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Environmental Justice

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Op-Eds

Environmental Groups: Earn Your Place at Pride

You aren’t truly a “green” organization if you don’t support every color in the rainbow flag.
May 16, 2022
by
Kelly Fuller
You aren’t truly a “green” organization if you don’t support every color in the rainbow flag.
Reviews

Ten New Environmental Books Offering Inspiration, Insight and Ideas

April’s best new eco-books look toward solutions to the extinction crisis, climate change, water shortages, environmental justice and more.
April 20, 2022
by
John R. Platt
April’s best new eco-books look toward solutions to the extinction crisis, climate change, water shortages, environmental justice and more.
Gas flare and fields of hay
Pollution & Toxins

Gas Flaring Can Harm People 60 Miles Away, Study Finds

Researchers found that people don't have to be right next to oil and gas fields to experience respiratory distress from flaring.
March 18, 2022
by
Hannah Grover
Researchers found that people don't have to be right next to oil and gas fields to experience respiratory distress from flaring.
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Reviews

Now Read This: Stop Doomscrolling and Save the Planet

Seven new environmental books offer practical advice, lessons from successful conservation projects and inspiration in troubled times.
March 16, 2022
by
John R. Platt
Seven new environmental books offer practical advice, lessons from successful conservation projects and inspiration in troubled times.
plastic pollution
Op-Eds

It’s Time for a Global Treaty on Plastics

The United Nations has an opportunity to address plastic pollution on an international level. Will it finally act?
February 25, 2022
by
Erica Cirino
The United Nations has an opportunity to address plastic pollution on an international level. Will it finally act?
black smoke at refinery
Op-Eds

It’s Time to Stop Rolling the Dice on Chemical Disasters

The Environmental Protection Agency can help protect millions of people who live near industrial facilities — but only if it works now to strengthen an important federal chemical policy.
January 18, 2022
by
Pam Nixon
The Environmental Protection Agency can help protect millions of people who live near industrial facilities — but only if it works now to strengthen an important federal chemical policy.
Illinois State Flag
Op-Eds

A Bigger Tent Delivers Stronger Wins for Climate: The Lesson From Illinois

The state’s recently passed Climate and Equitable Jobs Act offers a model for other states to build coalitions to help communities and the planet.
January 14, 2022
by
Sarah Spengeman
The state’s recently passed Climate and Equitable Jobs Act offers a model for other states to build coalitions to help communities and the planet.
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Editorials

The Revelator’s Top 12 Environmental Commentaries of 2021

Our experts weighed in on hot topics ranging from plastic pollution to the extinction crisis.
December 27, 2021
by
Tara Lohan and John R. Platt
Our experts weighed in on hot topics ranging from plastic pollution to the extinction crisis.
Incinerator next to houses
The Ask

Injustice Forever? Toxic PFAS Chemicals Have ‘Made a Mockery of Our Environmental Regulations’

With a lack of regulations addressing toxic “forever chemicals,” students and professors at a Vermont college have taken their research skills into communities to spur action.
December 17, 2021
by
Tara Lohan
With a lack of regulations addressing toxic “forever chemicals,” students and professors at a Vermont college have taken their research skills into communities to spur action.
Facilities and emissions at night
The Ask

The Fight Against Plastic: ‘If You’re Not at the Table, You’re on the Menu’

A new podcast puts BIPOC storytelling front and center in working for solutions to the plastic crisis.
December 3, 2021
by
Tara Lohan
A new podcast puts BIPOC storytelling front and center in working for solutions to the plastic crisis.

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