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Lessons from Environmental Cooperation
Daniel J. Whittle, Esq.,
Jan 2022
For decades, scientists from the U.S. and Cuba have been collaborating to advance their collective interest in environmental protection and sustainability, on the premise that shared environmental problems require shared solutions.
Toxic Genocide in Bayview-Hunters Point
By Ahimsa P. Sumchai, M.D.
April 2021
The former U.S. Naval shipyard in the Bayview-Hunters Point (BVHP), San Francisco is contaminated by toxic waste. The Navy was responsible for cleaning up this Superfund site, which threatens the health of local residents. Instead, they hired a company that lied about the clean up. This article discusses the campaign, including a class action lawsuit, by area residents to obtain recourse. Bay Area CCLP, located in BVHP, has been organizing for legal recourse for the residents for over two decades.
Thirsty for Justice: The Fight for Safe Drinking Water
By Debi Ores, Esq.
October 2020
A 2012 California law provides that safe, affordable drinking water is a human right, but the author, a water advocate, details how infrastructure is lacking or non-existent; groundwater is contaminated with unregulated industrial carcinogens; many small water systems are unsustainable; and costs are sharply rising. As a result, a million Californians lack adequate, safe and affordable drinking water. The author calls for California to develop solutions to this life-threatening situation.
Eye of the Hurricane: California’s ‘Energy Crisis’- An Interview with California State Senator Joseph Dunn
October 2002
California State Senator Joseph Dunn, now Emeritus, a class action attorney before his election to the Senate, explains the economic and political background of California’s “energy crisis” of 2000-2001 and how it could have been prevented.