In 1971 a commercial aired on American television that was meant to tug on the heart-strings of environmental activists: a Native...

Happy Tuesday, readers! This week’s blog blurb brought to you by ecoSPEARS will showcase some of last week’s key articles and news...

February 16, 2018 – (Portland Tribune) – The Yakama Nation of Native Americans has said it is suing 30 Potentially Responsible Parties...

Many of you currently reading this post were able to read ecoSPEARS’s first official blog post last week. Along with those bi-weekly blog...

February 11, 2018 – (The Observer) – “Clean air and clean water and a healthy place to live is an essential value of everybody in the...

February 8, 2018 – (Berkshire Eagle) – Three top lawmakers says tons of toxic waste removed from the Housatonic River should be disposed...

February 7, 2018 – (Press Republican) – Askwesasne residents of the Mohawk Nation tribe who have been diagnosed with certain cancers are...

February 7, 2018 – (New Republic) – Days ago the White House pulled Kathleen Hartnett White’s nomination for Chair of the Council on...

For months our team has shared a string of articles focusing on polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). These toxic cancer-causing chemicals...