October 8, 2020 9:42 AM EDT
Today is Children’s Environmental Health Day— a day organized by the Children’s Environmental Health Network and supported by a long list of organizations committed to advocating for policy change that prioritizes children. Earlier this year, our report Endangering Generations outlined some of the policy decisions made in recent years that have ignored the science and walked back progress in protecting children’s environmental health and wellbeing. Read more >
September 25, 2020 4:19 PM EDT
Climate change and environmental justice were nowhere to be seen when the lineup of topics for the upcoming presidential debate was released earlier this week. If you want to talk about the inequality in our economy, COVID-19, race, and climate response, you need to start with environmental injustice to Black and brown families. Read more >
September 21, 2020 1:03 PM EDT
The Massachusetts Senate and House have each passed important bills for advancing climate, clean energy, and environmental justice. Here’s how the final steps can land us in the right place for this year.
August 14, 2020 9:00 AM EDT
Today the nation enjoys far cleaner air than it did 50 years ago when the Clean Air Act was signed into law. But it isn’t clean everywhere. In fact, the quality of the air you breathe depends on where you live, and there are huge discrepancies in air quality across states, within cities, and between neighborhoods. Why is this? How can such differences exist when the law is the same across the country? The reasons are many, but one thing is clear: the laws are not enough, and the Trump administration’s new draft rule on ozone provides a telling example of how the Clean Air Act can fail to protect those who need it most. Read more >
August 6, 2020 11:21 AM EDT
Hurricane season is arriving in the middle of a global pandemic. What is the plan? Read more >
