20th Anniversary Video Series by Mustafa Santiago Ali Leadership is important. In the many years I have worked on environmental issues, I have never seen such a rapid transformation around the agency’s work on environmental justice, as I have observed under the leadership of former Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. During her tenure I have witnessed…Continue Reading Strong Leaders Matter
20th Anniversary Video Series By Dr. Sacoby Wilson Growing up in Vicksburg, Mississippi, I had a fondness of the Big River and the love of the environment. Unfortunately, I was aware that some communities did not enjoy the same level of environmental quality that others did. I grew up near a concrete plant, waste water…Continue Reading Environmental Justice Home About Comment Policy Other Greenversations EPA Injecting Knowledge to Cure Injustice
20th Anniversary Video Series by Penny Newman Pollution by Design: Reducing Pollution Through Organizing Thirty five years ago, I joined a rag tag group of moms who gathered together to decide how we were going to stop the exposures from the Stringfellow Acid Pits, a permitted Class 1 toxic dump site that accepted chemical wastes…Continue Reading Pollution by Design: Reducing Pollution Through Organizing