Articles: Erika Brekke

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Cleaning the Ports of L.A.
Imagine waking up and throwing open your bedroom window for a breath of fresh air, only to find black soot blanketing the sill and a yellow-brown haze hanging in the sky.
Comments (0) | August 28, 2008
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The People's Doctor
As a physician, Gina Solomon tackles pressing environmental health issues in a clinic without walls.
Comments (2) | December 1, 2007
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Gadgets Go Green
Noah Horowitz is the brains behind NRDC's efforts to reduce energy use by electronics and appliances.
Comments (0) | September 1, 2007
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Water Returns to Sacred Hopi Springs
In the late 1960s, Peabody Energy, an international coal mining company, entered into an agreement with the Hopi and Navajo tribes of Arizona's Black Mesa to begin what would become the nation's largest strip mining operation.
Comments (0) | September 1, 2007
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Big Green Machines
In April, San Francisco's mayor, Gavin Newsom, signed an ordinance to reduce the single largest source of diesel pollution in the city, which, you may be surprised to learn, consists of bulldozers, cranes, and other heavy construction equipment.
Comments (0) | June 1, 2007