@LoebNancyC

Environmental Advocate, Clinical Law Professor at Northwestern Pritzker Law School, #justicefordepue #farmsnotsand

 Chicago, IL
Joined March 2016
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Hershey, Nestlé, Mars and Other Chocolate Makers Named in Child Slavery Class Action Lawsuit ecowatch.com/chocolate-compa…
paper.suntimes.com/infinity/… - Treating people like scrap is the American way

Treating people like scrap is the American way

Treating people like scrap is the American way

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HELP Informational Cocoa Video: Valentine Edition youtu.be/pC0BtL6BwYE via @YouTube

HELP Informational Cocoa Video: Valentine Edition

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Citing ‘legacy of environmental racism,’ report urges City Hall to consider Southeast Side residents’ health chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/… via @SunTimes

Citing ‘legacy of environmental racism,’ report urges City Hall to consider Southeast Side reside...

Chicago city planners are re-examining industrial corridors this year. A new study says they need to consider the impact chemicals and other pollutants have on health.

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Join our coalition to #stopgeneraliron. Add your name: stopgeneraliron.org/take-act…
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Residents of Chicago's Southeast Side, a mostly Latino neighborhood, are pushing back against a proposed scrap metal plant that could further pollute the banks of the Calumet River. nbcnews.to/2MhTJ4Z (1/8) #NBCNewsThreads

'We are asking for equity': Chicago residents push back against legacy of environmental racism

"They're thinking, 'This place is already contaminated, so what's a little more?'" one longtime resident said. "But we're not going to accept it anymore like we did for so long."

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JUST IN: A federal housing official told U.S. prosecutors in Washington last fall that they should investigate Chicago’s zoning and land use practices because he believed there was a likelihood the city violated federal law. bit.ly/3cjYvcR
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How Lake Michigan's greatest challenges hurt the most vulnerable #CrainsForum chicagobusiness.com/crains-f… via @crainschicago
Speaking Up Against General Iron and Reserve Management Group nature.org/en-us/about-us/wh… via @nature_org

Stories in Illinois from The Nature Conservancy

Read articles and news updates about our work to protect critical lands and waters in Illinois.

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I just told @chicagosmayor, @ChiPublicHealth, and my alderman to stop toxic polluter #GeneralIron from bringing more dangerous pollution to Chicago's SE Side. Will you take action as well via @NRDC to #StopGeneralIron? #EnvironmentalJustice on.nrdc.org/2BS1KrS

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NRDC uses science, policy, law, and people power to confront the climate crisis, protect public health, and safeguard nature.

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Ethylene Oxide Causes Cancer and Mutates Children's Genes. More Information: chicagobusiness.com/opinion/…

It's time for Illinois to protect residents from this cancer-causing agent

There are good, workable solutions to the threats posed by ethylene oxide.

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PLEASE HELP PROTECT THE PEOPLE OF WAUKEGAN AND GURNEE FROM CANCER-CAUSING AND MUTAGENIC ETO. FILE A WITNESS SLIP IN SUPPORT OF HB 3888: my.ilga.gov/Hearing/WitnessS…
Where’s Ivanka When We Need Her? nyti.ms/2pPKfQP No End To The Trump War on Women

Opinion | Where’s Ivanka When We Need Her? (Published 2017)

Reproductive rights go all wrong in Washington.

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EPA sidestepped decision to tighten standards for lead levels, leaving communities adrift statnews.com/2017/03/28/lead… via @statnews

EPA sidestepped decision to tighten standards for lead levels, leaving communities adrift

The EPA issued an internal memo — obtained by STAT — that sidestepped the issue of a specific new threshold for acceptable lead levels.

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Even Trump should want the Superfund to be super thehill.com/blogs/pundits-bl…
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What We’re Fighting For nyti.ms/2ktxsy1
“Did Putin help elect Trump to restore $500 billion Exxon oil deal killed by sanctions” by @climateprogress thinkprogress.org/putin-help…

Did Putin help elect Trump to restore $500 billion Exxon oil deal killed by sanctions

Follow the money: Will Trump repay Putin by ending Russian sanctions and killing the Paris climate deal?

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We Are Dissidents; We Are Legion nyti.ms/2jPpnWR

Opinion | We Are Dissidents; We Are Legion (Published 2017)

The Women’s March was an uprising.

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If you have employer health insurance, an Obamacare repeal will affect you too trib.in/2gVIAnY
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No, Trump, We Can’t Just Get Along nyti.ms/2fSL0U4
Patagonia: 'On Black Friday, We're Donating 100% of Sales to Grassroots Environmental Organizations' via @EcoWatch rbl.ms/2gkiJ7y
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