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Fossil Fuel Dependence Pollutes our Planet and our Bodies

Nov 12, 2019Michael GreenChemical Industry, Children's Health, Energy, Environmental Justice, Flame Retardants, Fracking, Laws & Regulations, Plastics

By Michael Green, CEO of Center for Environmental Health The primary focus of the clean energy debate for over a decade now has been our rapidly warming planet. It’s not hard to understand why. Each year, we endure record-setting temperatures and more persistent...

The New Methane Regulations: Adequate or Short-sighted?

May 31, 2016Ellen WebbChemical Industry, Children's Health, Fracking, Uncategorized

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency broke precedent Thursday, May 12th when it announced the country’s first ever methane emission standards for the oil and gas industry. The agency proudly called it a further effort on the part of the Obama Administration...

Environmental Health and Reproductive Justice: Connecting the Dots

Jul 28, 2014Ansje MillerChemical Industry, Environmental Justice, Fracking

In our recent piece for the National Women’s Health Network (which I co-authored with Sarah Alcid of MomsRising), we summarized some of the connections between environmental health and reproductive justice efforts. In my work as a staff member at CEH and a Board...