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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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Yearning to Breathe Free
Study finds air-quality inequality in San Francisco Bay area |
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21 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Yearning to Breathe Free Study finds air-quality inequality in San Francisco Bay area According to a new study, people of color and poorer residents in the San Francisco Bay area breathe more than their share of polluted air. "We have a problem with the degree of environmental inequality ... even though we regard ourselves as a region that is very progressive," said Manuel Pastor, director of th ... |
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| Topics: California, environmental justice, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Who Speaks for the Eggman?
U.S. green groups sue feds over polar bear, walrus protection |
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14 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Who Speaks for the Eggman? U.S. green groups sue feds over polar bear, walrus protection Two green groups have sued the feds for failing to protect polar bears and walruses (walri?) from the nasty combo of oil drilling and global warming. Pacific Environment and the Center for Biological Dive ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, climate, environmental justice, environmental non-government organizations, mining and drilling, news, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Now Who's a Moonbeam?
On heels of climate report, governments and businesses get real |
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05 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Now Who's a Moonbeam? On heels of climate report, governments and businesses get real Heeding a call from French President Jacques Chirac, 46 nations are backing a plan to create a powerful new U.N. Environment Organization that could police climate offenders. Egregious emitters Russia, China, India, and the U.S. didn't leap up and down volunteering to j ... |
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| Topics: business, California, climate, environmental justice, France, news, politics, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics) |
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Their Day in Cote
Groundwork begins for Ivory Coast toxic-dumping lawsuit |
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08 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Their Day in Cote Groundwork begins for Ivory Coast toxic-dumping lawsuit It's been almost five months since a cargo ship dumped over 400 tons of toxic "slops" in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, leaving at least 10 people dead and more than 40,000 ill. At the time, residents of the African nation responded by blockading streets, burning stuff, and collapsing their government. Now that's direct action ... |
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| Topics: Africa, environmental justice, news, politics, toxics (all these topics) |
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Naughty and Nice
How the energy industry spent its holiday vacation |
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02 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Naughty and Nice How the energy industry spent its holiday vacation While you were whooping over your Wii, the energy industry exulted in a few holiday gifts of its own. Just before Christmas, a federal appeals court gave ExxonMobil a $2.5 billion break, slashing in half the $5 billion in damages that had been awarded to thousands of Alaskans affe ... |
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| Topics: Department of Interior, energy, environmental justice, news, oil, politics, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics) |
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Inuit All Along
Inuit climate petition against U.S. is rejected |
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18 Dec 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Inuit All Along Inuit climate petition against U.S. is rejected Is climate change a human-rights issue? The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights decided to dodge the question. Arctic Inuit submitted a petition to the commission a year ago, accusing the U.S. government of violating Native peoples' rights to their traditional ways of life by declining to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions. The IAC ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, climate, environmental justice, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Who Will Get the Jobs?
An environmental-justice advocate responds to the biofuels boom |
Alan Hipólito |
11 Dec 2006 |
Soapbox |
| I am very excited to see this Grist series, because I am a biodiesel user. I am also very worried about the growth of the biofuels industry, because I am an environmental-justice advocate, and I see this industry rapidly leaving my community behind. What happens after the photo shoot? Photo: house.gov The growth of the biofuels industry creates significant economic benefits and dow ... |
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| Topics: biofuels, economy, energy, environmental justice, politics (all these topics) |
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Letting the Cataclysm Out of the Bag
Supreme Court hears opening arguments in landmark climate-change case |
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30 Nov 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Letting the Cataclysm Out of the Bag Supreme Court hears opening arguments in landmark climate-change case Climate change made its Supreme debut yesterday, as the high court began considering whether the U.S. EPA must regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. Much of the opening session concerned whether the plaintiffs, including several green groups and a dozen states, had suffered enough ... |
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| Topics: climate, environmental justice, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Mass Appeal
Supremes to decide whether EPA can or must regulate greenhouse-gas emissions |
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28 Nov 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Mass Appeal Supremes to decide whether EPA can or must regulate greenhouse-gas emissions Tomorrow, the U.S. Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments in Massachusetts v. EPA, a humdinger of a case looking at whether the federal government can or must regulate greenhouse-gas emissions. The case centers on a Clean Air Act provision that requires regulation of air pollutants that "may reasonably ... |
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| Topics: climate, environmental justice, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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And I'll Blow Your Case Down
U.S. Supreme Court hears opening arguments in Clean Air Act case |
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02 Nov 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| And I'll Blow Your Case Down U.S. Supreme Court hears opening arguments in Clean Air Act case Fans of respiration held their collective breath yesterday as the Supreme Court began hearing a case about Clean Air Act violations. The case addresses claims by Duke Energy and other companies that the U.S. EPA got lawsuit-happy in the Clinton era, trying to force poor, helpless utilities to add poll ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, environmental justice, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Here So Suin'?
Courts see 'boomlet' of climate-change-related lawsuits |
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24 Oct 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Here So Suin'? Courts see "boomlet" of climate-change-related lawsuits Climate-change-related lawsuits are the new black. At least 16 cases are pending in federal and state courts in which plaintiffs seek to hold automakers, oil companies, and electric utilities liable for environmental devastation wrought by global warming. "To me, Katrina was a clear result of irresponsible behavior by the c ... |
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| Topics: climate, environmental justice, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Grace to the Bottom
W.R. Grace must pay to clean up asbestos mess in Montana, Supreme Court decides |
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11 Oct 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Grace to the Bottom W.R. Grace must pay to clean up asbestos mess in Montana, Supreme Court decides W.R. Grace & Co. must pay $54.5 million to remove asbestos-contaminated soil from the mining town of Libby, Mont., the Supreme Court decided yesterday. The U.S. EPA sued the company five years ago to recover cleanup costs; a lower court ruled in the agency's favor an ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, mining and drilling, Montana, news, politics, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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And Justice for All
NAACP's Theodore Carrington chats about an environmental-justice tour |
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10 Oct 2006 |
Daily Grist |
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| Topics: environmental justice, politics (all these topics) |
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Johnson in Law
Bern Johnson, environmental lawyer, answers readers' questions |
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06 Oct 2006 |
InterActivist |
| Bern Johnson, Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide. What can be done to prevent the polluting of poor countries by richer ones, such as the recent toxic scandal in Ivory Coast? -- Juliette Hauville, Bologna, Italy The key is to empower people to protect themselves and their environment. ELAW gives partners in less-industrialized countries the legal and scientific tools they need to challenge polluters. W ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, politics (all these topics) |
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A Bern Talking-To
Bern Johnson, head of the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide, answers Grist's questions |
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02 Oct 2006 |
InterActivist |
| What work do you do? I'm executive director of the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide. What does your organization do? ELAW helps grassroots lawyers around the world protect human rights and the environment. We're working with partners in 70 countries and helping them challenge environmental abuses, enforce environmental laws, give communities a voice about the environment, a ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, politics (all these topics) |
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Circuit Breaker
Senators clash over proposal to split green-friendly 9th Circuit Court |
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25 Sep 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Circuit Breaker Senators clash over proposal to split green-friendly 9th Circuit Court For years, Republicans have loathed the San Francisco-based U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the nation's largest federal appeals court and most left-leaning. Its long record of upholding environmental laws is but one of its sins in the eyes of conservatives. Now, for the umpteenth time, they're trying ... |
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| Topics: California, environmental justice, news, politics, San Francisco (all these topics) |
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The New Nuisance Thing
California sues automakers over greenhouse-gas emissions |
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21 Sep 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| The New Nuisance Thing California sues automakers over greenhouse-gas emissions California sued the six largest auto manufacturers yesterday, saying that vehicle greenhouse-gas emissions are a public nuisance and seeking compensation for damage to the state's air, water supplies, coast, forests, wildlife, and people. "Basically, what we are saying is, it's old-fashioned economics. You s ... |
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| Topics: California, environmental justice, news, placemaking, politics (all these topics) |
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Ignorance is Remiss
U.S. EPA not conducting environmental-justice reviews |
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20 Sep 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Ignorance is Remiss U.S. EPA not conducting environmental-justice reviews In a sharp break with the rest of the Bush administration's focus -- no, obsession -- with social and economic justice, the U.S. EPA has failed to conduct environmental-justice reviews to make sure low-income and minority neighborhoods get equal eco-protection to other communities. The reviews have been required since 1994, but a survey ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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March Today, Vote Tomorrow
A dispatch from environment day at the Latino Congreso |
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08 Sep 2006 |
Dispatches |
| Oliver Bernstein is the deputy press secretary for diversity programs for the Sierra Club. He represented the Sierra Club at the Latino Congreso in Los Angeles. Friday, 08 Sep 2006 LOS ANGELES, Calif. "The environment? What's up with that?" This used to be the reaction of many Latinos to hearing about environmental issues, says Roger Rivera, president of the National Hispanic Environmental Council. They ... |
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| Topics: California, Dispatches, elections, environmental justice, politics, Sierra Club (all these topics) |
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The Visible Hand of the Market
BP under investigation for possible manipulation of oil and gasoline markets |
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30 Aug 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| The Visible Hand of the Market BP under investigation for possible manipulation of oil and gasoline markets Petro-behemoth BP is being investigated by two U.S. agencies for possible manipulation of crude-oil and unleaded-gasoline markets. (These are, of course, in addition to ongoing investigations of BP over a Texas refinery explosion, an Alaska pipeline spill, and alleged manipulation of th ... |
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| Topics: business, energy, environmental justice, news, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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