Marjorie J. "Maggie" Clarke is an American environmental scientist who specializes in recycling participation,

waste prevention Waste minimisation is a set of processes and practices intended to reduce the amount of waste produced. By reducing or eliminating the generation of harmful and persistent wastes, waste minimisation supports efforts to promote a more sustain ...

methods,

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/incinerator emissions controls, environmental impacts of the World Trade Center fires and collapse, and community botanical gardening. Since the

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she has focused on increasing participation in New York City's waste prevention and recycling programs.

Early life and education

She was born on July 14, 1953, in

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, Florida. She graduated in 1975 with a B.A. in geology from

Smith College Smith College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts Women's colleges in the United States, women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts, United States. It was chartered in 1871 by Sophia Smit ...

. She received an M.S. in environmental science from

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in 1978 and in energy technology from New York University in 1982. She completed a Ph.D. in 2000 for environmental sciences.

Career and research

Clarke was the Department of Sanitation's specialist on

emissions Emission may refer to: Chemical products * Emission of air pollutants, notably: ** Flue gas, gas exiting to the atmosphere via a flue ** Exhaust gas, flue gas generated by fuel combustion ** Emission of greenhouse gases, which absorb and emit rad ...

from

incinerator Incineration is a list of solid waste treatment technologies, waste treatment process that involves the combustion of substances contained in waste materials. Industrial plants for waste incineration are commonly referred to as waste-to-ene ...

s from 1984 to 1988 and served on a

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committee on Health Effects of Waste Incineration. From 2002 to 2004, she was a scientist-in-residence and adjunct assistant professor at

Lehman College Lehman College is a public college in New York City, United States. Founded in 1931 as the Bronx campus of Hunter College, it became an independent college in 1967. The college is named after Herbert H. Lehman, a former New York governor, United ...

, and an

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from 1996 to 2005. Clarke is a persistent questioner of

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's claims about the safety of the

World Trade Center site The World Trade Center site, often referred to as " Ground Zero" or "the Pile" immediately after the September 11 attacks, is a 14.6-acre (5.9 ha) area in Lower Manhattan in New York City. The site is bounded by Vesey Street to the north ...

. She also conceived and garnered support for a New York City local law to eliminate 2200 apartment building incinerators which was signed into law in 1989.

NGO participation

Clarke has been chair or vice chair of the ''Manhattan Citizens' Solid Waste Advisory Board'' for 8 of the years since its inception in 1990.cShe co-founded and has been president of the ''Riverside-Inwood Neighborhood Garden (RING)'', a volunteer botanical garden in Upper Manhattan, since 1984.

References

External links

www.maggieclarkeenvironmental.com
- Papers and testimony {{DEFAULTSORT:Clarke, Marjorie J. 1953 births Living people American environmentalists American women environmentalists American environmental scientists Scientists from Miami Smith College alumni Johns Hopkins University alumni New York University alumni CUNY Graduate Center alumni Lehman College faculty Hunter College faculty American scientists 21st-century American women

Early life and education

Career and research

NGO participation

See also

References

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