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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...
Incarcerated Workers Among Hardest Hit By Wildfires
By: Shaina Smith, Community Organizing Intern Massive wildfires fuelled by climate change have damag...
Please Stop Screaming – Let’s Listen To One Another
Recently, I’ve been discussing presidential politics, as all of us have. Even if you try to avoid ...
The Life of an Intern at CHEJ
By Sophie Weinberg, CHEJ Science Intern, Summer 2020. This summer was unusual to say the least. Desp...
Systemic Racism In Urban Environments & Our Future
By: Sharon Franklin Children play near an oil refinery in Los Angeles, California. Photo Credit: Et...
Residential Segregation and Disproportionate Exposure to Airborne Carcinogens
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis published a paper late last year that found carcin...
Remembering the Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
By Sophie Weinberg, Intern Last week marked the 75th anniversary of the two bombings that changed th...
Unequal Infant Mortality Rate Caused by Environmental Injustice
By Monica Lee, Communications & Development Intern Children are oftentimes more vulnerable to th...
Studies Suggest Air Pollution Increases Threat of Coronavirus Airborne Transmission
By: Shaina Smith, Community Organizing Intern The reality of environmental inequality is that indust...
Biden Releases Environmental Plan in Bid for Progressive Vote
By Paolo Padova, Science Intern Last week the presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden, released hi...
A Call to Action: On the State of Our Nation & Covid-19
By Jenna Clark, Communications Intern This week, Congress is in recess. Most Representatives and Sen...
Behind the Dakota Access, Keystone XL, Atlantic Coast Pipeline Wins
By Hamsavardhini “Anu” Thirunarayanan, Intern This past Sunday, July 5, Dominion Energy and Duke...
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