Getting past the lies about fossil fuels. It’s a complicated topic so let’s try to get some facts straight.
Showcase of overlooked environment-related news stories from the past week.
Time to clean out that junk inside your trunk. Check it out!!!
Don’t know what to do with all of those used fireworks this weekend? Can they be recycled? Find out how to make your 4th of July celebration just a little bit greener this year!
What does more than $1 Billion in campaign spending mean for the environment? We’d like to know what the Presidential candidates are doing to limit their campaign’s envirohuman impact!
Note: This post is originally from our partner website, Healthascope. It can also be read in its entirety here.
How do we protect ourselves from air? We’re breathing it in constantly! Beside that, what’s the problem? If I’m not on a street corner or next to a smoker, the only thing I smell is the [...]
If you have been following the controversy over why Mary Gade was forced to resign from her post as head of the U.S. EPA’s Region 5 Office in Chicago, you may have encountered the question, “So what? People get fired unfairly all the time. Why does this matter so much?”
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Readers are contacting EnviroHumanImpact, curious about what has happened in the firing/forced resignation of Mary Gade, who until recently was head of the U.S. EPA’s Region 5 office in Chicago. She contends that this is about a dispute regarding dioxin cleanup between the EPA, specifically her office, and Dow Chemical.
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We originally brought you the story yesterday of Mary Gade, an EPA Official who has been asked to resign and has done so, allegedly because of her efforts to have Dow Chemical clean up dioxin. The story we excerpted with commentary was from the Friday Chicago Tribune: EPA Official Ousted While Fighting Dow.
This story is [...]
Seemingly underreported, but what made front-page news on Friday’s (May 2, 2008) Chicago Tribune is a story about an EPA official who was told to resign or be fired. Read the entire story here.
The story begins:
SAGINAW, Mich. - The battle over dioxin contamination in this economically stressed region had been raging for years when [...]
