minnesota. Through effective screening and research, they educate the public
on how they can prevent needless vision and hearing loss.
Tinnitus Retraining Therapy
Dr. Pawel Jastreboff of the University of Maryland Tinnitus and Hyperacusis
Center uses a device that resembles a hearing aid to help people with
tinnitus (ringing in the ears). Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT), employs a
combination of low level noise and counseling to retrain the tinnitus
sufferer's neurological functions, such that in twelve to eighteen months
the patient is no longer aware of his condition.