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CUER Director Rebecca Bratspies and Global Kids Director Evie Hantzopoulos

Act Now! Environmental Conference

The Alliance for Climate Education has posted a wonderful (and short) video shot at CUER’s June 6th Act Now! Conference. Read the article here. Photos and Video below…

CUER Hosts Multigenerational Environmental Conference

On June 6, 2013, CUNY School of Law’s Center for Urban Environmental Reform (CUER) is hosting “Act Now: Environmental Activism Conference,” a conference for both youth and adults to connect with climate and environmental activists, leading…

Mayah’s Lot Teaches Environmental Justice to Young Readers

Mayah’s Lot, the environmental justice comic book created by Professor Rebecca Bratspies and graphic artist Charlie LaGreca, is the focus of a Colorlines.com article. The article describes the comic as simple and accessible, but also keenly…

CUER Brings Environmental Justice to City Classrooms

The Center for Urban Environmental Reform (CUER) at the City University of New York School of Law is helping to bring environmental justice to classrooms with the release of its comic book Mayah’s Lot. Mayah, the…

A New Leader for Environmental Justice at the EPA

Following President Obama’s second inauguration, most news coverage has now shifted to the latest round of cabinet appointments. Whether it be Senator John Kerry’s likely succession of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, or the more…

Cleaning Out The House

Since it is my first post of the 2013, happy new year to any and all readers! There are many topics I wish to discuss, including highlighting certain portions of Governor Cuomo’s recent State of the…

EPA Issues New Recreational Water Quality Criteria Recommendations–Does It Go Far Enough?

Twenty-six years ago the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last issued ambient recreational water quality criteria (RWQC) recommendations to recreational waters. On Monday, EPA announced, pursuant to a 2000 Federal Court Order and in compliance with…

Now Is The Time

As cleanup and recovery from Hurricane Sandy continues in the Caribbean and the Northeastern United States, so begins the reflections. These reflections undoubtedly range from horrific to thankful, and to angered and confused. Others are beginning…

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…