Next time you hear a chemical industry rep (or one of their many fronts) whine about how eliminating toxic chemicals will be too expensive, will wreck our economy, will cause another outbreak of socialism, body odor, and/or Paris Hilton, just remember this number: $5.85 billion (for those of you who prefer to bask in the [...]
Though I really do crave it, that new flat-screen TV would be a guilty pleasure. I mean I’ve got a working set, and the new one would doubtlessly be made in Asia, brought here on a ship, loaded onto an 18-wheel diesel truck, carried to a major retailer’s regional distribution warehouse, unloaded, put on another [...]
(SF Bay Area folks: do yourself a favor and come to the opening of Literacy for Environmental Justice’s Living Classroom on People’s Earth Day, Sunday, April 18, 2010.) _______________________________________ Water. Energy. Waste treatment. I’m going to make a case for the sexiness of these overlooked fundamentals. It’s a tall order, I know.
Wouldn’t you know it? One day I agree to stop tarnishing this exalted space with four-letter words, and the next day the president goes and vows to open enormous stretches of protected coastline to oil drilling. Here’s the G-rated version of my reaction.
Urge your California Senator and Assemblymember to stop allowing secret, sometimes toxic ingredients in pesticides. We can’t let this opportunity slip by.
It’s springtime. The days are getting longer. Giants’ pitchers are gearing up to hang o-fers up and down the Dodgers’ overrated lineup. And better than all these indisputable truths is the fact that daylight saving time has begun. So, in search of tips to enhance our collective health and happiness, I’m wondering how you and [...]
By the time the attendant came by to see to my in-flight comfort, I’d already completed an urgent cost-benefit analysis. If I really wanted my friends at SouthJetUniBlueWest Airlines to supply me with the three Jack Danielses that reliably equip me to spend time in a multi-ton, airborne tube without screaming my head off, I [...]
Once-thriving ecosystems around the globe are now choking to death on our discarded plastic relics. It’s a problem that’s on the minds of Generation Green members, so we’ve begun to share a few tips to help you reduce the amount of plastic that the global polymer machine creates on your behalf. In case you need [...]
It’s no secret: for eight relentless years the Bush/Exxon/Mobil Administration opposed the Center for Environmental Health’s strong public health positions. Lead in children’s products? No problem, they said. Reckless support for all things petroleum? Sign us up, they said. Gutting clean air and water standards? Just do it, they said. Ignoring sound science? We can’t [...]
Right now, you can take action to make the air in our nation's port-side communities safe for children to breathe. Now is our chance to bring one of the most effective diesel reduction programs to ports across the country
Take Action today: Urge your Congress Member to Support the Clean and Safe Ports Act 0f 2010!
Right now, you can take action to help protect every American from toxic chemicals. This is simply the best opportunity we have ever had to pass tough federal reforms that will keep toxic chemicals out of our lives.
Take Action today: Urge your Congress Member to Co-Sponsor the Toxic Chemicals Safety Act 0f 2010!
It’s unbelievable: 
Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, is still profiting from products that expose you and your children to lead. It’s time for the store to hear from you. Take Action: Click here to Urge Wal-Mart CEO Mike Duke to agree to eliminate the lead threats from its purses and other accessories as other responsible companies have done.
Urge Governor Schwarzenegger to keep carcinogenic methyl iodide out of California's strawberry fields. These could be the most important clicks your mouse makes today!
Urge your Senators that GMOs must not be prioritized in our food aid policies. These could be the most important clicks your mouse makes today!
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