Tag Archives: environmental justice

10/27/2011 Forgotten People/WWU EJ Participatory Mapping app wins RunnerUp in EPA Apps for Environment Challenge

Posted on October 28, 2011 by forgottenpeople

Forgotten People and Huxley College of the Environment, Western Washington University (WWU) EJ Participatory Mapping app wins Runner-Up in EPA Apps for Environment Challenge. The video demonstrates how to use the interactive map showing the proximity of abandoned uranium mines to water sources on the Navajo Nation and a proposed uranium haul route through the Navajo Nation. Here is a live link to the map http://www.wwu.edu/huxley/spatial/fppm/ . If you click on the icon on the header, you can search the various layers. The EJ Participatory Mapping app will be recognized at the Apps for the Environment Forum www.epa.gov/appsfortheenvironment/forum.html on November 8, 2011 in Arlington, VA... Read More

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10/12/2011 Department of Commerce Releases Draft Environmental Justice Strategy for Public Comment

Posted on October 12, 2011 by forgottenpeople

Department of Commerce Releases Draft Environmental Justice Strategy for Public Comment: The Department of Commerce announces the release of its draft Environmental Justice Strategy.  On August 4, 2011, the Department of Commerce and other Federal agencies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop or revise existing environmental justice (EJ) strategies to protect minority and low-income populations from experiencing disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects caused by an agency’s programs, policies, and activities.... Read More

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US EPA NEJAC Public Meeting 10/25-10/26/2011 Albuq, NM

Posted on October 6, 2011 by forgottenpeople

National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) Public Meeting 10/25-10/26/2011, Albuquerque, NM: Registration is Now Open: The next face-to-face meeting of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) will be held at the Albuquerque Marriott Hotel, 2101 Louisiana Boulevard, NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87109, on October 25 and 26, 2011. The meeting will include a public comment period.... Read More

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Reminder: National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) Public Meeting 10/25-10/26

Posted on September 26, 2011 by forgottenpeople

Reminder: National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) Public Meeting October 25-26, 2011: Albuquerque, New Mexico:Registration is Now Open: (*Advance Registration closes October 7*): The next face-to-face meeting of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) will be held at the Albuquerque Marriott Hotel, 2101 Louisiana Boulevard, NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87109, on October 25 and 26, 2011. The meeting will include a public comment period. ... Read More

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Vote for Western Washington University-Forgotten People Environmental Justice Participatory Mapping

Posted on September 23, 2011 by forgottenpeople

Environmental Justice Participatory Mapping Vote for Western Washington University Forgotten People mapping Project About the submission: The online map developed in this project uses data from the EPA 2007 Abandon Uranium Mines and the Navajo Nation: Atlas with Geospatial Data to give citizens access to basic information on unregulated water sources and abandoned uranium mine features. The map also provides citizens with the basic tools to visulize the spatial elements of potential environmental hazards.... Read More

Posted in cancer, Climate Change, coal mining, Colorado River, drought, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, Grand Canyon, injury to water quality, Navajo Environmental Protection Agency, Navajo Generating Station, Nuclear power, Peabody Coal Company, radioactive waste, uranium mining, US Environmental Protection Agency Superfund, Water, Water and Sanitation, water rights | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 20 Comments

9/22/2011 US EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, Testimony Before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Posted on September 23, 2011 by forgottenpeople

9/22/2011 US EPA: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: EPA Press Office, press@epa.gov, 202-564-6794: Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, Testimony Before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations: As prepared for delivery: Chairman Stearns, Ranking Member DeGette and Members of the Subcommittee, I appreciate the opportunity to be here today to testify on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulatory process. It is a priority of the EPA and of this Administration, to ensure that our regulatory system is guided by science and that it protects human health and the environment in a pragmatic and cost effective manner. ... Read More

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9/16/2011 EPA Advancing Clean Up at 15 Hazardous Waste Sites, Proposing 11 Sites for Action

Posted on September 16, 2011 by forgottenpeople

9/16/2011 Environmental Justice Mailing List: EPA Advancing Clean Up at 15 Hazardous Waste Sites, Proposing 11 Sites for Action: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is adding 15 hazardous waste sites that pose risks to people’s health and the environment to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites. EPA is also proposing 11 sites to be added to the list. Superfund is the federal program that investigates and cleans up the most complex, uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country with the goal of protecting people’s health and the environment through long-term and short-term cleanup activities.... Read More

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Join US EPA EJ Listserve: EPA Releases Strategy to Protect People’s Health & the Environment in Communities Overburdened by Pollution

Posted on September 14, 2011 by forgottenpeople

9/14/2011 Environmental Justice Mailing List – EPA Releases Strategy to Protect People’s Health and the Environment in Communities Overburdened by Pollution: WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of Plan EJ 2014, a three-year, comprehensive plan to advance environmental justice efforts in nine areas, including rulemaking, permitting, enforcement, and science. Plan EJ 2014 aims to protect people’s health in communities overburdened by pollution, to empower communities to take action to improve their health and environment, and to establish partnerships with local, state, tribal and federal governments and organizations to promote sustainable communities where a clean environment and healthy economy can thrive.... Read More

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9/10/2011 Gallup Independent: Residents suffer while tribes debate water issues

Posted on September 11, 2011 by forgottenpeople

Rose Chewing Lane from Boadaway/Gap drank water from eight of these 55-gallon barrels for several years9/10/2011 Gallup Independent: Residents suffer while tribes debate water issues By Kathy Helms, Dine Bureau: WINDOW ROCK – Members of the Navajo-Hopi Land Commission and the Hopi Tribe will meet next week to discuss water issues brought up by Navajos residing on Hopi Partitioned Land who refused to leave their homes after Congress partitioned the disputed lands in 1974 and forced the relocation of Navajo and Hopi families. In April, after two years of efforts by the grassroots group Forgotten People, U.S. and Navajo agencies, the first load of safe drinking water was delivered to residents in the Black Falls/Box Springs/Grand Falls area near Leupp who were drinking uranium- and arsenic-contaminated water. The group hopes to replicate that success for residents of HPL and the former Bennett Freeze.... Read More

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EPA Announces Settlement with the Department of the Interior to Resolve Violations at DOI Schools in Indian Country/ Comprehensive settlement to improve environmental conditions at 164 DOI schools in Indian Country

Posted on August 25, 2011 by forgottenpeople

8/25/2011 US EPA Environmental Justice Mailing List: EPA Announces Settlement with the Department of the Interior to Resolve Violations at DOI Schools in Indian Country/ Comprehensive settlement to improve environmental conditions at 164 DOI schools in Indian Country, benefitting more than 40,000 students... Read More

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