Amanda MacMillan
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Amanda MacMillan is a freelance health and science writer who has contributed to Outside, Shape, Self, Prevention, WebMD, and other publications. She is a triathlete and lives in Brooklyn.
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The Long Road to Safer School Buses
NRDC in ActionWashington, California, New Jersey, TexasAmanda MacMillan
A landmark NRDC study showed that standard-issue diesel-spewing school buses could put kids at risk of cancer—and drove a national effort to clean the vehicles up.
Greening the Playing Fields
NRDC in ActionPhiladelphia, Seattle, San Francisco, Portland (Oregon), BostonAmanda MacMillan
How the sports industry became one of the planet's most powerful allies.
Sleazy Rider
Latest NewsUnited StatesAmanda MacMillan
If the GOP-led Congress gets its way, wildlife could be in big trouble.