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Kristina Marusic

Kristina Marusic

Kristina is the Senior Editor of Environmental Health News. She also reports on environmental health and justice issues in Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania. Her book, "A New War On Cancer: The Unlikely Heroes Revolutionizing Prevention," uncovers an emerging national movement to prevent cancer by reducing our exposure to cancer-causing chemicals in our everyday lives.

Colorado kids with leukemia are more than twice as likely to live near dense oil and gas development
Energy & Health Weekly Newsletter
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Colorado kids with leukemia are more than twice as likely to live near dense oil and gas development

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Pennsylvania health advocates say Trump’s first 100 days in office have caused “100 harms” to local communities
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Pennsylvania health advocates say Trump’s first 100 days in office have caused “100 harms” to local communities

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The greater Pittsburgh region is among the 25 worst metro areas in the country for air quality: Report
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The greater Pittsburgh region is among the 25 worst metro areas in the country for air quality: Report

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A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled
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A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

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Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro speaks with the state flag and American flag behind him.
Originals
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Two years into his term, has Gov. Shapiro kept his promises to regulate Pennsylvania’s fracking industry?

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What’s happening to EPA-funded community projects under Trump?

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A new tool for communities near Shell’s plastics plant in Pennsylvania provides air quality insights
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A new tool for communities near Shell’s plastics plant in Pennsylvania provides air quality insights

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Shell’s petrochemical plant in Pennsylvania still hasn’t spurred economic development: Report
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Shell’s petrochemical plant in Pennsylvania still hasn’t spurred economic development: Report

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Closing coal plants in environmental justice communities first would save more lives: Study

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Protestors plead for their health outside a Pittsburgh gathering of coal and steel execs
Environmental Justice
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Environmental justice communities in southwestern Pennsylvania face higher rates of pollution violations

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INC-5 environmental groups and advocates calling for a strict global plastic treaty
Plastic Pollution
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Environmental justice advocates criticize lack of inclusion in plastic treaty negotiations

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Resident speaks at an event about the Midwest hydrogen hub organized by Just Transition NWI.
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What a Trump administration means for the federal hydrogen energy push

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Energy
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Los centros de hidrógeno ponen a prueba las nuevas normas federales de justicia ambiental

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Environmental Justice
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Los obstáculos para garantizar la justicia ambiental en los centros de hidrógeno federales

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People advocating against the US hydrogen hub build out
Energy
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Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules

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photos of people protesting the hydrogen hub buildout
Environmental Justice
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What’s hampering federal environmental justice efforts in the hydrogen hub build-out?

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Pennsylvania voters press local, national candidates on fracking just days before election
Environmental Justice
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Pennsylvania voters press local, national candidates on fracking just days before election

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