People & Population

EPA Gives Public an Environmental Justice Mapping Tool: EJView [1]

This new tool allows any user online to create custom study areas based on a wide range of variables: address, ZIP code, county, city, township, facility, watershed, or geographic coordinates. Other environmental data can then be mapped onto that study area.

SEJ Publication Types:

WatchDog TipSheet [2]

Topics on the Beat:

Technology [3]

Pollution [4]

People & Population [5]

Health [6]

Government [7]

Environmental Health [8]

Chemicals [9]

Visibility:

Public [10]

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Peak Water: A New Way To Look at Long-Term Water Issues [11]

Viewing local, regional, national, and global water issues through the lens of "peak water," a concept explained in a Pacific Institute paper, can yield some interesting angles on water-related stories and long-term water issues.

SEJ Publication Types:

TipSheet [12]

Topics on the Beat:

Water & Oceans [13]

People & Population [5]

Visibility:

Public [10]

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"Malaria Threatens 2 Million in Pakistan as Floodwaters Turn Stagnant" [14]

"More than 2 million cases of malaria are expected in Pakistan in the coming months in the wake of the country's devastating floods, aid workers have warned."

Climate Change [15]

Environmental Health [8]

Government [7]

Health [6]

People & Population [5]

Public [10]

International [16]

Source: Guardian [17], 10/04/2010

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"The Disappearing World of the Last of the Arctic Hunters" [18]

The Inughuit people, who hunt marine mammals with kayaks and harpoons from the world's northernmost permanently inhabited settlements, are seeing their way of life vanish as the ice melts beneath them.

Climate Change [15]

People & Population [5]

Public [10]

International [16]

Antarctica & Arctic [19]

Source: UK Observer [20], 10/04/2010

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AK Native Corporations: A Promise Unfulfilled [21]

"For many with a stake in Alaska native corporations, promise of a better life remains unfulfilled."

Economy & Business [22]

People & Population [5]

Public [10]

Alaska and Hawaii [23]

Source: Wash Post [24], 09/30/2010

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Calif. Climate Ballot Fight: National Ripple Effects Either Way [25]

If Proposition 23 passes, it could disrupt plans for many green companies and their suppliers in CA and around the US — not to mention weakening political will in other states, or at the federal level, for tougher green energy policy.

SEJ Publication Types:

TipSheet [12]

Topics on the Beat:

People & Population [5]

Laws & Regulations [26]

Energy & Fuel [27]

Economy & Business [22]

Climate Change [15]

Region:

California [28]

Visibility:

Public [10]

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Improved Tsunami Warning System Still Needs Work [29]

A National Research Council report says one of the most significant problems is a continuing lack of communication between federal tsunami warning system officials; local officials and emergency managers; the media; and the public.

SEJ Publication Types:

TipSheet [12]

Topics on the Beat:

Water & Oceans [13]

Planning & Growth [30]

People & Population [5]

Disasters [31]

Visibility:

Public [10]

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Cities Attack Climate Change, One Kilowatt at a Time [32]

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (Canada, US, and Mexico) issued a report on Sept. 17, 2010, illustrating the steps 13 North American cities are taking, from small, planned efforts to reduce building energy use, to comprehensive, multi-sector adopted plans for reducing energy use.

SEJ Publication Types:

TipSheet [12]

Topics on the Beat:

Planning & Growth [30]

People & Population [5]

Energy & Fuel [27]

Economy & Business [22]

Climate Change [15]

Region:

Mexico [33]

Canada [34]

International [16]

National (U.S.) [35]

Visibility:

Public [10]

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"Water Use in Southwest Heads for a Day of Reckoning" [36]

"A once-unthinkable day is looming on the Colorado River. Barring a sudden end to the Southwest’s 11-year drought, the distribution of the river’s dwindling bounty is likely to be reordered as early as next year because the flow of water cannot keep pace with the region’s demands."

Agriculture [37]

Climate Change [15]

People & Population [5]

Planning & Growth [30]

Water & Oceans [13]

Public [10]

National (U.S.) [35]

Source: NYTimes [38], 09/28/2010

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"Toxic Overflow" (Part 1) [39]

"The contamination of many First Nations by unregulated landfills and dumps is a dirty story that has yet to be fully told. Aside from the mess you can see – and smell – the risk of groundwater pollution is probably the most severe environmental impact from these waste sites. Add an improperly engineered garbage dump and the results are more than toxic."

Chemicals [9]

Environmental Health [8]

People & Population [5]

Waste [40]

Public [10]

Canada [34]

Source: APTN [41], 09/22/2010

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