Winston-Salem, N.C.- Since the 1970s Americans have benefited from legislative action to clean up air and water supplies, remedy toxic spills and increase food safety. In many communities, grassroots efforts provide a backstop where legal compliance is absent. But in both rural and urban areas across the U.S., racial minorities and the economically disenfranchised suffer […]
Environment
UNCF Institute for Capacity Building Awards 23 Green Planning Grants to Minority- Serving Institutions
UNCF (the United Negro College Fund), the nation’s largest and most effective minority education organization, today announced that its Institute for Capacity Building (ICB) has awarded 23 green planning grants totaling $240,000 to assist with institutional sustainability planning for minority serving institutions (MSIs). Additionally, this grant will encourage MSIs to participate in the American College […]
NMA president to tackle women’s health, environmental illnesses and economic relief
WASHINGTON (NNPA) Leonard Weather Jr., M.D., R.Ph. has been named the 111th president of the D.C.-based National Medical Association, an organization representing more than 30,000 Black physicians around the nation and their patients. …..As a resident of Louisiana, with its many oil refineries, the devastation of hurricane Katrina, and the recent oil spill, environmental issues […]
Even small things add up to help green lifestyle
I found this wonderful article “Even small things add up to help gree lifestyle” by By Pearl Regenstrief on Indystar.com. It illustrates how we can all contribute to Greening America. Even small things add up to help green lifestyle Pearl and Dave Regenstrief, Zionsville, work part time and are the grandparents of seven. Zoom Pearl […]