February 22, 2017 By Tallon Kennedy Today is the deadline that water protectors were given to evacuate the Oceti Sakowin Camp. Earlier this afternoon, journalist Eric Poemz was recording the confrontation between […]
Flint, MI: 1,000 Days, No Clean Water
February 10, 2017 By Jacqueline Souza In April 2014, members of the Flint community went to their government to bring something to their attention- the tap water coming out of their sinks […]
The Racist, Classist Origins of Pittsburgh’s Water Crisis
February 9, 2017 By Mollie March-Steinman Despite the recent media attention given to poisoned water throughout our country, environmental racism is nothing new for Black and Brown communities. Most of us are […]
MORALtorium Launches “Clean Water for The Woodlands” Fundraiser
February 6, 2017 By Wanda Guthrie It’s been close to six years now, a tragic anniversary, for 52 families in a Butler County community who lost their clean well water. Anyone who […]
Highly Radioactive Liquid Nuclear Waste Shipments Set to Begin
February 1, 2017 By Molly Rush On February 17th truckloads of highly radioactive liquid waste may begin their journey along public highways, from on the edge of Lake Ontario and the Niagara River in […]
Radioactive Waste Coming Our Way
By Molly Rush An unprecedented shipment of 6000 gallons of high risk, highly radioactive liquid waste was scheduled to pass through Allegheny County this past September. The waste includes highly enriched uranium, […]
Growing Concern About the Link Between Fracking and Earthquakes
By Winnefred Ann Frolik On Saturday, September 3 I received a text from my aunt in Nebraska mentioning that she’d felt an earthquake that morning which shook the bed, an experience she […]
America: Stealing Land from the Native People since 1776
By Tallon Kennedy September 7, 2016 In History classes we learn at a young age about the white man’s genocide of the Native Americans centuries ago. We act as if these acts […]
April Environmental Justice Film Series: The Price of Sand, The Last Mountain, and Triple Divide
by Wanda Guthrie Event details to be announced: Join the email list at the Thomas Merton Center to receive an update on the time and place, or visit <EnvironmentalJusticeTMC.blogspot.com> The Price of […]
Sustainable Art at Pitt
by K. Briar Somerville Look out for the bottle panther! A group of four Pitt students interested in promoting sustainability awareness have teamed up with Plant-to-Plate to erect a new panther sculpture […]
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