SYDNEY — Reports of a funky odour emanating off Sydney harbour have prompted an investigation from the province’s Environment and Climate Change department. According to communications and media relations spokesperson Tracy Barron, the department did receive a complaint of an odour coming from Sydney harbour back on May 26. “AContinue Reading
State officials are endangering the health of vulnerable residents and violating their civil rights by allowing them to be exposed to the harmful emissions of 10 waste-to-energy plants across Florida, according to a federal complaint filed by an environmental organization. Four of the plants are located in the Tampa BayContinue Reading
A third-party investigation into higher education Chancellor Melody Rose’s sex-based hostile work environment complaint found “insufficient evidence” to substantiate her claims. The Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents is holding a special meeting at 9 a.m. Thursday regarding the conclusion the investigation. Regents will consider whether to reinstateContinue Reading
Within a week of taking office, President Joe Biden signed an executive order committing federal agencies to address environmental justice — making sure poor neighborhoods and communities of color aren’t saddled with a disproportionate number of polluters. He formed the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council and the Environmental Interagency Council toContinue Reading
Two Jewish employees of Stanford University’s Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) division filed federal and state complaints alleging a hostile environment for Jewish employees in a diversity, equity and inclusion program created internally for CAPS staff. “We have here a DEI program that was intended to promote and support diversityContinue Reading
The main quadrangle at Stanford University. Photo: King of Hearts / Wikimedia Commons. A complaint filed by two Jewish mental health clinicians at Stanford University alleges that the school’s diversity trainings fostered a “hostile and unwelcoming environment for Jews,” according to a complaint seen by The Algemeiner on Tuesday. TheContinue Reading
Active Citizens, Asia-Pacific, Crime & Justice, Development & Aid, Environment, Featured, Food & Agriculture, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, Natural Resources, Regional Categories, TerraViva United Nations, Water & Sanitation On the occasion of World Environment Day, 5 June 2021, drawing from IPS’s bank of features and opinion editorials published this year,Continue Reading
Apr. 2, 2021 A coalition of environmental and community groups who have spent years pressuring Colorado’s health department to crack down on air pollution say that the allegations contained in a federal whistleblower complaint this week painted a picture of the agency that’s even worse than they feared. “This isContinue Reading
