Effluent flowing from an International Paper Company Mill into the Androscroggin River, Maine, 1973 David Zwick, architect of the Clean Water Act of 1972, has died. His passage brings a number of thoughts to my mind. First, the success of...
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On February 15, 1988, environmentalists stormed the gate of International Paper in Jay, Maine as part of a solidarity action with workers on strike, attempting to shut it down. This.
Just a note reminding us of something that we should know and act upon and almost never do--that people of color are exposed to pollution rates far greater than whites..
This is a powerful long-form piece on how the Manhattan Project and its aftermath, with the utter indifference toward disposing of nuclear waste that partially defined its domestic impact, is still creating horrible health impacts on Americans today, with a focus on a uranium enrichment...
Your Republican congresscritters: Rep. Scott Perry was asked at a town hall in Red Lion on Saturday if he supported President Donald Trump’s proposed cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency.
In 1985, I took the first trip of my life. We drove from Oregon to Minnesota for a family reunion. For me, at that age, this was exciting. As we.
Wisconsin will feel the wages of Scott Walker and his legislative cronies for a very long time. Wisconsin’s water quality regulators failed to follow their own policies on enforcement against polluters more than 94 percent of the time over the last decade, the state’s nonpartisan...
You owe it to yourself to read this interesting essay the intersection of Chinese philosophy and contemporary Chinese air pollution. Just a quick excerpt: According to professor Liu, the Chinese.
While all the dialogue on horrible air pollution in the world focuses on China, it's really awful in India as well. Josh Busby muses on his recent experience with the.
Important new research here on the connections between major toxic polluters and where they site their factories: We ask the following questions: (I) Are producer disproportionalities present and consistent across the study area? (II) Are particular communities (low income and/or those of color) disproportionately impacted...
Air pollution, Louisville, 1943 The history of pollution goes back a long time: First it was wood fires in ancient homes, the effects of which have been found in the.
One of the problems with capitalism is that new products and technologies are introduced to the market without any (or with very little) testing to see how they will impact.