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Environmental Health Report Card for Northern Manhattan

WebOgonnaya Dotson-Newman, Anhthu Hoang & Peggy Shepard. Advocates and community residents agree – information connecting our health and the state of our environment is …

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Fiscal Year 2025 (FY2025) Funding Request for the Low …

WebThe Honorable Tammy Baldwin The Honorable Shelley Moore Capito Chair Ranking Member Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Subcommittee on Labor, Health and …

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WE ACT for Environmental Justice: Empowering …

WebWE ACT envisions a community that has: informed and engaged residents who participate fully in decision-making on key issues that impact their health and community. strong …

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Home is Where the Heart – and Lungs Are

WebThe Health Threats of Substandard Housing and Respiratory Illness in Low-Income Communities Whenever someone asks me where I grew up, I always pay homage to …

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Transforming Community Spaces: Lessons from West …

Web“When Architects and Designers specify better, healthier building products for housing renovations it can make a big impact on the lives of residents and provide concrete …

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New York City Coalition to End Lead Poisoning Release …

WebTwenty Years After Passage of Groundbreaking New York City Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act, Coalition Releases Five-Step Roadmap to Eliminate Lead Poisoning in …

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Environmental Groups Release Roadmap to Accelerate …

WebIn a Letter to President Biden, Groups Outline Steps that FERC and Congress Can Take while Protecting Opportunities for Community Input. FOR …

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Clean Air WE ACT for Environmental Justice

WebAir Pollution has a Racial Divide. Communities of color have long endured living close to heavy polluters, such as power plants or highways in urban areas, and have historically …

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A Roadmap To Eliminating Lead Poisoning In New …

WebThe New York City Coalition to End Lead Poisoning (NYCCELP) is a coalition of advocates, doctors, and lawyers who first came together in the 1980s to create and pass Local Law …

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Peggy Shepard on the Environmental, Health, & Racial Inequities …

WebIn a June 18, 2020 article on the relaunch of the National Black Environmental justice Network in the Guardian, our Co-Founder and Executive Director Peggy Shepard was …

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What would happen to health and housing in NYC if tenants had …

WebNew York City is in the throes of one of the worst housing crises in generations. Affordability is plummeting, displacement and homelessness have reached record levels, and the …

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Sign-on Letter FY2025 HHS, LIHEAP Funding Request

WebSign-on Letter FY2025 HHS, LIHEAP Funding Request. Sign-on Letter FY2025 HHS, LIHEAP Funding Request. Join our mailing list (managed with Mailchimp) to receive our …

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SubcommitteeonLabor,Healthand …

WebAs leaders within and allies of the environmental justice movement, we write to emphasize the paramount need for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to …

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Environmental Health Manager (NYC) ABOUT US WE ACT is a …

WebEnvironmental Health Manager (NYC) ABOUT US West Harlem Environmental Action a/k/a WE ACT for Environmental Justice is a non-profit, community- based advocacy …

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Water Quality Archives

WebCommunity advocates, the water utility, and mapping experts collaborate to document where Buffalo’s lead pipes are located, as records are incomplete or inaccurate FOR …

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7 Reasons Why Asthma is an Environmental Justice Crisis

WebThis racial disparity in childhood asthma is common among EJ communities and we have to start calling asthma what it is: a public health crisis, and a crisis that will …

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Unequal Air and care

WebThere are four strategies outlined in the plan: Strategy 1: Reduce barriers to the implementation of guide- lines-based asthma management; Strategy 2: Enhance …

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Director of Environmental Health

WebSupervision and Department Management Supervises the Environmental Health Department staff, including Environmental Health Manager. Provide support, guidance, …

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Environmental Health Archives

WebEmpowering Communities to Power Change. Gas facilities and infrastructure are consistently sited in low-income communities, communities of color, and Indigenous and …

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Children's Environmental Health Archives

WebFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 26, 2022 Contact: Chris Dobens, [email protected], 718-679-8542 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) …

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