OnEarth Magazine: Subscribe | Current Issue
Your OnEarth: Login / Register

Search

DON'T MISS:
Groundbreaking journalism needs your support
SUBSCRIBE TODAY and enjoy a special introductory offer: A full year for just $15!

Urban Harvest

Confronting climate change and poverty, a new crop of city farmers comes of age in Africa. Table of Contents | Digital Edition
Guardian Environmental Network
By Tara McDonough
A Few Final Thoughts...
community blog | (1) Comments
December 15, 2009:   For my environmental research project for the ELEA course this semester I have been measuring and seeking to understand the health issues that are effecting thousands of 9/11 rescue and recovery workers.  The primary... read more >
From a Doctor's Perspective: Dr. J. Moline, Director of the WTC Medical Program
community blog | (0) Comments
December 9, 2009:  (Dr. Jacqueline Moline, director of the World Trade Center monitoring and treatment program at Mount Sinai Medical Center, examines Warren Bub, 42. She says some ground zero workers are being examined for the first time... read more >
9/11 and its Aftermath, a New York Problem?
community blog | (0) Comments
December 8, 2009: The September 11th rescue and recovery workers, survivors, and advocates I met over the duration of my nearly 24-hour trip with the FealGood Foundation to Washington, D.C. serve as continual reminders, reminding me both... read more >
Taking the Cause to D.C.: A Rally at the U.S. Capitol for 9/11 Health Care
community blog | (0) Comments
December 8, 2009:   On November 18th I left for a rally in Washington, D.C. with the FealGood Foundation, The New York City Firefighter Brotherhood Foundation and a coalition of hundreds September 11th Rescue and Recovery workers.  John... read more >
Jevon Thomas: 9/11 Recovery Worker and Survivor
community blog | (1) Comments
December 7, 2009:   Jevon Thomas was one of the first responders that John Feal urged me to get in contact with.    When I first spoke with Jevon Thomas he told me that his car had just been repossessed and he, his wife and two... read more >
Meet John Feal: 9/11 First Responder and Advocate
community blog | (3) Comments
December 4, 2009:    Name: John Feal Age: September 11, 2001 he was 34 years of age; present day 42 years of age Residence: Long island 9/11 Reflections: In 2001 John Feal was a 34 year-old US Army veteran and demolition... read more >
What is H.R. 847, The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act?
community blog | (3) Comments
December 2, 2009: In my last blog I brought up the recently reported deaths of three 9/11 rescue and recovery workers who died of similar cancers within five days of one another.  After reviewing my thoughts, I figured that it would be best... read more >
Three 9/11 Rescue Workers Die of Cancer Within 5 Days of One Another
community blog | (0) Comments
December 1, 2009: Recently, a story was highlighted in innumerous newsprints drawing attention to a sensitive issue that dates back eight years.  Within a span of five days two New York City police officers and an FDNY firefighter died of... read more >
A Discussion with Ex-NYPD Officers on the Environmental Conditions of Ground Zero and Its Consequences
community blog | (0) Comments
October 29, 2009:  In seeking to understand the onslaught of chronic and terminal illnesses that are plaguing the Ground Zero rescue workers it is most essential to first survey the environment – which has been described by the many... read more >
Revisiting the Lingering Health Concerns of Ground Zero Workers
community blog | (0) Comments
October 7, 2009: For the next three months I will be measuring certain effects of the September 11 attacks on New York City. More specifically I plan to research the mounting health issues that are affecting thousands of... read more >
Tara McDonough