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What's New COMMENTARY: Fracking gets its own "Occupy" movement CBS News (1/23) While most anti-fracking activists have been responding to harms already done, New York State’s resistance has been waging a battle to keep harm at bay. Tribes warn Wisconsin Assembly committee: You’ll have to deal with us Superior Telegram (1/13) Four of northern Wisconsin's bands of Lake Superior Chippewa met with the Assembly Jobs Committee to pledge solidarity with the Bad River tribe's opposition to proposed mining legislation. NY sets hearings on water use regulations Wall Street Journal (12/5) New York regulators are holding public hearings this month on new permit rules for withdrawals of large amounts of water. Wisconsin wetlands seen as threat to jobs Appleton Post Crescent (11/22) In the fall, Republican Governor Scott Walker proposed a package of bills called "Back to Work Wisconsin," which included a proposed revamping of the state's rules regarding wetlands preservation. WSU professor addresses lake waste dumping case The South End (11/17) Nick Schroeck, an environmental law professor at Wayne State, spoke on The Craig Fahle Show Nov. 10 about the Michigan Supreme Court’s hearing on dumping waste into Lake Huron. We Energies says some coal-ash cleanup costs won't be passed along Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (11/13) Once it was clear no one was injured when a bluff laden with coal ash collapsed into Lake Michigan at the Oak Creek power plant last month, attention turned to another issue: Who's going to pay to repair the mess?
General Resources A Citizen's Guide to Using Environmental Laws to Secure Environmental Justice Environmental Law Institute This handbook highlights sections of environmental laws that can be used to support and help advance an individual's or organization's environmental justice goals. Environmental Defense A not-for-profit environmental advocacy group with four main goals: (1) Stabilizing the Earth's climate, (2) Safeguarding the world's oceans, (3) Protecting human health, and (4) Defending and restoring biodiversity. Environmental Justice U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. Environmental Justice Database Michigan State University Extension Bibliographic entries on issues related to environmental justice. Grand Calumet Task Force A community environmental organization which works to improve the land, air and water quality of the Grand Calumet River and the urban ecosystem that surrounds it, and to achieve environmental justice for the people of Northwest Indiana. Midwest Environmental Advocates MEA is a legal and technical resource center for community groups across Wisconsin, Minnesota and Upper Michigan who are working for environmental justice. Founded in 2000, one of MEA's first campaigns is to provide legal support for a multicultural coalition of communities who are impacted by high levels of toxins in the waters and fish of the western Great Lakes. Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC) The NRDC's purpose is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends. Office of Environmental Justice U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 5, Air and Radiation Division Created in 1992 to coordinate the agency's efforts in environmental justice.
Related Resources GLIN: Agencies and Organizations, Environment GLIN: Human Health Effects of Pollution in the Great Lakes Region
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