…communities.” “These decisions, in conjunction with regulatory failures, a lack of community resources to mitigate contamination, and political disenfranchisement of local residents, help explain the origins of environmental injustice in…
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…Transition: Providing Continuity in a Bipartisan Environment Martha Joynt Kumar. Presidential Studies Quarterly, September 2013. This paper examines the transition from Republican President George W. Bush to his Democratic successor…
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…writes in his paper. “Policymakers need to recognize the historical legacy that has a persistent influence on the environment within which current policies are designed, including, in some countries, potential…
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…and family environment,” they write. Meanwhile, even though air quality has improved and so have occupational exposures with the establishment of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 1971, individuals with lower…
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…covers energy and the environment for KMUW and Kansas News Service; Laura Helmuth, editor-in-chief of Scientific American; and Naseem Miller, senior health editor of The Journalist’s Resource. Among the questions…
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…study “Neighborhood Tax Foreclosures, Educational Attainment, and Preterm Birth among Urban African American Women,” published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Dawn Misra and Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson…
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…approaching the debt limit is to promptly raise or suspend it. 2) Our system needs a better way, because the current approach in the context of a toxic political environment…
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…they are often designed to blend into their environments, subtly replacing older versions with less intrusive functionalities — an example being the rise of the smart doorbell. Like spyware, these…
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…share with colleagues, friends and family. This is especially true in a communications environment where shareability, not accuracy, means profitability for social media companies. It’s important for people involved in…
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