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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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EJ tour done but not over
An interview with Ted Carrington of NJ NAACP |
Kate Sheppard |
09 Oct 2006 |
Gristmill |
| The Environmental Justice For All Tour wrapped up last Monday in Washington, D.C., where the Northeast and Southern tours united to lobby their federal representatives and gain more national attention for the environmental justice issues they had seen around the country. After seven days on the road, with stops in multiple communities each day, tour participants were tired but energized by the outpouring of support and solidarity they found along the route. Tour part ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice (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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An antidote to isolation
Environmental justice groups gathered in Seattle this weekend |
Kate Sheppard |
02 Oct 2006 |
Gristmill |
| Unfortunately, I only got to catch the tail end of the Environmental Justice for All solidarity event up here in Seattle on Saturday. I missed the tour though ... 'cause I got lost. Hey, I'm new here, OK? But as the national tour drew to a close, it was good to see activity up in our corner as well. The event, hosted by the Community Coalition for Environmental Justice, led folks on a tour of some of the most polluted areas here in the generally-conceived-of-as-green ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, Seattle (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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Majora League
An interview with Majora Carter, founder of Sustainable South Bronx |
Amanda Griscom Little |
28 Sep 2006 |
Main Dish |
| Majora Carter is no ordinary environmental leader. For starters: She's a woman, she's black, and she's not afraid to publicly challenge Al Gore. Majora Carter. Photos: Sustainable South Bronx In 2005, she was honored with a MacArthur "genius grant" for her work with Sustainable South Bronx, a group she founded to mobilize grassroots environmental activism among New Yo ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, grassroots activism, health, heroes, interview, New York (all these topics) |
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EJ4All continues
Weaving all over the U.S. to draw attention to environmental justice |
Kate Sheppard |
27 Sep 2006 |
Gristmill |
| The Environmental Justice for All tour plugs onward at a breakneck pace, weaving through Albany and Hartford yesterday and up to Boston today. More videos online today. Cameraman Jeremy Levine checked in from the bus somewhere between those locations last night. He was particularly struck with the story of homeowners in Endicott, N.Y. The town of about 13,000 people is known as the birthplace of the company that later became IBM. Today, toxic compounds leaked from the ... |
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Environmental Justice For All
Tour calls attention to low-income communities of color facing environmental challenges |
Kate Sheppard |
26 Sep 2006 |
Gristmill |
| This week, environmental justice activists are travelling the country with the Environmental Justice For All Tour to call national attention to sites of ecological and public-health concern in the nation's poorest communities. Stops include both major metropolitan and rural areas, most of which are communities of color and low-income communities disproportionately affected by toxic contamination in their air, water, and soil. In San Jose, Calif., employees toil in carc ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice (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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A Ploy Named Sue
With feds asleep at the wheel, states sue to protect air and water |
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28 Aug 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| A Ploy Named Sue With feds asleep at the wheel, states sue to protect air and water Frustrated by federal inaction, states and localities are increasingly suing companies and even each other in attempts to curb air and water pollution. Oklahoma, for instance, has filed suit against eight companies that operate chicken farms in neighboring Arkansas, cha ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, Arkansas, environmental justice, Kentucky, news, Oklahoma, politics, water pollution (all these topics) |
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A Breyer Power
Federal judge rejects Forest Service plan to log in national monument |
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23 Aug 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| A Breyer Power Federal judge rejects Forest Service plan to log in national monument A federal judge put the smackdown yesterday on a U.S. Forest Service plan to allow increased logging in California's Giant Sequoia National Monument, home to about two-thirds of the world's largest trees. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said the USFS forest management plan lacked " ... |
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| Topics: California, environmental justice, news, politics, US Forest Service, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Six Nations, Under Siege
Native Canadians fight for land rights |
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18 Aug 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Six Nations, Under Siege Native Canadians fight for land rights Suburban sprawl has encroached on the once-pristine wilderness of southern Ontario's Six Nations Reserve -- and the residents of Canada's First Nations that live there have had enough. Since February, hundreds of Native protestors have blocked roads, lit bonfires, confronted police, raised traditional First Nation flags, destroyed national flags ... |
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| Topics: Canada, environmental justice, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Dodge Not Lest Ye Be Judged
Court rules with EPA on power-plant pollution controls |
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18 Aug 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Dodge Not Lest Ye Be Judged Court rules with EPA on power-plant pollution controls Imagine that gavel sound from Law & Order, and here we go: In 1999, the U.S. EPA sued Cinergy Corp. for modifying several coal-fueled power plants without following Clean Air Act pollution-control requirements. (Moment of silence for the days when eco-laws were enforced.) One month before Pre ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, coal, energy, environmental justice, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Smokey Robbin's On
Urban-style crime in national forests seems to be on the rise |
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03 Aug 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Smokey Robbin's On Urban-style crime in national forests seems to be on the rise In some parts of the U.S., being a forest ranger isn't the cushy job you might imagine. Far from keeping cartoon bears away from picnic baskets, rangers have been confronting a rising tide of urban-style crime: everything from domestic violence and drunken driving to armed robbery and marijuana culti ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, national forests, news, politics, US Forest Service (all these topics) |
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Docket Science
Global warming likely to spur litigation against polluters |
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27 Jul 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Docket Science Global warming likely to spur litigation against polluters As global warming's effects reverberate across the planet, expect an uptick in litigation against governments and companies. Pacific Islanders whose homes are being swallowed by the ocean, African farmers with withered crops, and ski-resort owners resigned to offering mountaintop waterskiing may seek redress. "If the evidence [of ... |
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| Topics: climate, environmental justice, news, politics (all these topics) |
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ELF Sacrifice
Three plead guilty to eco-motivated arson in the West |
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21 Jul 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| ELF Sacrifice Three plead guilty to eco-motivated arson in the West Three people pleaded guilty yesterday to being part of a group that set fire to ranger stations, wild-horse corrals, a ski resort, and lumber mill offices in the Western U.S. in recent years. The 16 attacks harmed no people, but caused more than $20 million in damage. "This is a substantial step in resolution of th ... |
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| Topics: Earth Liberation Front, environmental justice, news, politics, West (all these topics) |
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Bench Warmers
Supreme Court to decide whether EPA should regulate greenhouse gases |
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26 Jun 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Bench Warmers Supreme Court to decide whether EPA should regulate greenhouse gases The Supreme Court today announced that it will rule on whether the U.S. EPA should regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from automobiles. Against the advice of the Bush administration, SCOTUS will hear a suit brought by 12 states, a number of cities, and various environmental groups against the EPA. The plaintiffs argue ... |
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| Topics: climate, environmental justice, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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There's Something About Terry
Bryant Terry, food-justice activist, answers readers' questions |
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23 Jun 2006 |
InterActivist |
| Bryant Terry, founder of b-healthy. What do you think about Wal-Mart offering organic products? -- Haven Bourque, San Francisco, Calif. That's the million-dollar question. Jumping on the organic bandwagon will probably mean higher profits for Wal-Mart, so they gladly carry products with the organic seal. But it's important to remember that Wal-Mart has very little concern for public healt ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview, non-government organizations, politics (all these topics) |
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