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Dumping toxic oil and gas wastewater into unlined pits—How is this still a thing?
For some reason, California STILL allows oil and gas companies to dump their toxic wastewater in open and unlined pits.
The California Water Commission Needs to Acknowledge the Elephant in the Room
You know that feeling when there’s something that really needs discussing, but nobody wants to talk about it?
It is Time to Start Talking About our Hidden Infrastructure (and unhiding some if it, too)
There is more to infrastructure than just the stuff we can see, and those hidden systems are just as critical to our way of life as our transportation network. Unfortunately, they are largely ignored in public discussions about infrastructure. This is especially true for our combined stormwater and sewer systems.
Working the Legislature to Energize Rhode Island
Sometimes when you’re trying to get folks up at the statehouse to embrace big ideas for progressive change, you have to look for indirect signs of movement in your direction.
Stand up for us, not the chemical industry
Marley Kimmelman is an Environmental Health and Justice Intern with our Massachusetts office
It was an unseasonably warm November day when I sat down in my political ecology class at Northeastern University. My professor, Danny Faber, an environmental justice champion in the Boston area, was showing us a film called “Toxic Hot Seat.” The topic seemed mundane: flame-retardants. But after sitting through the compelling and borderline shocking documentary, I was outraged. I had just watched a step-by-step breakdown about how flame-retardants, chemicals that are supposed to protect us from