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I'm Restricted to You, Don't You Know That You're Toxic?
Cheap materials, lax government standards at fault in toxic FEMA trailers |
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03 Jul 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 12:25 PM on 03 Jul 2008 The toxic trailers used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to house thousands of homeless Gulf Coast residents after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita were found to be troublesome to occupants' health due to cheap building materials and lax government standards for RVs, scientists said Wednesday. "Manufacturers of travel trail ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, health, news, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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Judicial activism
Aftermath of Supreme Court's Exxon decision |
Sir Oolius |
26 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Estimated time for full ecological recovery by affected species from the Exxon Valdez oil tanker spill: 15 - 30 years. Estimated time for full financial recovery by Exxon Mobil Corp. from yesterday's Supreme Court decision: 4.5 days. As written in yesterday's opinion: The real problem, it seems, is the stark unpredictability of punitive awards. |
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| Topics: Alaska, environmental justice, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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Have a Sense of Tumor!
New York state passes bill to create detailed map of cancer cases |
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20 Jun 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 9:40 AM on 20 Jun 2008 In an effort to educate the public about correlations between cancer rates and environmental factors, the New York state legislature just passed a bill that would create a detailed map of cancer cases in the state. The online map would plot the neighborhoods of cancer patients as well as the location of industrial facilities like chemical manufacturers and power plants. &quo ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, health, legislation, New York, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Emetic Justice
Polar-bear listing would hurt the poor, says industry |
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09 May 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 2:10 PM on 09 May 2008 If the U.S. Interior Department decides that polar bears are endangered, litigation will be immediate from a group arguing that bear protection will "result in higher energy prices across the board, which will disproportionately be borne by minorities." So says Roy Innis, chair of the Congress for Racial Equality -- a recipient of Exxon funding that has recently aligned itself with ac ... |
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| Topics: climate, endangered species, environmental justice, insanity, litigation, news, polar bears, politics (all these topics) |
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A dream reborn
Forty years gone: MLK's dream today would be colored green |
Van Jones |
04 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The following are my introductory remarks to the Dream Reborn conference, beginning today and running through the weekend in Memphis, Tenn. Forty years ago today, on April 4, 1968, a sniper assassinated Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King had come to Memphis, Tennessee, to aid striking sanitation workers. The preeminent civil rights leader of his time, he was only 39 years old. Four decades have passed since that fateful day. As of this month, Dr. King has been gone fro ... |
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| Topics: economy, environmental justice, environmental movement, grassroots activism, green jobs, politics, Van Jones (all these topics) |
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Good Jobs, Green Jobs: Part 3
One last word from the National Green Jobs Conference |
Kevin Doyle |
21 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I'll soon be tackling new eco-job and career issues, but I've got one last piece of business related to my time at the Good Jobs, Green Jobs conference last week. I've recounted what happened and who was there, and explained how we might define green jobs. Now, I'll address one final question from Grist readers: 'What's the main barrier to the growth of green jobs?' In a word: politics. In the dim past (1970-1999), it was generally agreed that government action was ne ... |
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| Topics: business, environmental justice, grassroots activism, green jobs, politics (all these topics) |
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The natural resource curse is such a bitch
Oil and the status of women in the Middle East |
Nathan Wyeth |
03 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I'm not sure this falls under my 'campus news' beat for Grist, but I heard it at a seminar at a college campus, and it's compelling enough that I'm going to say that because it falls within academia, it counts. Michael Ross is a political scientist at UCLA who was published in the February 2008 American Political Science Review with the assertion (PDF) that much of the gender inequality in the Middle East relative to the rest of the world can be explained not by tradi ... |
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| Topics: Africa, Middle East, international politics, politics, environmental justice, energy, oil (all these topics) |
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Cap-and-caulk
How smart climate policy can cut our energy costs |
Alan Durning |
28 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| True confessions: I love weatherstripping. And programmable thermostats. And insulation -- all kinds. Oh, and efficient shower heads with 'Navy shower' shut-off valves. And high-efficiency appliances. And waste-water heat recovery systems. You get the idea: I actually enjoy the process of making buildings more energy wise -- enjoy as in, 'Yippee, it's Saturday! Where's my caulk gun?' So today's topic is especially near to my heart: the role in climate policy of low-inco ... |
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| Topics: cap-and-dividend, climate, energy, environmental justice, politics (all these topics) |
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Memo to candidates
Green-collar jobs mean standing up for people and the planet |
Van Jones |
25 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| For those of us who are a part of the movement for 'green-collar jobs,' last Sunday's Democratic presidential debate was a real watershed moment. Van Jones. Clinton, Edwards, and Obama were in the debate of their lives. And all three of them passionately championed the importance of creating good jobs in the clean energy sector. They presented 'green-collar jobs' as a way to simultaneously boost the economy and beat global warming. Their words ... |
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| Topics: economy, elections, environmental justice, green jobs, politics, presidential race 08, Van Jones (all these topics) |
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The environmental justice braintrust
A dispatch from the Congressional Black Caucus conference |
Grist |
03 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| The following is a guest essay by Lauren Trevisan, environmental justice program assistant for the Sierra Club. ----- Appropriately, the theme of this year's 37th annual Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C., was "Unleashing Our Power." For the first time in history, the U.S. House of Representatives has four African-Americans serving as chairpersons of major committees. In addition, 17 African-Americans lead major ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, legislation, politics, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Environmentalism and economic justice, sitting in a tree ...
Van Jones has helped push equity to the center of the green discussion |
David Roberts |
26 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Back in March of this year, I interviewed Van Jones of the Ella Baker Center in Oakland, Calif. He was excited because House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had adopted his "green-collar jobs" language and agreed to craft legislation around it. In August, such legislation was introduced in the House. Now things are taking off like crazy. Earlier this week the Senate Environment Committee held a hearing on green jobs, where Sen. Barbara Boxer brandished Jones' work and ... |
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| Topics: business, environmental justice, green jobs, politics, Van Jones (all these topics) |
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Hintin' Clinton
Sen. Clinton will introduce eco-justice legislation |
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04 Sep 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 10:06 AM on 04 Sep 2007 Senator Hillary Clinton -- perhaps you've heard of her? -- plans to introduce an Environmental Justice Renewal Act, providing federal funding to low-income communities that tend to house many of the nation's polluting facilities. While it may be resisted in Congress, the idea behind the legislation has been growing in the grassroots for decades. Says eco-justice advocate Majora Carter, "We ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, Hillary Clinton, legislation, news, politics (all these topics) |
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A win for buses in L.A.
Los Angeles City Council OKs a peak-hour bus-only lane |
Eric Mann |
31 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
| An update from me and my colleague Francisca Porchas of the Labor/Community Strategy Center: For the first time in L.A., the car capital of the world, a bus-centered public-transportation system has been given priority over the auto -- a big victory for environmental justice and the reduction of auto-based air toxins and greenhouse gases. On Aug. 15, the Strategy Center and Bus Riders Union secured an important environmental and public-health victory at the Los Angel ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, placemaking, politics, public transportation (all these topics) |
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All Kinds of Sickening
Congress grills FEMA on toxic post-hurricane trailers |
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20 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| All Kinds of Sickening Congress grills FEMA on toxic post-hurricane trailers The media have reported for at least two months that the trailers used to house refugees from hurricanes Katrina and Rita have been giving off fumes that are making some people sick. Now it seems the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has fended off those accusations, has known about the toxic trou ... |
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| Topics: Congress, environmental justice, health, news, politics, severe weather (all these topics) |
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Dems in Congress: 'Green-collar jobs' will fight poverty and global warming
A hearing in the House shows promise |
Van Jones |
23 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Hooray! Hooray! Finally! Yesterday, some House Democrats finally 'connected the dots' on ways to solve two of the nation's biggest problems: failing American job security and global climate security. By addressing both issues simultaneously, these congressional leaders may re-energize the anti-poverty movement -- and transform the debate on global warming. U.S. Representatives Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Hilda Solis (D-Calif.) both sit on the Select Com ... |
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| Topics: Congress, environmental justice, environmental movement, green jobs, politics, Van Jones (all these topics) |
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Vanity Fair: The unbearable whiteness of green
Where are low-income and minority greens in the media? |
Van Jones |
20 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Once again this year, the spring season brought a flood of green-themed magazines to super-market checkout stands and airport news racks all across the country. And once again, the faces of non-white and non-affluent Americans were almost entirely missing. Our new environmental movement is rapidly gaining visibility and momentum. That is very good news. Life-or-death ecological issues finally are starting to get the attention they so urgently deserve. And we can all ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, environmental justice, environmental movement, green living, politics, Van Jones (all these topics) |
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Mountaintop removal and clean water: Kinda at odds
DC lobbying effort May 12-16 |
Erik Hoffner |
11 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Citizens from Appalachia were at the UN's meeting on sustainable energy policy this week to challenge the clean-coalers, and were received really well by the other delegates. Coal advocates were hard-put to refute the evidence that coal kills communities. Now the effort moves to D.C. from May 12-16 for the 2nd Annual Mountaintop Removal Week lobbying effort. Organized by Appalachian Voices, the effort will advance the Clean Water Protection Act toward passage and he ... |
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| Topics: coal, Congress, energy, environmental justice, legislation, lobbying, mining, politics, United Nations (all these topics) |
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This Land Was Paid By You and Me
Bush administration raises park fees, advocates cry foul |
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08 May 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| This Land Was Paid By You and Me Bush administration raises park fees, advocates cry foul The Bush administration is consistent-izing rates at 135 national parks, a move that will see some fees double. It will also tie future rates to inflation, raising them every three years. A National Park Service spokesperson says the shift is an attempt to simplify the current rate structure, bringing the ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, National Park Service, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Latter-Day Paints
EPA says racism isn't a factor in Ford Superfund saga |
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13 Apr 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Latter-Day Paints EPA says racism isn't a factor in Ford Superfund saga A strange environmental-justice saga is unfolding in New Jersey, pitting Ford Motor Co. against a community of Ramapough Indians and their allies. Decades ago, Ford dumped thousands of tons of toxic paint sludge at a former mining area. The dump was declared a Superfund site, reportedly cleaned up, and del ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, insanity, New Jersey, news, politics, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Sustainability in world politics, continued
On Revkin's piece on poverty and climate change impacts |
John McGrath |
02 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| (A topic I return to every once in a while. See here and here.) The link that Jason posted Sunday deserves a closer look, if you missed it over the weekend. Revkin has written an excellent, if somewhat depressing, piece on the fact that while climate change is overwhelmingly the responsibility of the world's rich nations, the nations that suffer most will be the world's poorest. It also reminds me of something else I heard Tim Flannery say last week: whatever ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, environmental justice, politics, United Nations (all these topics) |
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Right before my very eyes: Ethiopia
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Geoff Dabelko |
01 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| The vista of Ethiopia's ancient Rift Valley, speckled with shimmering lakes, stretches before me as our motorized caravan heads south from Lake Langano, part of a study tour on population-health-environment issues organized by the Packard Foundation. Sadly, the country's unrelenting poverty and insecurity are as breathtaking as the view -- Ethiopia currently ranks 170 out of 177 countries on the UN Development Programme's Human Development Index. These numbers beco ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, Ethiopia, politics, United Nations (all these topics) |
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Equal opportunity organic
Sustainable food meets social justice |
Stephanie Paige Ogburn |
30 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Grassroots organic is alive and well, even in the concrete jungles of New Haven and Boston. Today I spent an hour and a half at a talk called 'Food Policy: Addressing Social Justice in the Sustainable and Local Food Movements.' The event's keynote speakers were two women who work for urban sustainable food initiatives. One of the organizations, CitySeed, is located in New Haven, Conn. At the talk, CitySeed's executive director, Jennifer McTiernan, spoke about ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, food, green living, organic food, politics (all these topics) |
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Van Jones
Read the interview! |
David Roberts |
20 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| I hope that everyone will take some time and head over to read my interview with Van Jones, civil rights lawyer, founder and director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, and rising star of progressive activism. His message is that largely white, affluent "eco-elites" need to broaden their coalition by reaching out to low-income and minority youth, promising them training and jobs in the new clean energy economy. As he says: "For people with a bu ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, environmental movement, messaging, politics (all these topics) |
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She Will Have Her Way
Hearing held on Inuit climate and human-rights claim against U.S. |
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01 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| She Will Have Her Way Hearing held on Inuit climate and human-rights claim against U.S. In the northern reaches of the world, climate change is more than a theory. For years, native Inuit have seen extreme weather and weak ice interfere with their lives, and they say big emitters like the U.S. are to blame. Today -- more than a year after filing a petition with the Inter-Ame ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, climate, climate change impacts, environmental justice, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Detroit Should Get an Award for Ending Every List
New report ranks U.S. cities on environmental and social realities |
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23 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Detroit Should Get an Award for Ending Every List New report ranks U.S. cities on environmental and social realities A new report ranks 72 U.S. cities on their greenness -- but we're not talking just parks and bike paths. The Urban Environment Report, put out by the Washington, D.C.-based Earth Day Network, includes a "vulnerable population index" that takes into account the segment of a city's ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, news, placemaking, politics (all these topics) |
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