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'''Wilma Subra''' is an American environmental scientist.<ref>http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/1021-03.htm</ref>
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| birth_date = 1943<ref name=Vaughn/><!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| birth_place = [[Morgan City, Louisiana]]
| education = Bachelor's (1965) and master's (1966), chemistry and microbiology,<br/>[[University of Southwestern Louisiana]]<ref name=Vaughn>Jacqueline Vaughn, ''Waste Management: A Reference Handbook'', ABC-CLIO, 2009, [https://books.google.com/books?id=9LZE-ny9hUAC&pg=PA163 p. 163].
*Steve Lerner, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120112075134/http://www.commonweal.org/programs/fg_fenceline/subra.html "Wilma Subra"], ''Commonweal'', undated.</ref>
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'''Wilma Subra''' (born 1943) is an American environmental scientist.<ref>Sharon, Cohen. [http://articles.latimes.com/2001/oct/21/news/mn-59858 "Genial Grandmother Is 'Top Gun' in Environmental Activism"], Associated Press, October 21, 2001.</ref> She is President of the Subra Company, an environmental consulting firm.<ref name=epabio>[http://www.epa.gov/air/ej/conference2007/Wilma_Subra_Bio.pdf "Biography of Wilma Subra"], Environmental Protection Agency, 2007.</ref>

Subra was born in [[Morgan City, Louisiana]], and was raised there and in nearby [[Bayou Vista, Louisiana|Bayou Vista]]. Her father was a chemist, and her grandfather an oyster fisherman. She obtained a bachelor's degree in microbiology and chemistry in 1965 from the [[University of Southwestern Louisiana]] in [[Lafayette, Louisiana|Lafayette]], and her master's a year later.<ref name=Frankland2013p167>Peggy Frankland, ''Women Pioneers of the Louisiana Environmental Movement'', University Press of Mississippi, 2013, [https://books.google.com/books?id=hYj9I3zuZ_QC&pg=PA167 p. 167].</ref>

From 1967 until 1981 Subra worked for the Gulf South Research Institute.<ref>Barbara L. Allen, ''Uneasy Alchemy: Citizens and Experts in Louisiana's Chemical Corridor Disputes'', MIT Press, 2003, [https://books.google.com/books?id=VIZDtZnEQ5sC&pg=PA124 p. 124].</ref> She founded the Subra Company in May 1981 to help people facing problems because of [[environmental health]] issues.<ref name=Frankland2013p167/>

Subra served for seven years as vice-chair of the [[Environmental Protection Agency]]'s (EPA) National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology, for six years on the EPA's [[National Environmental Justice Advisory Council]], and for five years on the National Advisory Committee of the US Representative to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation.<ref name=epabio/> She appeared in the 2010 documentary [[Gasland]].


She graduated from the [[University of Southwestern Louisiana]], and from the [[University of Louisiana at Lafayette]] in microbiology, chemistry and computer sciences.<ref>http://www.commonweal.org/programs/fg_fenceline/subra.html</ref>
She worked for the [[Gulf South Research Institute]] (GSRI).<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=VIZDtZnEQ5sC&pg=PA124&lpg=PA124&dq=Wilma+Subra&source=bl&ots=ayrFGZ_BBh&sig=gQ4Fbotlz1lpfuNO9fsrA0eCXL0&hl=en&ei=HqbUS-H4IJOa8QS7292-Dw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CCIQ6AEwCTgK#v=onepage&q=Wilma%20Subra&f=false ''Uneasy alchemy: citizens and experts in Louisiana's chemical corridor disputes''], Barbara L. Allen</ref>
She served as vice-chair of the EPA National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT),<ref>http://www.cleanhouston.org/new-subra.asp</ref>
She is President of the Subra Company.<ref>http://www.epa.gov/air/ej/conference2007/Wilma_Subra_Bio.pdf</ref>
==Awards==
==Awards==
*1999 [[MacArthur Fellows Program]]
*1999 [[MacArthur Fellows Program]]<ref>[http://www.macfound.org/fellows/class/july-1999/ "Meet the 1999 MacArthur Fellows"], MacArthur Foundation</ref>
*2004 Volvo for Life Award finalist <ref>http://web.princeton.edu/sites/pei/ejconference/bios/bio_subra.html</ref>
*2004 Volvo for Life Award finalist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.princeton.edu/sites/pei/ejconference/bios/bio_subra.html |title=2008 Environmental Justice Conference: Wilma Subra |publisher=Princeton University |date= |accessdate=2013-03-07}}</ref>
*2011 [[Global Exchange]] Human Rights Awards Honoree


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==Further reading==
*[http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/1021-03.htm "Conversations with Advocates of Fair Growth"] ''Commonweal''
*[http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/1021-03.htm "Conversations with Advocates of Fair Growth"] ''Commonweal''
*[http://www.healthandenvironment.org/articles/homepage/619 "Interview with CHE Partner, Wilma Subra"], ''Collaborative on Health and the Environment''
*[http://www.healthandenvironment.org/articles/homepage/619 "Interview with CHE Partner, Wilma Subra"], ''Collaborative on Health and the Environment''
*[http://splashdownpa.blogspot.com/2009/10/letter-from-wilma-subra-to-new-york.html "A Letter from Wilma Subra to New York State: Fracking vs. Water"], October 1, 2009
*[http://splashdownpa.blogspot.com/2009/10/letter-from-wilma-subra-to-new-york.html "A Letter from Wilma Subra to New York State: Fracking vs. Water"], October 1, 2009
*[http://www.gcmonitor.org/article.php?id=344 "Wilma Subra Notes from the Hurricane Impacted area"], ''Global Community Network'', September 16th, 2005
*[http://www.gcmonitor.org/article.php?id=344 "Wilma Subra Notes from the Hurricane Impacted area"], ''Global Community Network'', September 16, 2005
*Wolf, Vicki. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110211045009/http://www.cleanhouston.org/new-subra.asp "Wilma Subra: Chemist helping communities find justice in toxic environment"], Citizens League for Environmental Action Now, February 2009.
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*[https://cen.acs.org/people/awards/Wilma-Subra-unstoppable-pioneer-environmental/98/i3 "Wilma Subra: An unstoppable pioneer in environmental chemistry and community advocacy"], ''Chemical & Engineering News'', January 17, 2020


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Latest revision as of 09:32, 7 May 2024

Wilma Subra
Born1943[1]
Morgan City, Louisiana
EducationBachelor's (1965) and master's (1966), chemistry and microbiology,
University of Southwestern Louisiana[1]
OccupationChemist
OrganizationSubra Company
Known forEnvironmental health

Wilma Subra (born 1943) is an American environmental scientist.[2] She is President of the Subra Company, an environmental consulting firm.[3]

Subra was born in Morgan City, Louisiana, and was raised there and in nearby Bayou Vista. Her father was a chemist, and her grandfather an oyster fisherman. She obtained a bachelor's degree in microbiology and chemistry in 1965 from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette, and her master's a year later.[4]

From 1967 until 1981 Subra worked for the Gulf South Research Institute.[5] She founded the Subra Company in May 1981 to help people facing problems because of environmental health issues.[4]

Subra served for seven years as vice-chair of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology, for six years on the EPA's National Environmental Justice Advisory Council, and for five years on the National Advisory Committee of the US Representative to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation.[3] She appeared in the 2010 documentary Gasland.

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b Jacqueline Vaughn, Waste Management: A Reference Handbook, ABC-CLIO, 2009, p. 163.
  2. ^ Sharon, Cohen. "Genial Grandmother Is 'Top Gun' in Environmental Activism", Associated Press, October 21, 2001.
  3. ^ a b "Biography of Wilma Subra", Environmental Protection Agency, 2007.
  4. ^ a b Peggy Frankland, Women Pioneers of the Louisiana Environmental Movement, University Press of Mississippi, 2013, p. 167.
  5. ^ Barbara L. Allen, Uneasy Alchemy: Citizens and Experts in Louisiana's Chemical Corridor Disputes, MIT Press, 2003, p. 124.
  6. ^ "Meet the 1999 MacArthur Fellows", MacArthur Foundation
  7. ^ "2008 Environmental Justice Conference: Wilma Subra". Princeton University. Retrieved 2013-03-07.

Further reading

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