Tag: Law and Policy
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Is the Disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, a New Normal?
in EssaysShocking events like the 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, often get framed as just that–shocking. Alex George and Kimberley Thomas reframe the incident around normal accident theory to emphasize the structural problems at the heart of the train industry.
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El Contrato Químico
in EssaysMicaela Edelson revela los costos para la salud—a menudo ocultos—que conlleva la exposición a pesticidas para los trabajadores agrícolas migrantes en Estados Unidos.
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Environmental Evacuation Is a Collective Problem
in EssaysMax Lubell looks to contraflow traffic signs to argue that climate change discourses must include a renewed focus on evacuation from disasters.
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The Chemical Contract
in EssaysMicaela Edelson reveals the often hidden health costs of pesticide exposure to migrant farmworkers in the United States.
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To Conserve Nature, Recognize Its Rights
The Biden administration wants to conserve 30 percent of U.S. lands and waters by 2030. Austin Miles asks: what might that conservation look like if it recognizes the rights of nature?
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Living with Lead in Milwaukee
in PodcastsIn 2021, rates of childhood lead exposure in Milwaukee were nearly double the state average. In this episode of Ground Truths, Juniper Lewis and Carly Griffith learn more about this public health crisis.
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Who’s Afraid of Wisconsin Wolves?
in PodcastsWith the future of wolf protection being debated on the national stage, Ground Truths editors Clare Sullivan and Marisa Lanker speak with local experts and advocates about wolf stewardship in Wisconsin.
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The Collective Work of Urban Conservation
in EssaysDrawing on examples of urban wildlife refuges in California and Alaska, environmental attorney Nicholas Moore makes the case for not only protecting these places but creating more of them.
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Forever Chemicals on the Ski Trail: A Conversation with Gail Carlson
in PodcastsIn conversation with Clare Sullivan, Dr. Gail Carlson explains how toxic PFAS found in some in ski waxes contaminate the environment and why regulating them is difficult but crucial.
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How Climate Refugees Are Shaping Movements and Walls
in EssaysThe plight of climate refugees has become a popular rallying cry for climate change activism. But it is also leading to harsher, militarized borders.