Critics of environmental protection laws may have forgotten how much progress has been made.
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An environmental engineer explains how his research team is developing a system containing bacteria, biochar and gel to break down pollutants in waterways.
The White House proposal represents a dramatic retreat from the national goals of clean air and clean water enacted in federal laws over the past 55 years.
Limiting exposure to air pollution will have lasting impacts on Colorado communities with the highest exposure.
These chemicals are now found on almost every part of the planet, including in the bodies of a large percentage of the American public. An environmental health scientist explains the risks.
A fire and decades of silver and lead mining created the largest contiguous Superfund site in the nation in what today is one of the fastest-growing states. It includes popular Lake Coeur d’Alene.
These chemicals are now present in water, soil and living organisms and can be found across almost every part of the planet – including 98% of the American public.
Gentrification is not the only path for improving urban neighborhoods. A cleanup in Brooklyn and Queens offers another, more inclusive model that scholars have dubbed ‘just green enough.’
President Trump’s budget would cut funding for Superfund, which cleans up the nation’s most toxic sites, by nearly one-third. An economist explains how Superfund cleanups benefit local communities.
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Assistant Professor of Environmental Health, Middlebury College
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Associate Professor of Geography, University at Buffalo
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Professor of Economics, College of the Holy Cross
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Associate Professor of Nursing & Public Health, Gonzaga University
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Professor of Environmental Law, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California, Santa Barbara; University of California, Los Angeles
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Assistant Professor of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado Boulder
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Visiting Professor of Law and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
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Executive Director, Sabin Center for Environment and Sustainability, Wake Forest University
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