Toxics
A new requirement under the Affordable Care Act represents a major opportunity to strengthen hospitals' relationships with local community. Gary Cohen shares perspectives on the most promising opportunities in this blog post.
Get the latest scoop on recent domestic and international headlines on toxics issues in this blog post.
HEFN has two new issue briefs designed explicitly for funders just getting acquainted with environmental health philanthropy. Read more about what they offer in this blog post.
In this guest post, Vanessa Daniel of the Groundswell Fund challenges funders to see the crisis in West Virginia as an opportunity to strengthen philanthropy and the state's grassroots power.
Ann Cornell, President of the Cornell Douglas Foundation, shares how the recent chemical spill in West Virginia fits within that state's ongoing fight against mountaintop removal coal mining.
An introduction to HEFN's newest Steering Committee Members: Lauren Davis of the 11th Hour Project, Christine James from the John Merck Fund, and Amy Panek of the Park Foundation.
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, HEFN staff send out a big thank you to all of our members, colleagues and friends -- and especially to some HEFN heroes for their leadership and service.
The Jenifer Altman Foundation's Shorey Myers has 5 good, bad, and ugly reasons why US environmental health funders should be interested in the European Union.
A recap of recent federal activity on environmental health and justice issues ranging from a Senate hearing on toxics reform to an Executive Order on chemical facility safety and security.
HEFN Steering Committee Member Carolyn Fine Friedman muses on overcoming the undue influence of money in politics to advance better environmental health protections and shares her motivation for joining a donor collaborative to that end.
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