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Lois Marie Gibbs (born June 25, 1951) [1] is an American environmental activist. As a primary organizer of the Love Canal Homeowners Association, Lois Gibbs brought wide public attention to the environmental crisis in Love Canal. Her actions resulted in the evacuation of over 800 families. [2]
A Mother’s Fight for Environmental Justice. Lois Gibbs, founder and executive director of the Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ), has been at the forefront of the environmental movement in the United States for several decades.
Residents, led by activist Lois Gibbs, pushed for government action, eventually leading to federal emergency declarations and the passage of the Superfund Bill, marking Love Canal as the first Superfund site for cleanup.
May 8, 2018 · Lois Gibbs is a leading activist in defending the public from the dangers of toxic waste. In 1978, she discovered that her neighborhood of Love Canal in Niagara Falls, New York, was built on top of 21,000 tons of hazardous chemical waste.
Apr 19, 2024 · The Love Canal disaster transformed homemaker Lois Gibbs into an environmental warrior after she learned her Niagara Falls neighborhood was built on poisoned ground.
Apr 16, 2013 · Lois Gibbs took to the stage that day 35 years ago, in the seemingly idyllic community of Love Canal, N.Y., and began to find her voice. Transforming herself from homemaker to hell-raiser, she helped convince then-President Jimmy Carter to come to town in 1980 and remove 900 families from a 21,000-ton toxic dump.
Jan 7, 2020 · Lois Gibbs: Inaugural Prize winner still on the frontlines, fighting for cleaner, safer communities. January 7, 2020. By Jackie Krentzman. In 1978, Lois Gibbs was a young mother with two young children living in Niagara Falls, New York, in a neighborhood called Love Canal.
Mar 29, 2024 · This Women’s History month we’re honoring Lois Gibbs, who led her community in a fight against toxic waste in the 1970s and sparked a national cleanup program that continues to benefit numerous communities throughout the country to this day.
Dec 13, 2013 · One of the principal organizers was a young housewife named Lois Gibbs. As head of the Love Canal Homeowners' Association, she researched the history of the toxic dump, rallied the protests and demanded state and federal action.
Lois Gibbs received the 5 th Heinz Award in the Environment for demonstrating the importance of citizen activists in protecting both the health of their communities and the environment as a whole.
