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31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Yukyan Lam
The Environmental Justice for All Act (EJ for All Act) is an essential federal legislative effort to begin remedying the long history of environmental racism and injustice in the United States, including the cumulativ [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Marisa Guerrero
The following is a guest blog by Sheryll Durrant, Resident Manager of Kelly Street Garden in the South Bronx. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Sara Imperiale
Today the New York City Council passed two bills that, when signed into law, will mark the beginning of the end for the notorious Rikers Island jail complex. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Sara Imperiale
For most of 2018, the City of Newark’s website promised its residents that “Newark’s Water is Absolutely Safe to Drink,” even while reporting skyrocketing levels of lead, a highly toxic heavy metal, in the City [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Sara Imperiale
On April 17, 2013 in the town of West, Texas, a fertilizer facility storing ammonium nitrate exploded with the force of 15,000 thousand pounds of TNT, killing [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Margaret Brown
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, our food system, typically invisible to and taken for granted by many consumers, took center stage. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Margaret Brown
Every family has the right to a healthy and varied diet, but in too many communities, fresh produce is not available or affordable. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Sara Imperiale
The Newark Education Workers Caucus (NEW Caucus), a group of public school educators, and NRDC are partnering with community organizations in Newark, New Jersey to distribute approximately 1,400 free water filters and replacement cartridges to those impacted by the City’s ongoing [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Sara Imperiale
The lead levels in Newark, New Jersey’s drinking water are among the highest recorded by a large water system in the United States in recent years. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Sara Imperiale
On May 29, 2019, a delegation from the Campaign for Healthier Solutions’ non-toxic dollar stores project attended the annual Dollar General shareholder meeting in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Sara Imperiale
NRDC, together with the Newark Education Workers (NEW) Caucus, a group of educators who teach in Newark’s public schools, today announced our intent to sue State and City officials for ongoing violations of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Sara Imperiale
Today I provided testimony to the New York City Planning Commission in support of an amendment to the City Map establishing the entirety of Rikers Island as a Public Place, a designation that would prohibit Rikers Island from being used for incarceration in the coming years. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Atid Kimelman
Thirty years after it was first required to do so, the U.S. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Sara Imperiale
As of January 2020, the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) served more than 37 million people. [read post]