and clean up toxic waste sites throughout the United States. In 1980, Gibbs formed the Citizens' Clearinghouse for Hazardous Waste, later renamed the Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ) in 1998, where she currently serves as executive director. CHEJ is a grassroots environmental crisis center that provides information, resources, technical assistance and training to community groups around the nation. CHEJ seeks to form strong local organizations in order to protect neighborhoods from exposure to hazardous wastes. Gibbs has authored several books about the Love Canal story and the effects of toxic waste. The earlier and most quoted is Love Canal. My story, written with Murray Levine and published in 1982. Her story was dramatized in the 1982 made-for-TV movie Lois Gibbs: the Love Canal Story, in which she was played by Marsha Mason. Later life Lois Gibbs is still in partnership with the Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ). She has moved her point of activism to fracking, which she has published articles in The Huffington Post about. She bases the value of this article on putting families and earth first. She is currently working with a group in Pennsylvania in order to gain more support on keeping the ground and water clean. Awards Received the 1990 Goldman Environmental Prize The 5th Annual Heinz Award in the Environment (1998) John Gardner Leadership Award from Independent Sector (1999) Nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 Awarded an honorary degree from Haverford College for her work as an environmental activist (2006) Received an honorary degree, a doctor of humane letters, from Green Mountain College (2009) Received an honorary degree, a doctor of Laws from Medaille College (2010) Received an honorary degree, a doctor of Public Service, from Tufts University (2013) Gallery References External links Center for Health, Environment & Justice website Lois Gibbs Personal 1982 film info, Lois Gibbs and Love Canal Library resources Lois Gibbs Love Canal Papers, 1951-2010 Tufts University 1951 births Living people American environmentalists Love Canal Goldman Environmental Prize awardees