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Arielle V. King's Trail Notes

Vermont Law

Looking back, I did not think about environmental justice—I didn’t even know that term until college. I got involved with making sure my school was recycling, coordinating Earth Day rallies, helping create community gardens, and other things. Since then, the environmental justice presence on campus has grown tremendously.

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Ask a Scientist: Fighting Big Ag Pollution with Maps and Math

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Cuyahoga fire, along with a major oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara that same year, galvanized national attention and led to the first Earth Day, a slew of new air and water protection laws, and the creation of new federal departments to administer them, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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The Gas Utility Industry is Gaslighting Us

Union of Concerned Scientists

A 2022 study in Environmental Science and Technology detected more than 20 volatile organic compounds, including hexane, toluene and benzene, in unburned stove gas. Since May 2018, AGA also has spent more than $113,000 on 440 Facebook and Instagram ads. Since May 2018, 15 of these state and regional front groups spent $3.6

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