1979, Dr. Robert Bullard came home to find out that his wife, an attorney, was suing the state based on moral principle, due to the fact that a landfill was strategically constructed in Black ...

Threats to health are in our air, water and soil. Environmental epidemiologists like Francine Laden are researchers who try to connect the dots between our environment and our health, and their work ...

Steve Schneider was a pioneer. “He was the one that was sounding the alarm for climate change, back in the ’70s. That was a long, long time ago,” said Terry Root, Schneider’s wife and senior fellow ...

The High Meadows Environmental Institute will host a lecture by Katharine Hayhoe, an atmospheric scientist, distinguished professor and endowed chair at Texas Tech University, and chief scientist at ...

A popular free lecture series on environmental topics is returning after a two-year hiatus. The Winter Lecture Series is held by the Friends of the Salish Sea, which was formerly known as Friends of ...

The Clean Water Act prohibits the discharge of pollutants into "waters of the United States" without a permit, but what are the boundaries of "waters of the United States"? This question has vexed ...

Florida State University will host a talk by a scholar and author often described as “The Father of Environmental Justice.” Robert Bullard, distinguished professor of urban planning and environmental ...