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The Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) is a non-profit organization based in Chicago, Illinois. Originally founded in 1994, LVEJO's mission is to achieve environmental justice in the Little Village area of Chicago. LVEJO's work is centered around working with the community and aims to address the root of environmental issues.
Journalist Gregory Tajeda of the Chicago Argus said in an article on April 21, 2009, that "Crestwood's tainted water "cover-up" is not a surprise to political observers." [54] Michael Hawthorne of the Chicago Tribune in an article he wrote on June 10th 2009 [55] alleges that there was "a systematic coverup of Crestwood's routine use of its ...
In 1979, Johnson founded the People for Community Recovery to address tenant issues within the Chicago area. [12] Incorporated as a not-for-profit organization in 1982, the group focused "on fighting environmental racism as it affected the residents of Altgeld Gardens public housing project." [5] One of their first achievements was successfully ...
This is an alphabetical list of environmental issues, harmful aspects of human activity on the biophysical environment. They are loosely divided into causes, effects and mitigation, noting that effects are interconnected and can cause new effects.
Oil companies have known since the 1970s that burning oil and gas could cause global warming but nevertheless funded deniers for years. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] Despite the support of a clear scientific consensus , as recently as 2021 one-third of Americans deny that human-caused climate change exists [ 25 ] although the majority are concerned or alarmed ...
Living along the North Carolina coast, we’re no stranger to environmental issues. One of those is the impact of climate change on our surroundings. It’s getting warmer. Seas are rising ...
Water pollution is an environmental issue that affects many water bodies. This photograph shows foam on the New River as it enters the United States from Mexico. Environmental issues are disruptions in the usual function of ecosystems. [1] Further, these issues can be caused by humans (human impact on the environment) [2] or they can be natural ...
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