Dr. Sacoby Wilson speaks at CUNY
In September 2020, CUER was honored to partner with CUNY BLSA and the Environmental Justice Collective to bring Dr. Sacoby Wilson to campus (via zoom).
Mayah’s Lot at the IGU Biennial Symposium
The 2021 Institute for Global Understanding Biennial Symposium focusing on Human Rights and the Environment featured Mayah’s Lot on the Environmental Justice panel. You can watch the panel from this link. https://www.monmouth.edu/igu/symposium/
Overconsumption and Climate Justice
CUER and the CUNY Law Green Coalition held a lively discussion at the CUNY School of Law on September 25, providing students a unique international perspective on our country’s consumption practices and global warming impacts. The…
Queens environmental group honors CUER’s Professor Bratspies
The Eastern Queens Alliance recently honored CUER Director Rebecca Bratspies at its annual Idlewild Wetland and Wildlife Benefit and Award Luncheon. This year’s theme, “Our Communities Matter,” resonated throughout the afternoon, as community activists discussed a…
Environmental Justice on the Cutting Edge – A Conversation with Dean Robert Bullard
Join CUER on March 20th for an evening conversation about environmental justice featuring Dr. Robert Bullard.
(VIDEO) Transforming Brooklyn’s Urban Backwater: Perspectives on the Gowanus Canal
On Wednesday, February 26, 2014, … hosted at the CUNY School of Law. View the videos below…
Professor Bratspies Lecturing on The Human Right to a Healthy Environment
The 2014 Santa Clara Journal of International Law Symposium: “Environment and Human Rights Law” Friday, January 24, and Saturday, January 25, 2014 Williman Room, Benson Center Santa Clara University Hosted by Santa Clara Law, the Santa…
Video: Tales From Our Trash
Watch the video of the conversation with Dr. Robin Nagle, author of Picking Up and anthropologist-in-residence with the New York City Department of Sanitation…
Tales from Our Trash: Sanitation Workers, Sustainable Cities, and the Value of Knowledge
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Robin Nagle, author of Picking Up and anthropologist-in-residence with the New York City Department of Sanitation; Commissioner John J. Doherty, NYC Dept. of Sanitation; Mierle Ukeles, artist-in-residence with the…
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Ozone regulations fall short of CUER, CUNY students recommendations
Posted on December 31, 2015 by Andy Jones
The Environmental Protection Agency finalized new ground-level ozone regulations October 1, bringing the standard closer to what is necessary to protect human health, but still to weak in the eyes of many environmental and public health…
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