Ruben Diaz, Author at Center for Environmental Health

Top 11 Things You Should Know about Trump, Coronavirus, and EPA

Apr 2, 2020Ruben DiazChemical Industry, Children's Health, Environmental Justice, Laws & Regulations, Resistance, Uncategorized

Using the coronavirus pandemic as a cover to reward their industry, polluter friends, the Trump Administration has now decided to stop EPA enforcement of environmental protection laws. Yes, you read that correctly. During one of the biggest health crises in modern...

Environmental Health Watchdog Condemns EPA Decision to Relax Regulations for America’s Worst Polluters During Coronavirus Pandemic

Mar 27, 2020Ruben DiazChemical Industry, Environmental Justice, Resistance

It is absolutely unacceptable that the Trump administration is taking advantage of a global health crisis to eliminate basic protections from our most polluting industries. EPA enforcement of air and water quality standards are designed to protect us from cancer-causing chemicals.

Cancer-Causing Chemical in the Air at Snow Globe Music Festival

Feb 15, 2019Ruben DiazChemical Industry, Laws & Regulations, Legal Action

I haven’t been at a music festival in decades, but I still remember seeing the Jefferson Airplane when I was a high school senior. I was completely awed and overjoyed by the sheer power of Grace Slick. What never crossed my mind, I promise you, was what was in the air...