Rachel Cernansky
Rachel is a freelance journalist based in Boulder, Colorado. She primarily focuses on green business for TreeHugger, and writes for other outlets about environmental justice and politics, sustainable food and nutrition, and human rights issues. She hates greenwashing and writes about that too. Before Colorado, she lived in New York, Kenya, and Rwanda, and has a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. She gets around by bike, eats plants, and occasionally tweets at the address below.
Latest Stories from Rachel Cernansky
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Ma Jun Takes on Technology, Apparel Industries and Chinese Government to Fight Factory Pollution
Though they have no regulatory authority, Jun and IPE have managed to get more than 500 companies to publicly disclose plans to reduce pollution, including some of the world's biggest brands—Wal-Mart, Nike, GE, Coca Cola, H&M, Sony, and Unilever.
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Illegal Amazon Gold: Fight to Protect the Amazon Unites Celebrity Artists, War Journalists, and You
"How are we going to protect it if we don't understand what's at stake?"
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Turkana Woman Fights Ethiopia, Kenya Dam Project in the Already Arid, Conflict-Prone Region
"The Ministry of Energy has insisted that they need this energy. What we are questioning is—how was the agreement reached, what is the cost of purchasing this power?"
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From Fracking to Water Rights: How Foreign Interests Are Cleaning Out Africa
“Africa will be the backbone of our production and growth in the next 10 years.”
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Who Were the First 100 Chimpanzees in the United States?
Lori Gruen's compilation of all the details she could find on their lives and deaths.
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USDA Map: "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food"
A neat resource from the USDA that shows agency-supported projects and programs related to local and regional food systems.
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Why Cuba's Sustainability is Not an Accident
The government of Cuba deserves credit for integrating sustainability, very intentionally, into policy initiatives.
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Inupiat Woman Wins Goldman Prize for Leading Fight Against Arctic Drilling
"We would like to live a traditional culture life. We should be given that option."
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TreeHugger Interviews the Philippine Mine-Stopping, Goldman Prize-Winning "Father Edu"
"The mining companies were telling us that it's safe... We did our research and discovered they were lying through their teeth."
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Russian Mother Takes On Government, Powerful Interests to Save Moscow's Lungs, the Khimki Forest
"The proposed road is not so much just the road, as a larger land grab."
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Hope Fades for Oil Spill Cleanup in Nigeria
Last year, UNEP released a report calling for a $1 billion cleanup fund for years of oil spills in the Niger Delta, but eight months later, there is little more than silence on the issue.
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Foreign Companies Eye Sacred Mountains in Montana and India for New Mines
They're on opposite sides of the world, but two mountains sacred to the tribal communities that live near them are up against a similar threat: mining.
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EPA Denies NRDC Request to Ban Weed Killer, Cites Industry Study to Prove Safety
NRDC had petitioned the agency in 2008 to revoke all 2,4-D tolerances and product registrations, citing studies pointing to links between 2,4-D and cancer, hormone disruption, genetic mutations and neurotoxicity.
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With "Roundup Ready PLUS" Monsanto Capitalizes on the Superweeds It Created
For Monsanto, superweeds are just another selling point for its products.
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Poland to Ban Monsanto’s Genetically Modified Corn
Following anti-Monsanto activism in other countries, Poland has announced plans to completely ban the growth of Monsanto’s genetically modified strain MON810.
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Happy Birthday Jane Goodall! How to Celebrate Her Work -- And Help Chimpanzees
It was Jane Goodall's birthday earlier this week — she's 78! Celebrate her accomplishments and help the world's endangered chimpanzees.
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Environmental Groups Sue the EPA Over Delay on Coal Ash Regulations
The EPA pledged new regulations after the TVA coal ash spill, but has been sitting on two proposals for two years now, and the problems that led to TVA are still rampant nationwide.
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Monsanto Threatens to Sue Vermont Over GMO Labeling Law
Vermont is one of nearly 20 states considering a GMO labeling requirement for food, but it won't pass if Monsanto has anything to say about it. And it does.
