Green Justice
Folder for Environmental Justice articles and materials.
A just West
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Cadmium's presence in inexpensive jewelry can be dangerous
Metal additive deserves some scrutiny
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Extreme weather makes us pay attention to climate
But some will have trouble adapting
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Killer compost
A new worry for manure-users: pesticide residues
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Industry boosts pro-fracking PR
Denial of risks is an environmental injustice
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Reflecting on nuclear crises doesn't leave clear answers
It sometimes seems we can't live without uranium
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Paving over an ancient burial ground
Native Americans at California's Glen Cove fight for preservation
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Why don't we teach environmental justice in the rural West?
EJ is a key part of resource extraction, yet often ignored
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Freedom Ride West: Toxic Reality
EJ advocate Hilton Kelley delivered a message of urban renewal at Telluride Mountain Film
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A slice of life for the average EJ organizer
How an activist spends his time
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The mixed blessings of extra water
More H2O may also mean more people in Payson, Ariz.
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Editor's Note
Old West versus New West in Taos, N.M.
When wandering newcomers and deep-rooted old-timers collide in the West, it gets difficult, especially in a place as culturally complex as northern New Mexico.
by Ray Ring , Aug 19, 2012 -
Writers on the Range
The foul air outside my window
A small -- and impoverished -- tribe in Nevada suffers from the health impacts of a nearby pollution-spewing coal-fired power plant.
by William Anderson , Oct 19, 2011 -
Multimedia
A mobile health solution
A day with the asthma-fighting crusaders of West Oakland, Calif.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Oct 08, 2010 -
Feature
'The environment ... is where we live'
A group of determined activists in Mountain View, N.M., fights for environmental justice in a poor and polluted neighborhood.
by Arla Shephard and Ray Ring, Feb 01, 2010 -
Sidebar
The Group of 10 respond
Two decades after the SWOP letter, the big environmental groups report their progress on the issue of environmental justice.
by Marty Durlin, Feb 01, 2010 -
Writers on the Range
Is Obama's goal of diversity trumping other goals?
Three recent Obama nominations have drawn flak from environmentalists.
by Ray Ring, Sep 03, 2009 -
News
On the waterfront
Bay Area environmental leader Whitney Dotson works to restore his community's waterways -- and health.
by Jeremy Miller, Jun 07, 2009 -
Writers on the Range
Army targets southeastern Colorado rangelands
When the Army tries to expand a training site, patriotic ranchers feel as if they are under siege.
by Chris Frasier, May 30, 2009 -
Feature
On Cancer’s Trail
The women in Stefanie Raymond-Whish’s family have a history of breast cancer, and the young Navajo biologist wants to know whether the uranium on the reservation might have something to do with it.
by Florence Williams, May 26, 2008 -
Uncommon Westerners
Tireless and tenacious storytelling
Lori Edmo-Suppah works tirelessly to keep the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes informed through the newspaper she edits, the Sho-Ban News
by Ray Ring, Dec 24, 2007
