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“You know, the Gore-leone crime family is now the number one crime family in the world, when you think about it. He’s about to pull off the biggest scam in […]
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The environmental health/justice nexus
Earlier this week, I was at a unique environmental justice event in Boston. It was a meeting of grantees of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, one of the most hopeful government agencies I've come across. One of its activities is to fund university researchers and grassroots groups which collaborate to study the environmental causes of asthma, cancers, lupus, lung disease (and more) in their home communities.
Environmental health research is critically needed, with diseases like breast cancer being increasingly recognized as environmental justice issues, as the director of grantee organization and event host Silent Spring Institute put it to me:
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Up to a million gallons of oil spill in North Sea
Perhaps jealous of the recent oil spills in San Francisco, Russia, and South Korea, Norway has had a spill of its very own. Oil company StatoilHydro says a mistake transferring […]
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Umbra on a safe return
Dearest Readers, I am back. My captors released me early this morning, and I have never been happier to walk somewhere in my life. All that driving gets one down, […]
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California judge rules against automakers in lawsuit against Calif. tailpipe GHG standards
A federal judge in California has just ruled against automakers in their lawsuit against California’s tailpipe greenhouse-gas emissions standards (AB 1493, known as the Pavley law). This is a huge […]
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Dear news,
Please stop happening so fast. You’re overwhelming and paralyzing me. Sincerely,DR
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U.S. EPA considers regulating hydrogen sulfide, industry not into the idea
It may be shocking to learn that a gas with the odor of rotten eggs is actually not good for you, but sure enough: the U.S. EPA is considering regulating […]
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San Francisco sues over oil spill, South Korea spill cleanup ongoing
The city of San Francisco has sued the owners of the container ship that hit the iconic Bay Bridge last month and blackened the bay with 58,000 gallons of oil. […]
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Al Gore and IPCC awarded Nobel Peace Prize, climate protests heat up worldwide, and more
Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: One Prize Fits Al Leaders: Follow, or Get Out of the Way Political Science 215 Stall That and More Don’t […]
