Category Archives: environmental justice

“I Can’t Breath,” an enviro justice double entendre?

Posted on January 24, 2015 by tbach

Listen to this WGBH news story, exploring the overlap between the civil rights and environmental justice movements.  It leads off with: Environmental activists may not seem like the most likely allies for police brutality protestors who, in recent months, have been … Continue reading →

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The California $1.15 billion lead abatement rush

Posted on January 8, 2014 by tbach

Santa Clara Superior Court Judge James Kleinberg issued his final verdict at the end of business today Left Coast time, ordering Sherwin Williams, National Lead, and ConAgra to pay $1.15 billion to remove lead paint from homes in 11 Californian … Continue reading →

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Group Urges Stricter Chemical Regulation to Prevent Chemical Disasters

Posted on October 23, 2013 by caitlin

The Coalition to Prevent Chemical Disasters released a video in support of stricter chemical regulation. The video supports the Coalition’s mission to advance the use of safer chemicals and processes to prevent harm from chemical disasters. According to the Coalition, … Continue reading →

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A New Era of Climate Change by 2047?

Posted on October 10, 2013 by caitlin

A study published in Nature predicts that by 2047, mean temperatures will continuously fall outside the bounds of historical variability. The natural cycle of temperature fluctuation has resulted in a general trend of warming, but each year is not necessarily … Continue reading →

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Enviro health reports out of IoM

Posted on October 4, 2013 by tbach

It’s been a busy last two weeks in terms of conferences.  Now it’s time to catch up on your enviro public health reading over the weekend. The IoM (Institute of Medicine) has recently produced several interesting reports about the intersection of … Continue reading →

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Public Health and Environmental Protection

Posted on September 30, 2013 by tbach

While Caitlin attended the VLS symposium on Friday, I was at the University of Michigan Law School’s Environmental Law and Policy Program’s fall conference.  Co-sponsored by the school’s Environmental Law Society and the Michigan Journal of Environmental and Administrative Law, … Continue reading →

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Senator Frank Lautenberg, environmental public health advocate

Posted on June 3, 2013 by tbach

Senator Lautenberg, who has figured so prominently in this blog for the past week, died this morning.  He was 89.  A five-term senator from New Jersey, he came to public service after a career in business, at the end of … Continue reading →

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U.S. government agreed to clean up its “mess” in Vietnam

Posted on April 16, 2013 by KarenLee

On August 9, 2012, the United States initiated a project to “clean  up” herbicides including Agent Orange used in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A large amount of toxic chemicals were used in Vietnam by the U.S. government to discover … Continue reading →

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The Rehberg Amendment’s $214,775 Price Tag

Posted on April 11, 2013 by ju11

Black lung is a disease that afflicts coal miners. It is both incurable and irreversible in later stages.  It is caused by inhalation of excessive amounts of coal mine dust.  According to the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety … Continue reading →

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Health Impact Assessments: A Tool to Determine the Health Impacts of Government Policies

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Emily Dupraz

As individuals, we tend to consider all of consequences before we make an important decision. When we buy a car, for example, we consider how much we want to spend, where we plan to drive, who we plan to transport, … Continue reading →

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