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LISTEN: Pradnya Garud on the role of unions in climate justice

Environmental Health News

Pradnya Garud joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss the role of unions in climate and environmental justice. So mostly, reading anti-caste literature and engaging with activists and community organizers helped me make sense of the world around me. Pradnya Garud Yeah, for sure. Pradnya Garud Yeah.

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‘Hard times on top of hard times’: lessons learned from families and child care providers following Helene

NC Health News

Division of Public Healths environmental health specialists wouldnt approve use of this water for the Verner Centers two facilities. I went to the Director of the [North Carolina Department] Division of Health and Human Services for the state. Department of Health and Human Services and N.C. But the N.C.

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Op-ed: Toxic prisons teach us that environmental justice needs abolition

Environmental Health News

I also spoke with dozens of formerly incarcerated people who explained that the physical and mental suffering they endured in prisons from both environmental and social factors left them in much worse shape than before their sentences. Prisons are particularly vulnerable to heat exposure due to their aging infrastructure.

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LISTEN: Mokshda Kaul on making the clean energy transition work for all

Environmental Health News

So first, what drew you to this line of research, and how are you using this economics background that you mentioned to understand the clean energy adoption and policy? And you're looking at the role of coalitions in clean energy policy making. And then what are the outcomes from it? So I want to unpack this a little bit.

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NCUIH Advocates for Engagement with Native Communities in Shaping New Healthy People 2030 Objectives

National Council on Urban Indian Health

On October 31, 2024, the National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH) submitted written comments in response to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) Announcement of Solicitation of Written Comments on Proposed Healthy People 2030 Objectives.

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How a Proposed Federal Heat Rule Might Have Saved These Workers’ Lives

KFF Health News

” Two days later, her brother, Jose Leandro-Barrera, died at age 45 with acute kidney failure caused by heatstroke, according to a report from the Hillsborough County medical examiner. But health policy and occupational health researchers say that worker deaths are not inevitable. Ramones said. Learn more about KFF.