New America Media: Environment: June 2012

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon wasted no time in plugging the proposed energy goals enshrined in an UN initiative he unveiled at its three-day conference in Rio De Janeiro on sustainable development.

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Tags: disparaging, initiative, one billion people, Rio, sustainable energy

Can San Francisco Add 150,000 More People?

SF Public Press, News Report, Posted: Jun 20, 2012

Land’s carrying capacity under stress as Bay Area expected to add 2 million.

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Tags: boom, development, real estate, san francisco, silicon valley

Stress Plus Pollution Causes Health Risks for Worcester's Low-Income Kids

Environmental Health News, News Feature, Lindsey Konkel, Posted: Jun 16, 2012

Scientists are beginning to suspect that low-income children may be more biologically susceptible to contaminants.

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Tags: body's response, chronic stress, kids, lead contaminants in soil, poor neighborhoods

Congressman Honda Says California’s Parks Must Be Preserved

New America Media, Video, Viji Sundaram, Posted: Jun 15, 2012

U.S. Congressman Mike Honda, D-San Jose, said that California’s parks and other open spaces must be preserved at all costs.

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Tags: budget, california, crisis, environment, honda, mike, park, public, recreation, sale

Youth Poets Launch Social Justice Campaign Against Diabetes

New America Media, News Report, Zaineb Mohammed , Posted: Jun 11, 2012

Amidst rising rates of diabetes in teenagers, youth are leading a new campaign to combat the social and environmental factors that created the epidemic.

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Tags: diabetes in teenagers, environmental factors, epidemic, launch online campaign, social, UCSF, youth poets

Beleaguered Richmond Earns Multicultural Clout

Environmental Health News, News Feature, Cheryl Katz and Jane Kay, Posted: Jun 05, 2012

Richmond is transforming its political climate from a polluted company town to a vanguard in the environmental justice movement.

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Tags: Chevron, environmental justice, ethnic community, impact report, lawsuit, polluted, refinery

Pollution, Poverty, People of Color: The Factory on the Hill

Environmental Health News, News Report, Jane Kay and Cheryl Katz, Posted: Jun 04, 2012

Residents of North Richmond live under a vortex of industrial pollutants that may be taking a toll on their health.

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Tags: environmentalactivism, environmentalhealth, environmentalpoisoning

National Parks in the West Look to Reflect Ethnic History

New America Media, News Report, Zaineb Mohammed, Posted: Jun 02, 2012

Amid increased cuts to the nation’s parks services, in California a movement is afoot to create new parks more reflective of the state’s diverse history.

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Tags: buffalosoldiers, chineseamericanhistory, nationalpark, parksandminorities, YouChungHong