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In New York, the 11th Hour in the Fight Against Fracking

Feb 12, 2013Ansje MillerEnergy, Environmental Justice, Laws & Regulations

It is an anxious and exciting time here in New York. We are in what health advocates are calling the 11th hour in determining the fate of New York and whether natural gas hydraulic fracturing (fracking) will take place in the state. New York State Governor Andrew...

With Liberty and Healthy Environments for All

Feb 5, 2013Michael GreenChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, General Insights, Laws & Regulations

Most Americans are taught in grade school about the Declaration of Independence and the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. But even those elitist Americans with a college education don’t learn anything about the concept of a human right to a...

CEH In New York: Protecting the Public from Fracking Chemicals

Jan 14, 2013Ansje MillerChildren's Health, Energy, Environmental Justice, Laws & Regulations

Last week, I presented testimony to a New York State Assembly Committee hearing on the state’s proposed new rules for fracking – rules that we consider woefully inadequate to protect New Yorkers from the real health and environmental risks from fracking...

Protect strawberries from an Already Banned (But Still Used!) Pesticide – Tell Hillary Clinton to Act Before She Steps Down

Jan 14, 2013Ali Geering-KlineEnvironmental Justice, Food, Laws & Regulations, Tips

Right now, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), on behalf of strawberry agribusiness corporations, are asking Secretary of State Clinton and EPA Administrator Jackson to get more methyl bromide for California. Why? Because instead of coming up...

Keep our water safe from toxic fracking chemicals

Jan 8, 2013Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Energy, Environmental Justice, Laws & Regulations

The Cuomo Administration has released draft rules to allow fracking for natural gas – a technology that has yet to be proven safe and puts our children and families at risk from water contamination, air pollution, and other toxic health threats. And we have just 3...

Justice Fund Stories: Democracy in Action with Union de Vecinos

Nov 28, 2012Corinne SmithChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Personal Stories

Water justice is beyond the science of contamination and clean up, it is about democracy. For the members of Union de Vecinos, this truth has mobilized and empowered their struggle for clean, healthy water for the city of Maywood, a small, working-class community in...

CEH’s Justice Fund Helps Youth-Led Group Find Solutions to Cool the Planet

Nov 7, 2012Corinne SmithChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Personal Stories

From the local to the global, we are all struggling to recognize and face the climate crisis to create lasting, viable solutions and connectivity among communities. For youth in southeast San Francisco, many are living the direct connection between the effects of...

CEH’s California Voter Guide 2012 – Vote to Protect Your Family’s Health

Nov 5, 2012Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Food, Tips

If you haven’t seen it already, check out our California Voter Guide 2012! We’re pleased to launch our 2012 Voter Guide with our positions on all of the ballot initiatives that will effect the health of you and your family. We want to help you get the...

The Big Lie: Prop 37 and Lawsuits

Nov 3, 2012Michael GreenChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Laws & Regulations

People should have the information they need to choose whether or not they buy genetically modified (GMO) food, so it’s been disturbing to see the lies perpetrated by Monsanto and their anti-choice allies working against Prop 37, the California GMO Right-to-Know...

GMO Food Labeling: Lies and the Lying GMO Food Liars Who Tell Them

Oct 24, 2012Charles MargulisEnvironmental Justice, Food

It’s no surprise that Monsanto and their agribusiness and Big Food industry friends are spending upwards of $40 million to keep Californians in the dark about genetically modified (GMO) foods. Their anti-Prop 37 campaign intends to run nonstop TV, radio and (if they...