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Tr-Ash Talk: Penn. Latinos Endure Toxic Neighbor
In northeast Pennsylvania, about an hour northwest of Allentown, lies Hazleton, a city with the dubious reputation of enacting ordinances that fueled ethnic tensions and anti-immigrant sentiment. In 2008, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) pointed to Hazelton’s policies for fostering an environment conducive to hate after Luis Ramirez, a young father…
Read MoreBig Week for Black Carbon
Black carbon is the sooty, particulate pollution that reaches deep into your lungs and causes asthma and other respiratory and heart diseases. Black carbon also plays a major role in global warming—second to only carbon dioxide. Here’s a great introduction to black carbon that may spur you to action, and even make you smile. Termed…
Read MoreCruise Ships Find Rough Waters in Alaska Courtroom
Judge rejects state’s attempt to weaken air pollution controls.
Read MoreDams, Mines Threaten Indigenous Rights
A longstanding goal of Earthjustice and the Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA) has been to sound alarms at the United Nations, in national courtrooms and in international fora such as the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights about environmental and human rights violations associated with mines and dams. Indigenous peoples are particularly vulnerable to the…
Read MoreHouse Leaders Attack Administration's Climate Plan
They say denial is not just a river in Egypt. Such is true for many House leaders at a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee today on the Obama administration’s climate change agenda. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and DOE Secretary Ernest Moniz had to endure the political grandstanding of the House’s climate deniers, most of whom…
Read MoreFriday Finds: Pushing Clean Air’s Buttons
Tired of breathing dirty air during your daily commute? Just turn on your car vent’s recirculation button, ‘advises researchers from the University of Southern California.
Read MoreCalifornia Regulators Can't Overlook This Pollution Study
A paper published last night in the Journal of Transportation Research Part D: Transport and the Environment identifies how many people are impacted by highway pollution in the United States. The paper finds that 19.3 percent of the U.S. population lives within 500 meters of a high volume road. The findings are important for public…
Read MoreChoking On Algae and Anger, Floridians Rise Up
Toxic algae, caused by runoff, spreads widely into communities.
Read MoreShell’s Hell Continues
The Environmental Protection Agency slapped Shell with a substantial $1.1 million fine for polluting the pristine air of the Arctic while exploring for oil during 2012. That’s when Shell could NOT stay out of the news, making headlines with its drill ship breaking towing lines and slamming into rocky beaches. That’s when their oil containment/spill…
Read MoreMy Window Seat To America The Threatened
“If you want to see the places we’ve helped protect, ask for a window seat.” So reads my favorite Earthjustice message, decorating airports across the country. It’s true: 35,000 feet is a great vantage to see the forests, mountains and river canyons that are intact, unroaded and resilient thanks to our legal work with many…
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