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Mira Lloyd Dock: The Harrisburg Environmental Leader Who Helped Shape the Progressive Era

Mira Lloyd Dock, born in 1853 in Harrisburg, PA, is one of the people who gave the Progressive Era its name. Mira was from

They Said Enough: Celebrating the Women Who Shaped the Environmental Movement

At Women for a Healthy Environment, we celebrate Women’s History Month every day. Our organization was built by women environmental health advocates who understood

George Washington Carver: Farming Lessons the Climate Era Still Needs

George Washington Carver, considered the early architect of regenerative farming, helped shift Southern agriculture away from practices that exhausted land and trapped many farmers

Johnie Perryman: A Champion for Clean Air in Clairton

This Black History Month, Women for a Healthy Environment honors Johnie Frank Perryman, a Clairton community leader who helped strengthen the clean-air movement in

Have You Heard of Environmental Justice Areas? Thank Hazel M. Johnson

Born in Louisiana in 1935, Hazel M. Johnson was the eldest of four children, though none of her siblings made it to their first

Pennsylvania Schools Need Radon Testing Requirements—HB 289 and SB 760 Are Stalled

Radon is an invisible, odorless gas that can build up indoors. It is the leading cause of lung cancer in non smokers. Pennsylvania consistently