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...
Jan 22, 2020Zack KaldveerAir, Chemical Industry, Laws & Regulations
The polluted areas are home to more than 80 million people — approximately one-quarter of the nation’s population. Affected regions are located in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin.
Nov 21, 2019Zack KaldveerAir, Children's Health, Environmental Justice, Laws & Regulations
Areas affected by the Trump EPA’s enforcement failures in California include Kern County, which is home to some of the worst air quality in the nation, as well as Mendocino County and the northern Sierras. The legal action comes in the wake of what Californian officials say are grossly inaccurate assertions…
Oct 31, 2019Ruben DiazUncategorized
By Michael Green, Center for Environmental Health (This article was produced by Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media Institute.) A handful of multibillion-dollar chemical companies have waged war on our bodies and our environment for...
Oct 23, 2019Zack KaldveerAir, Chemical Industry, Energy, Environmental Justice, Fracking, Laws & Regulations
For Immediate Release, October 23, 2019 Contact: Robert Ukeiley, Center for Biological Diversity, (720) 496-8568,
[email protected] Caroline Cox, Center for Environmental Health, (510) 655-3900 x 308,
[email protected] Polluted Areas in States Like...
Aug 13, 2019Zack KaldveerUncategorized
For Immediate Release, August 13, 2019 Contact: Robert Ukeiley, Center for Biological Diversity, (720) 496-8568,
[email protected] Caroline Cox, Center for Environmental Health, (541) 654-2626,
[email protected] VENTURA, Calif.— The Center for Biological...
Jul 19, 2019Ruben DiazUncategorized
By Olivia Rosane President Donald Trump‘s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will not ban the agricultural use of chlorpyrifos, a toxic pesticide that the EPA’s own scientists have linked to brain damage in children, The New York Times reported Thursday....
Jun 4, 2019Zack KaldveerChildren's Health, Laws & Regulations, Legal Action
For Immediate Release, June 4, 2019 Contact: Robert Ukeiley, Center for Biological Diversity, (720) 496-8568,
[email protected] Caroline Cox, Center for Environmental Health, (510) 655-3900,
[email protected] VENTURA, Calif.— The Center for Biological...
May 22, 2019Zack KaldveerChemical Industry, Children's Health, Environmental Justice, Laws & Regulations, Legal Action
For Immediate Release, May 22, 2019 Contact: Robert Ukeiley, Center for Biological Diversity, (720) 496-8568,
[email protected] Caroline Cox, Center for Environmental Health, (510) 655-3900,
[email protected] OAKLAND, Calif.— The Center for Biological...
Mar 26, 2019Zack KaldveerAir, Laws & Regulations, Legal Action
For Immediate Release, March 26, 2018 Contact: Robert Ukeiley, Center for Biological Diversity, (720) 496-8568,
[email protected], Caroline Cox, Center for Environmental Health, (510) 655-3900,
[email protected] PHOENIX— Environmental groups sued the...