1979, Dr. Robert Bullard came home to find out that his wife, an attorney, was suing the state based on moral principle, due to the fact that a landfill was strategically constructed in Black ...

During Wake Forest’s annual Mellon Environmental Justice Lecture on Feb. 5, a former administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said that “optimism” has fueled his accomplished ...

Erin Brockovich, environmental activist and inspiration for the Academy Award-winning movie “Erin Brockovich” (2000), spent ...

A popular free lecture series on environmental topics is returning after a two-year hiatus. The Winter Lecture Series is held by the Friends of the Salish Sea, which was formerly known as Friends of ...

Steve Schneider was a pioneer. “He was the one that was sounding the alarm for climate change, back in the ’70s. That was a long, long time ago,” said Terry Root, Schneider’s wife and senior fellow ...

The Clean Water Act prohibits the discharge of pollutants into "waters of the United States" without a permit, but what are the boundaries of "waters of the United States"? This question has vexed ...