Blogs Posts on "Environmental Justice"
Exposing Uranium Contamination on Native American Lands by http://madrad2002.wordpress.com/ on Jul 27, 2009Last April, I had a column out which mentioned how Native Americans have been exploited by the uranium mining that takes place on their lands. Below is the paragraph from my column “Native American reservations contain large quantities of nat...
Next? Or Not! by The Certain Sound on Jul 22, 2009I have been getting spiritually re-energized at the 15th annual Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Child Advocacy Ministry. The theme this week is not only appropriate and insightful, but also timely: Charting a Course for the Next Generation. Also...
Navajo Nation Passes Historic Green Jobs Bill by http://madrad2002.wordpress.com/ on Jul 21, 2009I had a column out in April about how Native Americans are exploited by the fossil fuel economy, and how they could be the biggest winners of a clean energy economy. So it’s great when I get a press release about how great progress has just b...
NAACP Supports Climate Legislation by http://madrad2002.wordpress.com/ on Jul 17, 2009There’s been a lot of noise made about the fact that Senator Barbara Boxer got into a feud with the head of the Black Chamber of Commerce Harry Alford in a hearing Thursday over the merits of climate legislation. When Boxer cited other Africa...
“This isn’t Normal” by http://madrad2002.wordpress.com/ on Jul 8, 2009A couple weeks ago, I read an incredible farewell article by Sue Sturgis on Grist, where she paid tribute to her friend John Soley, who recently tied. In doing so, she exposed in painstaking detail the toxic environment he lived in, and how it ulti...
Appalachian Apocalypse by http://madrad2002.wordpress.com/ on Jul 3, 2009I’ve written quite a bit about mountaintop removal. Today in the Washington Post Robert F. Kennedy has another fantastic column about the issue, and how the Obama administration needs to step up and stop the practice. I’m going to pas...
Subcommittee Hearing on Mountaintop Removal by http://madrad2002.wordpress.com/ on Jun 26, 2009I’ve written a couple of columns on the atrocities of mountaintop removal, which can be found here and here. Of recent, media and actions surrounding mountaintop removal have escalated from climbing a dragline to a massive protest just a co...
Massive Mountaintop Removal Protest by http://madrad2002.wordpress.com/ on Jun 23, 2009I’ve written multiple times on the atrocity that is mountaintop removal. Here is my most recent article. Today there were massive protests and arrests at Marsh Fork Elementary in Sundial, West Virginia, where children there face the threat...
Still Possible to Challenge Projects on Environmental Grounds in Trinidad by The Temas Blog on Jun 17, 2009Just read an interesting article in IPS News about the latest development in community efforts in Trinidad to stop plans for two aluminum smelters on the island. Trinidad’s High Court quashed the Environmental Management Authority’s (EM...
Column on Mountaintop Removal by http://madrad2002.wordpress.com/ on Jun 4, 2009I have a column out today in the paper about the Obama Administration’s shameful approval of 42 mountaintop removal permits. I want to be sure to post it for you. Mountaintop removal: No science, no ethics MATT DERNOGA The Environmental Prote...
