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Fatigue of Nations
What green looks like to the world's emerging economies |
John Elkington, Mark Lee |
14 Feb 2006 |
Full Disclosure |
| By John Elkington and Mark Lee 14 Feb 2006 |
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| Topics: business, environmental justice, Full Disclosure, Poverty and the Environment (all these topics) |
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Bring on the red tape
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Sarah van Schagen |
14 Feb 2006 |
Gristmill |
| Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a bill that would officially label some of the poorest areas in the state 'environmental justice communities.' The special status would create a new layer of red tape (and a special permitting process) that, theoretically, would act as a disincentive to pollutocrats planning undesireable developments ranging from sludge plants to asphalt factories. Says state Sen. Jarrett Barrios, 'It would deter industries which pollute from ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, Massachusetts (all these topics) |
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Down for the Count
Facts and figures on poverty in the United States |
Sarah Kraybill |
13 Feb 2006 |
Counter Culture |
| $35,000 -- basic-needs budget for a U.S. family of four (two adults, two children), as calculated in An Atlas of Poverty in America 1 $19,157 -- poverty line for a family of four (two adults, two children) in the U.S. in 2004, as established by the U.S. Census Bureau 2 More Americans are feeling the squeeze. Photo: iStockphoto. $19,000 -- amount spent by Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's wife Columba during ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, lists, politics, Poverty and the Environment (all these topics) |
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Guerillas in the Midst
Steve Frillmann, community-garden guru, answers Grist's questions |
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13 Feb 2006 |
InterActivist |
| Steve Frillmann. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I am the executive director of Green Guerillas, New York City's oldest community-gardening group. What does your organization do? At Green Guerillas, we help people carry out their visions for what community gardens can be in a dense, vibrant urban area -- urban farms, botanic gardens, performance spaces, community centers, ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, food, gardening, InterActivist, interview, New York, placemaking, Poverty and the Environment (all these topics) |
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Walk This Way
A virtual walking tour of Columbia, Miss., with Charlotte Keys of Jesus People Against Pollution |
Mary Wiltenburg |
13 Feb 2006 |
Main Dish |
| Click image to take the tour. Photo by Mary Wiltenburg. In 1977, a factory in Columbia, Miss., that had been manufacturing Agent Orange was rocked by an explosion. The owner, Reichhold Chemical Inc., shuttered the facility and abandoned or buried thousands of barrels of toxic waste near the water supply of the pr ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, Mississippi, Poverty and the Environment, religion and spirituality, waste, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Poverty & the Environment
An article index for our seven-week series |
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13 Feb 2006 |
Main Dish |
| Weeks One & Two: Land and People Week Three: Consumption Week Four: The Midpoint Week Five: The Movement Week Six: The Good Fight Week Seven: Looking Ahead Weeks One & Two: Land and People What constitutes "the environment" in American environmentalism? The iconic images of the movement -- California's redwoods, Yosemite's Half Dome, the arches at Zion -- suggest one answer: the envir ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, politics (all these topics) |
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Poverty & the Environment
Introducing a seven-week series on the intersection of economic and ecological survival |
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13 Feb 2006 |
Main Dish |
| Consider this central paradox of U.S. environmentalism: In much of popular and political culture, the movement is dismissed as the pet cause of white, well-off Americans -- people who can afford to buy organic arugula, vacation in Lake Tahoe, and worry about the fate of the Pacific pocket mouse. And yet, the population most affected by environmental problems is the po ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, politics (all these topics) |
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Return of the Native Movement
Evon Peter, director of Native Movement, answers readers' questions |
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10 Feb 2006 |
InterActivist |
| Evon Peter, director of Native Movement. I've heard that some Indigenous peoples in Alaska support drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, while some sturdily oppose it. How do you feel about the proposal to drill? And what do you think the division is doing to the communities there? -- Joshua Moro, Laramie, Wyo. There is no simple answer to this question. The history of unju ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, environmental movement, heroes, InterActivist, interview, Poverty and the Environment (all these topics) |
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Bodies, Asbestos, and Motion
Controversial bill to create asbestos trust fund moves ahead in Senate |
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08 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Bodies, Asbestos, and Motion Controversial bill to create asbestos trust fund moves ahead in Senate An epic drama is playing out in the U.S. Capitol over ... asbestos. Seriously. A bill -- which, after a 98 to 1 vote in the Senate yesterday, will now move to the floor for debate -- would create a $140 billion industry-financed trust fund for victims of asbestos-related illness, but would ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, Harry Reid, health, news, politics, toxics (all these topics) |
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Getting Evon
Evon Peter, director of Native Movement, answers Grist's questions |
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06 Feb 2006 |
InterActivist |
| Evon Peter. What work do you do? I am the executive director of Native Movement. What does your organization do? Native Movement is a collective of around 15 organizers who work on a myriad of projects focusing on youth leadership development, sustainability, protection of sacred sites, and social, political, economic, and environmental justice. We work mostly with Indigenous peoples in the Southwest and ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, environmental movement, heroes, InterActivist, interview, Poverty and the Environment (all these topics) |
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Keepin' It Wheel
Kipchoge Spencer of Xtracycle and Worldbike answers readers' questions |
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13 Jan 2006 |
InterActivist |
| Kipchoge Spencer, president of Xtracycle. As a bicycle commuter, how do you balance the joy and euphoria of an excellent ride with the inevitable rage from being abused by idiot drivers? -- Todd Holland, Amherst, Mass. First of all, I'm lucky to have an off-road commute that doesn't involve direct contact with motor-vehicle operators. Second, there aren't nearly enough mean idiot drivers to eve ... |
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| Topics: bikes, environmental justice, green living, heroes, innovation, InterActivist, interview, music (all these topics) |
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Spencer for Tire
Kipchoge Spencer of Xtracycle and Worldbike answers Grist's questions |
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09 Jan 2006 |
InterActivist |
| Kipchoge Spencer. What work do you do? I'm president of Xtracycle Inc. and cofounder of Worldbike. I'm also lead singer of the Ginger Ninjas. What does your organization do? Xtracycle invented and makes car-trip-replacing, life-enhancing, sport-utility bicycles, long bikes, and the FreeRadical Hitchless Trailer -- for toting your kids to school, loading up with groceries, or making an off-road camp ... |
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| Topics: bikes, environmental justice, green living, heroes, innovation, InterActivist, interview, music (all these topics) |
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Unjust Breathe
Blacks more likely than whites to be breathing polluted air |
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14 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Unjust Breathe Blacks more likely than whites to be breathing polluted air Sadly, few will be shocked to hear that black Americans are more likely than whites to be breathing the nation's most unhealthy air. An Associated Press analysis of year-2000 data from two federal sources -- the EPA's Toxics Release Inventory and the Census Bureau's population count -- reveals that blacks nationwide are 79 perce ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, environmental justice, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Just Joshin'
Electric-car driver was not an eco-terrorist, FBI admits |
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16 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Just Joshin' Electric-car driver was not an eco-terrorist, FBI admits The FBI will issue a rare "letter of regret" and pay environmentalist Josh Connole $100,000 after mistakenly arresting him for domestic terrorism. Agents followed Connole for several days in 2003, after arson-vandalism attacks at four Southern California car dealerships in which gas-guz ... |
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| Topics: electric vehicles, environmental justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Black and White and Mad All Over
Unlikely allies send a dispatch from an enviro-justice tour in Michigan |
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05 Nov 2005 |
Dispatches |
| Lynn Henning (left) is a farmer whose family grows corn and soy on 300 acres in Hudson, Mich. She is an organizer with the Sierra Club's Water Sentinels program, testing local rivers and creeks for contamination from factory farms. Rhonda Anderson (right) is a single mother and longtime community activist in Detroit. She is an environmental-justice organizer for the Sierra Club. Saturday ... |
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| Topics: Dispatches, environmental justice, Michigan, politics (all these topics) |
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So a Priest Walks Into an Environmental Protest ...
Brazilian priest on hunger strike to stop water-diversion scheme |
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06 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| So a Priest Walks Into an Environmental Protest ... Brazilian priest on hunger strike to stop water-diversion scheme Roman Catholic bishop Luiz Flavio Cappio has been fasting for 10 days in a modest chapel 600 feet from Brazil's Sao Francisco River, aiming to halt a massive water-diversion project. The $1.8 billion government plan involves building hundreds of miles of canals and other infra ... |
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| Topics: Brazil, environmental justice, news, politics, water conflicts (all these topics) |
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Laws and Effect
Jay Tutchton, head of environmental law clinic, answers readers' questions |
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23 Sep 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Jay Tutchton, head of the Environmental Law Clinical Partnership. Have you encountered government resistance and hostility to the work that your clinic does? -- Evelyn Goss, Austin, Texas Frequently. The government and industry groups have long recognized that there is little distinction between having no environmental laws and having environmental laws that are not enforced. They understand ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, InterActivist, interview, politics (all these topics) |
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Law & Order: Environmental Victims Unit
Jay Tutchton, head of environmental law clinic, answers Grist's questions |
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19 Sep 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Jay Tutchton. What work do you do? I am the director of the Environmental Law Clinical Partnership at the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law. We introduce law students to the world of public-interest environmental litigation and train them in the basic skills of the trade, and we file the best lawsuits we can on behalf of our clients to advance environmental p ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, InterActivist, interview, politics (all these topics) |
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Touch and Goshute
Feds approve nuclear-waste dump on Utah tribe's land |
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12 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Touch and Goshute Feds approve nuclear-waste dump on Utah tribe's land On Friday, the Bush administration approved a controversial $3.1 billion plan for a massive temporary radioactive-waste dump on a Utah Indian reservation -- a win for nuclear-power interests. A private firm and the sovereign Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians struck up the agreement for the repository, so the plan has ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, news, politics, pollution and waste, Utah (all these topics) |
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Race to the Bottom
Slow Katrina evacuation fits pattern of injustice during crises |
Liza Featherstone |
08 Sep 2005 |
Main Dish |
| Much of the world -- including white America -- has been shocked by the devastation in New Orleans, and by the ongoing failures it has exposed at every possible level of government. Even normally unflappable TV news anchors and politicians have been moved to outrage, asking why those left behind were mostly black, poor, disabled, elderly. Veterans of the environmental-justice movem ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, Louisiana, politics (all these topics) |
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Forgive Us Our Debts
Why aren't conservationists fighting poverty? |
Jon Christensen |
11 Aug 2005 |
Soapbox |
| It's a shame. Conservationists are sitting on the sidelines while the Big Game unfolds before our eyes. A major campaign is under way to change the terms of development, alleviate crushing debt, and help poor people around the world live better lives. Successes are being racked up. And conservation and environmental groups are nowhere to be seen. There are 39 groups listed as partners in the Camp ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, non-government organizations, politics (all these topics) |
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Hear Me Out
Task force takes aim at NEPA, freaks out environmentalists |
Suzi Parker |
04 Aug 2005 |
Main Dish |
| Rep. Richard Pombo meets the press in April. Photo: U.S. House of Representatives. You have to want to get to Nacogdoches, a Texas town that's not on the way to anywhere. This eastern outpost, nearly 150 miles from Houston, is the oldest town in the state, with enough lore to fill volumes. It's the site where, in the 1700s, the legendary Father Margil struck a rock twice during a drought and water f ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, Jay Inslee, politics (all these topics) |
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Two Chevrons Don't Make a Right
Chevron may have paid agents of Nigerian military to attack villagers |
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04 Aug 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Two Chevrons Don't Make a Right Chevron may have paid agents of Nigerian military to attack villagers On Jan. 3, 1999, a number of residents of Opia, Nigeria, visited a Chevron oil rig to demand compensation for fishing gear destroyed by the oil company's operations. On Jan. 4, Nigerian military personnel attacked and burned the villages of Opia and Ikenyan, leaving four villagers dead and at ... |
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| Topics: energy, environmental justice, news, Nigeria, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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E-Raced
EPA says race, income shouldn't be environmental-justice factors |
Liza Featherstone |
01 Aug 2005 |
Main Dish |
| It may surprise some people to hear that the Bush administration's EPA just drafted a strategic plan on environmental justice. Insidiously, and perhaps less surprisingly, advocates say, the move threatens to redefine that term into irrelevance. The agency's new plan defines environmental justice as "the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Brown vs. Sword of Education
Law students help eco-groups for free and get educated in the process |
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27 Jul 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Brown vs. Sword of Education Law students help eco-groups for free and get educated in the process When a nonprofit environmental group with a shoestring budget seeks to confront big government or corporate foes in court, where can it turn? Increasingly, the answer is: law students. Some 30 law schools around the country now host environmental law clinics (nearly half found ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, environmental non-government organizations, news, politics (all these topics) |
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