BP Guilty Plea: Vindication or Drop in the Ocean?
Four billion dollars. That is the total of the criminal fines the Department of Justice has assessed against BP for its criminal actions associated with the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill, the worst environmental disaster in US…
What’s In The Water?
I’ve previously written about sewers and the potential environmental justice implications that extreme weather might pose in New York City. Again, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, I feel like I am seeing weather that I…
The Inequality of Disaster Relief
At 10 a.m. on Friday, a few friends and I headed to Occupy Sandy Clinton Hill’s hub to volunteer with relief efforts from Hurricane Sandy. The Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew bustled with volunteers…
Urban Sustainability: EJ, Stewardship and Greening in the Red Zone
Last Wednesday CUER jointly hosted a Research Seminar on Urban Sustainability with the U.S. Forest Service and the NYC Urban Field Station at CUNY School of Law. Keith Tidball, Ph.D., of Cornell University’s Civic Ecology Lab,…
Protecting the Xwe’chi’eXen
Lhaq’temish, the Lummi People, are the original inhabitants of Washington state’s northernmost coast. They have the U.S.’s largest Native fishing fleet, and have fished off Xwe’chi’eXen (Cherry Point, Washington) for thousands of years. The natives recently…
An Urban Farm and Site Use
Last week I had a tour with the environmental and food club at my law school at the Brooklyn Grange rooftop farm. Despite its name, Brooklyn Grange opened in Long Island City, Queens, on Northern Boulevard…
New York Times mentions Mayah’s Lot
This article on the New York Times Motherlode Blog mentions Mayah’s Lot as an option for teaching social studies through graphic novels. Between this article and the success of today’s Greening the Red Zone event, CUER…
How Far Should Your Garbage Travel?
Many of us bag it, put it outside at night, and the next morning its simply GONE. Most people won’t spend more than a moment wondering where that garbage ends up after it leaves their block….
Embracing Environmental Justice to Green Our Cities
Crossposted from The Nature of Cities blog The future of the environmental movement lies in the world’s cities. In 2008, for the first time in human history, more of us lived in urban environments than in…
Deep Water, Deep Problems
Forty years ago this month (i.e., October 1972), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948 was majorly amended and took on the name the Clean Water Act (CWA). The Water Quality Act of 1987 amendments…
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