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Troop’s Run
Troop’s Run is the third volume of the Environmental Justice Chronicles. Forestville is once again under threat—this time from a fossil fuel pipeline that might jeopardize all the environmental progress our heroes have achieved so far…..
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnj1yBrrijo&t=73s
Professor Bratspies Testifies Before NYC Racial Justice Commission
On August 3, Professor Bratspies testified before the NYC Racial Justice Commission about charter amendments that could dismantle structural environmental injustice. You can watch her testimony here (starts at 2:08:00)
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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).
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CUNY Queens Sustainability Consortium
Join CUER and all of CUNY’s Queens Campuses to explore how academic research and expertise can support environmental justice advocacy. March 5 10:00-4:30. Register at http://bit.ly/2N7U1LD
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Color the Census with CUER
Join Mayah and Bina as they learn about the Census in CUER’s new coloring book We All Count. This project is part of the Environmental Justice Chronicles, CUER’s ongoing collaboration with artist Charlie LaGreca. Also, be…
About Us
The Center for Urban Environmental Reform (CUER) is a Social Justice Initiative of the City University of New York School of Law. CUER was founded on the belief that environmental justice is a critical aspect of…
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Mayah's Lot
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/
Color the Census with CUER
Join Mayah and Bina as they learn about the Census in CUER’s new coloring book We All Count. This project is part of the Environmental Justice Chronicles, CUER’s ongoing collaboration with artist Charlie LaGreca. Also, be…
CUER Debuts New Mayah’s Lot Comic to Activate Census Advocacy
As part of its Maya’s Lot series, CUER’s latest work with artist Charlie Lagreca takes readers inside why the Census process is integral to our rights – and dispels misconceptions around whether participation in the Census puts data or undocumented people at risk (it doesn’t!).
CUER Goes Inside FOIA for Environmental Justice with Conference and Comic
In Fall 2018, the Center for Urban Environmental Reform co-hosted a day-long conference titled Separating Facts from Fake News: Environmental FOIA in the Trump Era. The conference featured panels of environmental journalists and environmental law and…
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…
CUER and CUNY Students object as Port Authority reneges on Clean Truck Plan
CUER filed official comments raising serious objections to the Port Authority’s plan to abandon its Clean Truck Plan, the ambitious plan that would have dramatically reduced air pollution across the region. CUER alleged: “the Port Authority’s…
Ozone regulations fall short of CUER, CUNY students recommendations
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…
CUER Fellows Comment on Rockaway’s Pipeline
On behalf of the CUNY Center for Urban Environmental Reform, CUER Fellows Andy Jones and Ethan Middlebrooks recently submitted comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the Rockaway Delivery Lateral…
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