As reported in the NY Times, a NASA funded study that tracked pollutants from space has shown that the newly built massive warehouses cause pollution, and the corresponding truck traffic that goes with them does indeed increase air pollution to the surrounding neighborhoods. Worse, the NOx that is emitted is known to increase asthma and […]
The passage of the Environmental Justice Law was long overdue. Of course, its intention is sound…no one community should incur the greatest amount of industry when that industry benefits us all. However, while a good intention, it in fact results in companies looking in other locations to site facilities, the result is that there will […]
Chemical recycling of plastics has been discussed for some time. On one side of the argument is the premise that this form of recycling will allow us to reclaim all types of plastics and eliminate consumer confusion when it comes to recycling. This would allow all plastic to be placed in the recycling bins and […]
Here is another post for anyone who is an Environmental Justice advocate. As noted, here are eight case studies on how communities have taken steps to improve both their positive steps on climate action and help improve the lives of people living in communities that are impacted by Environmental Justice issues. Specifically, more positive action. […]
I have now written on several occasions on Environmental Justice. One of the items that I raised in my prior posts dealt with the fact that it appears that some activists are anti almost anything related to industry…but they offer few solutions other then to have industry leave… I am searching for some actions that […]