It is critical that residents of Tampa Bay learn more about their risks and participate in and support resilience efforts. [from The National Wildlife Federation Blog]
Examining Section 401 of the Clean Water Act – Clean Water Action
Clean Water Action is celebrating our 50th birthday this year and the anniversary of the Clean Water Act which our founder, the late David Zwick, helped to craft and pass in 1972. For 50 years, the Clean Water A [from Clean Water Action]
This federal program helped clean up the Great Lakes. Could it work for the Mississippi River? – WWNO
Flooding is happening with more frequency and lasting longer, changing floodplain habitats. Invasive species are working their way further up the river and into its tributaries. And despite efforts to curb pollution running off land and into the river, the dead zone where the Mississippi empties into the Gulf of Mexico still persists. Advocates for […]
Clean Water Action supports the Environmental Justice for All Act | Letter to Natural Resources Committee Leadership – Clean Water Action
The Environmental Justice for All Act (H.R. 2021), introduced by Rep Raul Grijalva and Rep Donald McEachin, is a long overdue package of reforms that will help address the history of environmental injustice that has led to undue burdens of pollution on people of color and low-income communities. [from Clean Water Action]
Keeping an Eye on Justice40 – Clean Water Action
Justice40 is not perfect. Its primary challenges remain consistent with that of environmental justice issues more broadly: they are multifaceted, interconnected, and complicated. However, it is an opportunity to take these challenges on, knowing that the financial and federal support is there to begin remediating America's history of exploitation of places and people. [from Clean […]
The feds just threw a wrench into Enbridge’s plan to keep Line 5 running – Grist
The pipeline will have to prepare an environmental impact statement for the first time. [from Grist]
Four Ways Climate Change is Impacting Key Species in Texas—and Four Ways to Combat It – The National Wildlife Federation Blog – The National Wildlife Federation Blog
New analysis indicates climate change could bring significant disruption to the whooping crane and other key species on the coast. [from The National Wildlife Federation Blog]
Who’s paying the human costs of plastic pollution? – Prism
Latinx and low-income communities are suffering from the effects of plastics manufacturing. [from Prism]
Building Better Cities, But for Whom? – SPARK
Searching for the Realization of Our Fullest Potential: I envision a world where environmental sustainability, environmental justice, and social justice go hand in hand. In this world, green infras… [from SPARK]
Seeing White and Working towards Change
In June and July, the Port’s Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (OEDI) hosted a podcast club for employees to listen to and discuss Seeing White by Scene on Radio host and producer John Biewen.