The HEFN Stories Project showcases the work that people are doing to promote environmental health and environmental justice. Submit your own audio, video, or text to share your stories or vision for the future.
In the first major agreement secured through Connecticut's new environmental justice law, PSEG has consented to reduce hours of operation at its current power plants in New Haven and to create a $500,000 fund to reduce local pollution in neighborhoods impacted by its plants. The move promises to improve air quality for sensitive populations in nearby neighborhoods. Read more »
Mercury Policy Project (MPP) presents a hopeful view of building a Global Mercury Treaty to protect families around the world from mercury contamination. Read more »
This is a story about health, but it's not about doctors or drugs. It's about why some of us get sicker more often and die sooner in the first place. Read more »
How the Beldon Fund, an environmental health funder, handled the implications of putting the foundation on a spend-out course while seeking to accomplish an ambitious mission. Read more »
This is an Ecology Center interview of Pete Myers, Environmental Health Sciences, talking about toxic chemicals in everyday products. Read more »
This is a New School audio interview of Sandra Steingraber by Michael Lerner. Read more »