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A coal plant on Navajo land is finally demolished

By Mihir Vohra, Research Associate For over 40 years, the Navajo Generating Station (NGS), located o...
When the Ordinary Becomes Extraordinary

By: Zack Schiffer, Organizing Intern It has been one week since I began my community organizing inte...
An Overlooked Group in the Fight for Environmental Justice

By: Ruth Rodriguez, Communications Intern As an intern for CHEJ, I reflect on environmental justice ...
Golden Parachutes: Profit and Poison

By: Julia Weil, Organizing Intern Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we have increasingly seen many s...
Indigenous People and Environmental Genocide

By: Shaina Smith, Organizing Intern The relationship between Native Americans and the United States ...
The Wait for Cleanup Continues … Government Keeps Family Waiting

By: Sharon Franklin, Chief of Operations The danger arrived for Kim and Richard Rankin and their fam...
The Rachel Carson Amendment

Our colleague and friend Lou Zeller at the Blue Ridge Environmental League (BREDL) shared an article...
No We Still Aren’t Done. Honestly, I can’t wait for 2020 to be done.

This year has been one of the most challenging since I fought along side my neighbors in Love Canal....
Military Service Members and Their Families Exposed to Cancer-Causing Chemicals in Their Drinking Water

By: Kayleigh Coughlin, Communications Intern The Department of Defense (DOD) has found that more tha...
Reforming Our Response to Toxics

By: Benjamin Silver, Science and Technology Intern The government’s inefficient response to toxic ...
Fighting Polluters with the Science of Environmental Justice in the COVID-19 Era

By: Leija Helling, Communications Intern As evidence highlighting the racial inequity of COVID-19 im...
Particulate Matter in the Air is a Huge Risk Factor for COVID-19

By: Mihir Vohra, Research Associate Particulate matter (PM) is a form of air pollution composed of a...
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