Sep 15, 2018

If Trump cares about Hurricane Florence, his policies don’t show it

When it comes to extreme weather, the president is complicit.

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DEP expresses serious concerns about rapid decontamination of damaged Unit 2 reactor at Three Mile Island

DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell expressed serious concerns about the plan to rapidly decontaminate the damaged Unit 2 reactor by TMI-2 Solutions.

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Thomas Zoeller: From coronavirus to chemicals—when the government ignores science, Americans die

The disconnect between science and government action is on full daily display during this COVID-19 pandemic—and with deadly consequences. But the government's actions of limiting the impact of science on policy is not new.

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Coronavirus, climate change, and the environment

We all have questions about the novel coronavirus sweeping through our neighborhoods – and across the globe.

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Patrick Holden: The coronavirus pandemic and future food security

Editor's Note: This essay originally ran on the Sustainable Food Trust website and is republished here with permission.

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Together, we make mud

The noted philosopher Rodney Dangerfield described his fictional marriage in a way that provides insight into the widening gulf in U.S. environmental politics: "She's a water sign. I'm an Earth sign. Together, we make mud."

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The I-told-you-so heard ‘round the world

When I'm in the checkout line at the grocery, the tabloids invariably catch my eye for a split second.

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Before Gore, Greta, and the Green New Deal: Part Two

Let's start with an inveterate American treehugger named William O. Douglas.

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Green Grammys!

Grammy attorneys please note: This is the only time I'll use the "Green Grammys" title, so there's no need for the Cease and Desist letter.

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Farmworkers are now deemed essential. But are they protected?

Compelled to keep working amid the coronavirus pandemic, many U.S. farmworkers lack face masks, sanitizers and paid sick leave – and are blocked from accessing federal aid.

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‘Them plants are killing us’: Inside a cross-border battle against cancer and pollution

Two communities — one in Canada, one in the U.S. — share both a border along the St. Marys River and a toxic legacy that has contributed to high rates of cancer. Now the towns are banding together to fight a ferrochrome plant.

If Trump cares about Hurricane Florence, his policies don’t show it

DEP expresses serious concerns about rapid decontamination of damaged Unit 2 reactor at Three Mile Island

Thomas Zoeller: From coronavirus to chemicals—when the government ignores science, Americans die

Coronavirus, climate change, and the environment

Patrick Holden: The coronavirus pandemic and future food security

Together, we make mud

The I-told-you-so heard ‘round the world

Before Gore, Greta, and the Green New Deal: Part Two

Green Grammys!

Farmworkers are now deemed essential. But are they protected?

Kids with asthma who live near heavy air pollution face greater risk from coronavirus

"There's a lot of concern about combined effects of air pollution and respiratory viruses."

‘Them plants are killing us’: Inside a cross-border battle against cancer and pollution

Two communities — one in Canada, one in the U.S. — share both a border along the St. Marys River and a toxic legacy that has contributed to high rates of cancer. Now the towns are banding together to fight a ferrochrome plant.

Climate change: For big emissions reductions, we need to think small

"Big new infrastructure costing billions is not the best way to accelerate decarbonization"

Trump Administration is using a pandemic to hand out gifts to its favorite polluters

The Trump Administration is using COVID-19 to further its dismantling of environmental protection.

Derrick Z. Jackson: Fighting for a just COVID-19 response

Coronavirus is going to batter us far longer than the worst of hurricanes. We must not let environmental justice communities be flattened in the process.

Agents of Change: Amplifying neglected voices in environmental health

EHN is teaming up with The George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health to bring you the voices of next generation environmental health leaders

If Trump cares about Hurricane Florence, his policies don’t show it

"There's a lot of concern about combined effects of air pollution and respiratory viruses."

Two communities — one in Canada, one in the U.S. — share both a border along the St. Marys River and a toxic legacy that has contributed to high rates of cancer. Now the towns are banding together to fight a ferrochrome plant.

"Big new infrastructure costing billions is not the best way to accelerate decarbonization"

The Trump Administration is using COVID-19 to further its dismantling of environmental protection.

Coronavirus is going to batter us far longer than the worst of hurricanes. We must not let environmental justice communities be flattened in the process.

EHN is teaming up with The George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health to bring you the voices of next generation environmental health leaders

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