Healing the Soul of America: on Environment

Marianne Williamson: Clean air and water are environmental justice

Environmental justice does not just mean justice for the earth; it also means justice for the people who live on the earth. Gutting the Clean Air Act--as has recently been done--does not just affect the air; it affects our breathing. Gutting the Clean Water Act--as has recently been done--does not just affect the water; it affects our bodies when we drink it. As protectors of our earth, and protectors of our own bodies, we should vigorously and passionately defend the health of our environment against the ill-advised, dangerously recalcitrant policies of the current leadership at the Environmental Protection Agency.

Richard Nixon: EPA was created as protector of earth's resources

Environmental justice does not just mean justice for the earth; it also means justice for the people who live on the earth. Gutting the Clean Air Act--as has recently been done--does not just affect the air; it affects our breathing. Gutting the Clean Water Act--as has recently been done--does not just affect the water; it affects our bodies when we drink it. As protectors of our earth, and protectors of our own bodies, we should vigorously and passionately defend the health of our environment.

Scott Pruitt: Reversed Obama's ban on pesticide chlorpyrifos

Genetically modified food and dangerous pesticides pose additional dangers as well. A well-known case in point is that after meeting with Dow Chemical lobbyists, Mr. Pruitt reversed President Obama's previous ban on the pesticide chlorpyrifos, which EPA scientists had declared unsafe under any circumstances due to known harm to children's brains. Under Pruitt's direction, advocating for your health and mine, as well as the health of our children and our planet, has become secondary to advocating for the financial interests of American business.