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Mossville, at the Crossroads of Environmental Justice and Green Building

Paul Bogart | June 02, 2010 | Policies

As I spend my days within a world of data, certifications, lunch and learns, and labels, I often remind myself why I do this for a living. I think of people living on the front lines of industrial production that I hope will one day benefit from my work. People that I have met in communities struggling for the basic right to clean air and uncontami...


Pharos Today, TSCA reform tomorrow

Paul Bogart | April 15, 2010 | Policies

While many consumers are increasingly worried about the safety of products from baby bottles to building materials, most are unaware that only a few hundred of the approximately 80,000 chemicals in commerce have been tested for safety.

With the declaration that "America's system for regulating industrial chemicals is broken," Sen. Fr...


The Decline of Deca

Paul Bogart | December 18, 2009 | Policies

The voluntary phase-out agreement announced yesterday between the EPA and major US manufacturers of a class of brominated flame retardants (BFRs) is a significant step forward in efforts to protect the environment and public health from unhealthy chemicals.Like most "voluntary" agreements between EPA and industry; "voluntary" do...


Did You Know...

Paul Bogart | March 24, 2009 | Policies

...that aggressive green purchasing policies are currently advancing the public health and sustainability agenda faster than federal law?