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CEH Annual Report & Legacy of Impact

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Our annual report and legacy of impact is now live.

NEW: CEH’s Annual Report

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Our 2021 Annual Report is hot off the press. Read all about our big wins!

Fossil Fuel Dependence Pollutes our Planet and our Bodies

Nov 12, 2019Michael GreenChemical Industry, Children's Health, Energy, Environmental Justice, Flame Retardants, Fracking, Laws & Regulations, Plastics

By Michael Green, CEO of Center for Environmental Health The primary focus of the clean energy debate for over a decade now has been our rapidly warming planet. It’s not hard to understand why. Each year, we endure record-setting temperatures and more persistent...

Do ostriches really bury their heads in the sand?

Mar 3, 2017Ansje MillerEnergy

It turns out that the old adage about ostriches burying their heads in the sand is not based in fact– but apparently the adage does fit the Trump Administration. Yesterday, in an effort to undermine critical science that Americans need to protect our health, the...

Join Us for a Panel Discussion on Fracking and Climate Justice

Oct 7, 2013Ali Geering-KlineEnergy, Environmental Justice

If you’re at SXSW Eco in Austin, don’t miss this panel on Wednesday, October 9th from noon to 1pm!

A Master Class on Fracking (and earn CME credits)

Apr 11, 2013Ansje MillerChildren's Health, Energy

You have probably heard a lot over the past couple years about fracking and natural gas. Proponents of fracking say: • The natural gas boom will make the US energy independent. • Natural gas is the bridge fuel that will help us stop climate change and fracking helps...

New Yorkers: Support the Fracking Moratorium!

Mar 12, 2013Ali Geering-KlineEnergy, Environmental Justice, Laws & Regulations, Tips

Last week, New York Assembly Democrats approved a two-year fracking moratorium. They believe, like us, that the health effects of hydrofracking should be studied before New York Governor Andrew Cuomo can approve moving forward with fracking in the state. Now,...

In New York, the 11th Hour in the Fight Against Fracking

Feb 12, 2013Ansje MillerEnergy, Environmental Justice, Laws & Regulations

It is an anxious and exciting time here in New York. We are in what health advocates are calling the 11th hour in determining the fate of New York and whether natural gas hydraulic fracturing (fracking) will take place in the state. New York State Governor Andrew...

CEH In New York: Protecting the Public from Fracking Chemicals

Jan 14, 2013Ansje MillerChildren's Health, Energy, Environmental Justice, Laws & Regulations

Last week, I presented testimony to a New York State Assembly Committee hearing on the state’s proposed new rules for fracking – rules that we consider woefully inadequate to protect New Yorkers from the real health and environmental risks from fracking...

Keep our water safe from toxic fracking chemicals

Jan 8, 2013Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Energy, Environmental Justice, Laws & Regulations

The Cuomo Administration has released draft rules to allow fracking for natural gas – a technology that has yet to be proven safe and puts our children and families at risk from water contamination, air pollution, and other toxic health threats. And we have just 3...