Lisa Garcia

Earthjustice

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Vice President of Litigation for Healthy Communities at the environmental law group Earthjustice; former senior advisor to the administrator for Environmental Justice at the Environmental Protection Agency

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The Environmental Protection Agency was established during the Nixon Administration 45 years ago to protect human health and the environment, but recent cases from  Michigan  to  West…

Public Health and Public Accountability

The Environmental Protection Agency was established during the Nixon Administration 45 years ago to protect human health and the environment, but recent cases from  Michigan to West…

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Mercury, which damages the brains and nervous systems of children from the time they're in the womb, is just one of the toxic pollutants from coal-fired power plants.

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