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September 15, 2009
Posted by Peter Lehner in Curbing Pollution
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, The Media and the Environment
, U.S. Law and Policy
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- cleanwater, cleanwateract, EPA, lisajackson, newyorktimes, pollution
During eight years as chief of the Environmental Protection Bureau in the New York State Attorney General's Office, I had the political backing necessary to take on large corporate polluters. Such support is crucial to enforce the hard-won standards contained...continued→
December 23, 2008
Posted by Peter Lehner in U.S. Law and Policy
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- cleanairact, cleanwateract, davidhawkins, environmentalpolicy, nationalenvironmentalpolicyact, nongovernmentalorganizations, sierraclub, supremecourt, williamodouglas
The holiday season is typically a time when we all reflect on the people and groups who do good, and how we can all -- in our own small way -- make a difference. In the environmental sector, nonprofits like...continued→
June 30, 2008
Posted by Peter Lehner
- Tags:
- beaches, cleanwateract, congress, EPA, sewage, simplesteps, waterpollution, waterquality
We need a lot more environmental information to begin to address the lack of public understanding of environmental harms.This may seem obvious, but it isn’t. At a meeting a few years ago, I was shocked to find the head of...continued→