Environmental Information: Research, Access and Environmental Decisionmaking
Professor Sara Lamdan recently published Environmental Information: Research, Access and Environmental Decisionmaking, an in-depth guide on how to find environmental information to use in environmental work and decision making. The book goes beyond research, to guide…
The True Killer: Heat
Despite the dangers of extreme weather events, the force killing the most Americans in 2017 is heat. Heat is already a global issue, with the effects of heat causing drought, extreme migration, and death in places like…
Community Gardens Rejuvenate Milwaukee
Milwaukee boasts more per capita community gardens, farms, and farmers’ markets than any other city in the nation. In addition, the city of about 600,000 boasts numerous “farm-to-table” restaurants. For a city where about 30% of…
The Plastics are Everywhere
Plastics are everywhere. They are in our clothes, our furniture, our cars, our cutlery and dinnerware, and our bodies. A recent study by Orb Media found that plastics exist in the tap water of our largest…
Water is Life
California passed a unique statute in 2012 declaring access to safe and affordable drinking water and sanitation to be a human right. This measure was necessary given that a potential 39 million people in the state…
Racial Disparities Still Exist in Air Pollution
A new federally funded study found that people of color are still more likely to suffer from air pollution than the white population in the United States. While the results of this study aren’t shocking, the results…
Environmental Justice, Hookworm, and the American South
Hookworm, an intestinal parasite often found in areas of extreme poverty, is making a comeback in an unexpected place: the American South. More than one in three people tested in southern Alabama tested positive for the…
A Solution to Houston’s Transit Problem
Nearly 91% of Houston, Texas’s residents travel alone by car to get to work. After Hurricane Harvey devastated southern Texas and Louisiana, experts estimate that up to one million cars and trucks were destroyed by the storm….
The Problem of Lead in a Trump Administration
In Buffalo, NY, Lacie Manzella’s three children had dangerously high levels of lead in their blood, resulting in nosebleeds and development disorders for her youngest son. County inspectors found at least 15 lead-based violations in her…
Resiliency Nationwide
This blog has previously discussed the importance of building climate resilient cities, and how the need for resilient habitats will become increasingly important with changing weather systems and climate. With President Trump’s proposed budget cuts to…
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