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

Environmental Health News

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Pradnya Garud joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss the role of unions in climate and environmental justice. The Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast is a biweekly podcast featuring the stories and big ideas from past and present fellows, as well as others in the field.

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LISTEN: Reflections on the first five years of the Agents of Change program

Environmental Health News

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Its been five years since the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice program launched, and at a recent retreat gathering the leadership team reflected on what weve learned and what environmental issues were watching closely as we near 2025. Listen below to our discussion and subscribe to the podcast at iTunes or Spotify.

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Pollution is one of the top drivers of biodiversity loss. Why is no one talking about it at COP16?

Environmental Health News

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Marine plastic pollution – which has increased tenfold since 1980 – has already affected at least 267 species, “including 86% of marine turtles, 44% of seabirds and 43% of marine mammals,” the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) reported in 2020.

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How to cover environmental exposure studies

Association of Health Care Journalists

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

It’s a genre of medical study-based story all too familiar to health/science journalists: “a new study found X chemical in [common household product or food],” — the “scare” story that launches a thousand sensationalist headlines. Distinguish between public health and individual health. Others involve a bit of both.

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Op-ed: The common ground between labor and climate justice is the key to a livable future

Environmental Health News

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Meanwhile, environmental groups are accused of being divorced from working-class realities, sometimes neglecting lost employment and wages related to the energy transition. The heavy layer of pollution killed 20 people and caused long-term health effects for at least 5,900 people. To read a version of this story in Spanish click here.

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Op-ed: Why funding for the environmental justice movement must be anti-racist

Environmental Health News

JANUARY 21, 2025

Agents of Change in Environmental Justice Laura Diaz on how social and environmental stress impact childrens health And yet, most of our work at Partners for Equity and Research (the name of our environmental justice hub at Sonoma State University) has been done free of charge.

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Coal-based steelmaking in Pennsylvania causes up to 92 premature deaths and $1.4 billion in health costs every year: Report

Environmental Health News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The report , published by Industrious Labs, an environmental advocacy organization focused on decarbonizing heavy industry, looked at pollution and health data to estimate the total, facility-level, and state-level costs of the 17 coal-based steelmaking plants that are still in operation across the U.S.,

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

Environmental Health News

JANUARY 8, 2025

Climate change is only making matters worse as 70% of prisons are experiencing worse temperature extremes than before. Further, the lack of universal policies in state or federal prisons for responding to climate hazards, such as hurricanes and wildfires, makes it hard to protect those who live in them.

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

Environmental Health News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Mokshda Kaul joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss the clean energy transition and how policymakers and other leaders can avoid mistakes of the past. Nothing changed in my life, honestly speaking. Kaul, a Ph.D. Kaul, a Ph.D. You can see all of the past episodes here.

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Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules

Environmental Health News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

“I have a lot of concerns about how large that facility might be and what emissions could be like, and whether it’ll cause increased traffic on the river and the roads,” said Coptis, who works as a senior advisor at the climate advocacy nonprofit Taproot Earth.

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Charlotte strives to tackle extreme heat, energy costs and increase sustainability in underserved communities

NC Health News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

By Will Atwater (North Carolina Health News) and Melba Newsome (Climate Central) This story was produced through a collaboration between North Carolina Health News and Climate Central. Climate Central’s Jennifer Brady and Elizabeth Miller contributed data reporting.

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Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Environmental Health News

MARCH 14, 2025

HOUSTON Climate activists expressed concern that discussions behind closed doors at the nations largest energy conference, CERAWeek by S&P Global, will further contribute to environmental health risks. S&P Global has not responded to Environmental Health News request for comment.

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Environmental justice advocates criticize lack of inclusion in plastic treaty negotiations

Environmental Health News

DECEMBER 6, 2024

During previous plastic treaty talks, environmental justice and Indigenous delegations were permitted to listen and speak during negotiations between member states. That changed at this meeting, as the last several days of the talks consisted of private conversations. We had to fight for every second we had on the floor.

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Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Environmental Health News

MARCH 17, 2025

HOUSTON Climate activists expressed concern that discussions behind closed doors at the nations largest energy conference, CERAWeek by S&P Global, will further contribute to environmental health risks. S&P Global has not responded to Environmental Health News request for comment.

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The greater Pittsburgh region is among the 25 worst metro areas in the country for air quality: Report

Environmental Health News

APRIL 24, 2025

The nonprofit public health organizations annual State of the Air report uses a report card-style grading system to compare air quality in regions across the U.S. Staff cuts are already impacting peoples health across the country. This years report found that 46% of Americans 156.1 The bottom line is this, the report states.

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Disrupted systems: How EPA cuts are shaking up community health and climate research

NC Health News

APRIL 17, 2025

These actions reflected a growing federal recognition that clean air and water were vital to Americas health, economy and long-term prosperity. Nixon himself framed the moment as a turning point in national environmental responsibility. By the end of that month on Dec. 31 he signed the landmark Clean Air Act into law.

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What’s hampering federal environmental justice efforts in the hydrogen hub build-out?

Environmental Health News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

In 2023, the Biden administration passed historic federal policies directing 80 agencies to prioritize environmental justice in decision-making. EHN spoke with more than 30 community members and dozens of organizations in the regions where the hydrogen hubs are planned. s carbon management strategy,” Lam said.

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Trash Incinerators Disproportionately Harm Black and Hispanic People

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DECEMBER 23, 2024

Residents feared the site would not only sink their property values and threaten the environment, but also potentially harm people’s health. Even more, the locations appeared to have been selected in a way that worried civil rights and environmental advocacy groups.

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

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

“Employee suffers from heat exhaustion while doing landscaping,” said an investigation into the incident from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Laborers have suffered as summers have grown progressively hotter with climate change. ” If they didn’t feel safe, they could change jobs.

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The Silent Threat Beneath Our Feet: How Deregulation Fuels the Spread of Forever Chemicals

Environmental Health News

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The discovery sent shockwaves through the community, triggering lawsuits, emergency water-treatment plans, and a reckoning over how corporations and government regulators had failed to protect public health. Olson, senior strategic director for health at the Natural Resources Defense Council, told The Revelator.

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

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Coal-based steelmaking in Pennsylvania causes up to 92 premature deaths and $1.4 billion in health costs every year: Report

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

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

Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules

Charlotte strives to tackle extreme heat, energy costs and increase sustainability in underserved communities

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

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