environmental justice

‘Poisoning the Well’ Authors Sharon Udasin and Rachel Frazin on PFAS Contamination and Why It ‘Has Not Received the Attention It Deserves’

‘Poisoning the Well’ Authors Sharon Udasin and Rachel Frazin on PFAS Contamination and Why It ‘Has Not Received the Attention It Deserves’

In the introduction to Sharon Udasin and Rachel Frazin’s new book, Poisoning The Well: How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America, the authors cite an alarming statistic from 2015 that PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are present in the bodies of an estimated 97% of Americans. How did we ever get to this point? Their book is […]

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    ‘The Trump Administration’s Disdain for Nature Knows No Bounds’: USDA Proposes Axing ‘Roadless Rule’ Protections for 58.5 Million Acres of National Forest Lands

    ‘The Trump Administration’s Disdain for Nature Knows No Bounds’: USDA Proposes Axing ‘Roadless Rule’ Protections for 58.5 Million Acres of National Forest Lands

    The Trump administration on Monday announced a plan to open 58.5 million acres of undeveloped lands within the National Forest System to road development and construction by repealing the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, known as the “Roadless Rule.” The rule was established in 2001 to protect roadless areas from road construction and timber harvesting, as […]

    Ziploc Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Microplastics Shedding Concerns

    Ziploc Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Microplastics Shedding Concerns

    A new lawsuit is questioning the “microwave safe” and “freezer safe” claims of Ziploc plastic bags. The lawsuit against S.C. Johnson alleged that these claims for its Ziploc brand products are misleading, and that these uses of the products increase risk of exposure to microplastics. According to the lawsuit documents, “Defendant affirmatively markets its Ziploc […]

    22 Young Americans Sue Trump Administration to Block Executive Orders Pushing Fossil Fuels Over Renewables

    22 Young Americans Sue Trump Administration to Block Executive Orders Pushing Fossil Fuels Over Renewables

    A new youth climate lawsuit by 22 Americans aged seven to 25 alleges that the Trump administration is engaging in unlawful executive overreach by issuing executive orders that intentionally boost the production of fossil fuels while frustrating the growth of renewable energy. In Lighthiser v. Trump, filed in the United States District Court for the […]

    In ‘Major Win,’ Trump Administration Ordered to Restore $176 Million in Community and Environmental Grant Funding

    In ‘Major Win,’ Trump Administration Ordered to Restore $176 Million in Community and Environmental Grant Funding

    In a huge win for environmental advocates, a federal judge on Monday ruled that the Trump administration must restore $176 million in grants to six cities and 13 nonprofits across the United States. The decision by U.S. District Court Judge Richard Gergel in Charleston, South Carolina, is one of the first permanent injunctions challenging an […]

    PBS Documentary Shows Triumph and Tragedy in Fight for Water Rights

    PBS Documentary Shows Triumph and Tragedy in Fight for Water Rights

    Water For Life began its journey when filmmaker Will Parrinello and his team followed environmental activist Francisco Pineda more than 14 years ago. Pineda was a winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize who was working to stop the development of a gold mine in his home country of El Salvador.  “He doesn’t say this in […]

    World’s Biggest Polluters Least Impacted by Conflict and Environmental Damage: Study

    World’s Biggest Polluters Least Impacted by Conflict and Environmental Damage: Study

    The world’s biggest polluters are also the most protected from the environmental harm they helped create, according to a study by researchers from University of Notre Dame and University of Wyoming. Meanwhile, the least culpable countries face the most significant threats, including increased potential for violent conflict. The findings challenge conventional understandings of how conflict […]