Erin Brockovich

Erin Brockovich, Seventh Generation Launch Million Baby Crawl Campaign (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Cleaning Products, Children, Million Baby Crawl, Exposure to Chemicals, Organic Cosmetics, Chemicals, Babies, Legislation, Toxic Chemicals, Diapers, Infants, Activism, Seventh Generation, Erin Brockovich, Green Cleaning Products, Kids Safe Chemicals Act, Healthy Families Act, Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, Video, Green News

Oh baby! Seventh Generation has teamed up with Erin Brockovich and Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families in order to overthrow the old chemical legislatio...

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The Legacy of Erin Brockovich: Chromium Contamination in Drinking Water

Gina Solomon | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Cancer, Nrdc, Simple Steps, Hexavalent Chromium, Drinking Water, Erin Brockovich, Green News
Gina Solomon

Almost ten years after Julia Roberts played the title role in the movie, the saga about chromium contamination in drinking water continues.

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Interview: Steven Soderbergh talks about The Informant!

Marshall Fine | Posted 11.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Erin Brockovich, Marvin Hamlisch, The Informant!, Steven Soderbergh Interview, Marshall Fine Interview, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Twenty years after he burst onto the scene, Steven Soderbergh considers what's changed in the intervening decades, and his upcoming film, The Informant!

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A New Chapter In The Erin Brockovich/Hexavalent Chromium Story

John DeCock | Posted 09.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Water Pollution, Toxics, Water, Green, Environment, Erin Brockovich, Hexavalent Chromium, Pollution, Green News
John DeCock

Our primary concern now is that further delay by the state not only puts those drinking Hexavalent Chromium at risk, but delays clean up of water supplies and fails to hold polluters accountable.

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American Violet: A Powerful Movie about Race and the Drug War

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Review, Frontline, Movie, Drugs, War on Drugs, Michael O'Keefe, Racial, Prejudice, Injustice, Drug, Boyd, Systemic Racism, Tim Blake Nelson, Institutionalized Racism, American Civil Liberties Union, Erin Brockovich, District Attorney, Racism, Drug War, Confidential Informant, Justice System, Nicole Beharie, Regina Kelly, Graham Boyd, Texas, Film, American Violet, John Paschall, Chris Weigant, Sydney Poitier, Aclu, Mississippi Burning, Plea Bargain, Xzibit, Beharie, Kelly, Hearne, Paschall, Da, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Without spoiling the ending, American Violet is an excellent movie, and tells the story in a moving and heart-wrenching fashion.

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TVA Disaster Spreads Far and Wide

Erin Brockovich and Robin Greenwald | Posted 02.13.2009 | Green

Read More: TVA Spill, Disaster Relief, Tennessee Coal Spill, Tennessee Coal Ash, Tennessee, Erin Brockovich Tva, Erin Brockovich, Green, Environment, Erin Brokovich Coal Spill, TVA Disaster, Tva, TVA Coal, Erin Brockovich Tennessee, Coal, Tennessee Valley Authority, Green News
Erin Brockovich and Robin Greenwald

It occurred to me that maybe more was going on at the site of the 1.1 billion gallon coal ash spill in Tennessee than what I could gather from the news. With an invitation from the community, I decided to make the trip to the disaster site.

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Were Troops Poisoned? Vets Demand KBR Come Clean on Toxins in Iraq

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Agent Orange, Contractors, Kbr, Soldiers, Defense, Troops, Iava, Petition, Toxic Exposure, Veterans, Erin Brockovich, James Gentry, Politics News
Paul Rieckhoff

From burn pits to power plants, we are hearing more and more about troops who have been exposed to toxins while serving our country overseas.

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Erin Brockovich To Visit Coal Ash Spill Site

Huffington Post | Posted 02.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Tennessee Coal Ash, Environment, Erin Brockovich, Erin Brokovich Coal Spill, Pollution, Tva, Coal, Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA Kingston, Erin Brockovich Tva, Green News

The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that Erin Brockovich, the famous environmental advocate and law expert, will be visiting Tennessee to investigate ...

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