Chandra Brown: Fighting Pollution in Southern Georgia
In the South Georgia Rivers and blackwater systems, the amount of mercury in bass is close to double the amount that the EPA has approved as the standard safety level.
Category: Environment
“Semper Fi: Always Faithful” — Documenting a Fight for Environmental Justice
At a time when the Environmental Protection Agency is coming under attack for “over-regulation,” the film stands as a testimony to what happens when the public’s health is neither protected nor considered.
Voices for Clean Air National Week of Action: August 15-19
Although our elected officials have closed down shop in Washington for a recess, the game isn’t over.
Clean Air and the Baby Carriage
There is a mighty contingency out there that will continue to promote the concept that the Environmental Protection Agency is Al Capone, not Eliot Ness.
Asthma and Clean Air: One Mother’s Fight in Texas
Erin Brockovich came to Midlothian in 2005. She told me that if I lived anywhere else in the nation, we would have a lawsuit. However, she informed me that Texas was a “business first, people second,” state.
Personal Responsibility and the Fight for Clean Air
Instead of people just shaking their heads and sighing, “Well, what can I do?”…The answer is simple. Take a proactive step.
Lisa Jackson: Why She Can’t Do It Alone
Unpopular issues have never been a magnet for winning friends and admirers.
Senator Carper Oversees EPW Hearings: Do Americans Really Have to Choose between Health and Energy?
McCarthy went head to head with Barrasso when he pushed the cost/benefit analysis argument. Her answer was a terse, “We actually put a value on human life.”
Clean Air: You Have to Be in It to Win It
Right now, our country is at a turning point on many issues. One of these is the matter of whether we get clean air.
Senate EPW Hearings Set the Stage for Clean Air Fight
Currently, pushback against the EPA’s efforts to move forward on regulating mercury and other air toxins from power plants has fallen strikingly along party lines.
