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Everybody's Movement: Environmental Justice and Climate Change

In a newly released report by the Washington-based Environmental Support Center, the group asserts that the mainstream U.S. environmental movement is “highly homogenous by race and class and significantly by gender in its leadership.”

Elements of the New Economy: Green Chemistry in the Pacific Northwest

A Briefing for Pacific Northwest Funders on Green Chemistry. How would life in the Pacific Northwest be different if Green Chemistry were widely adopted? What would the Pacific Northwest look like if designed by Green Chemists?

Investors Challenge Natural Gas Companies to Increase Transparency and Protect the Environment

This press release describes the filing of 12 shareholder resolutions at natural gas exploration and development companies, focusing in particular on the toxic hazards from the practice of hydraulic fracturing. The resolutions ask companies to increase transparency regarding the environmental impact of their operations and encourage companies to mitigate risks by switching to less toxic fracturing fluids and adopting best practices for drilling and managing wastes.

With Announcement of Near-Record Cash-On-Hand, Oceana Urges PPG Industries to Modernize its Chlorine Plant

In the wake of PPG’s announcement of near record cash-on-hand and higher-than-projected earnings, Oceana, an ocean conservation group working to persuade chlor-alkali manufacturers such as PPG Industries to go “mercury-free,” urged the company to stop using polluting mercury-based technology in its Natrium, WV plant.