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Erin Brockovich
Erin Brockovich is an American paralegal, consumer advocate, and environmental activist who was instrumental in building a case against Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) involving groundwater contamination in Hinkley, California, for attorney Ed Masry in 1993. Their successful lawsuit was the subject of the Oscar-winning film Erin Brockovich (2000), starring Julia Roberts as Brockovich and Alb…
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business · American environmental activist (born 1960) · jurist · businessperson · environmentalist · also Erin Brockovich, Erin Pattee, Brockovich
Born 22 June 1960 · Q232019
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Going LIVE on Substack app today at 3PM. Ask me anything about water issues, boil water advisories, and the BIG one: why’s it so hard in 2025 for the greatest countries in the world to provide clean drinking water to communities? Join the conversation! www.thebrockovichreport.com
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2026· 7 entries
Yahoo: Erin Brockovich Explains Why She Started Mapping New Data Centers
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Yahoo: Why Erin Brockovich Is Sounding the Alarm About AI Data Centers
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The Guardian: ‘We’re up against forces that have all the money in the world’: Erin Brockovich on her battle against AI datacentres
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Public attention spiked: 15,230 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.6× the usual 4,196, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Erin Brockovich Launches Map to Track Controversial AI Data Centers, Which Reportedly Cost $25B in Environmental Damages Last Year” (People).
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People: Erin Brockovich Launches Map to Track Controversial AI Data Centers, Which Reportedly Cost $25B in Environmental Damages Last Year
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Snopes rated the claim “Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has launched an online AI data center tracking project in order to document its environmental impact on local communities.” True.
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2025· 9 entries
“I'll be live tomorrow (Thurs/June 19) 1:30 PM EST at @SubstackInc. Ask me anything! My birthday is coming up this weekend, so I'll be getting sentimental & sharing life lessons. Come say hi 👋”
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“Going LIVE on Substack app today at 3PM. Ask me anything about water issues, boil water advisories, and the BIG one: why’s it so hard in 2025 for the greatest countries in the world to provide clean drinking water to communities? Join the conversation! www.thebrockovichreport.com”
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“The sad part is that we’ve been here all along. Trump’s just honest about doing nothing to help the environment & build infrastructure. It’s all politics paid for by industry & I won’t pretend just to stay in good favor. We don’t need an opposition to Trump we need an alternative to the whole game.”
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“Cut @arimelber.bsky.social some slack. He gave me a platform to make some important points about how politics is the problem and how regulations even when well intended are useless without enforcement. Ari is a mensch. Come to The Brockovich Report to talk more.”
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“Thanks everyone who joined us live. Love that this is growing and hope more of you will keep joining us for some unfiltered truth. www.thebrockovichreport.com/p/tbr-live-m...”
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“Hi Ya, I've started doing LIVE chats on my Substack - The Brockovich Report. Going live today to talk about where you can find the most affordable housing in America: FLINT, MICHIGAN. WTF. 🤯 Come say hi. substack.com/@erinbrockov...”
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“Thanks to @realerinbrockovich.bsky.social and @suzannewriting.bsky.social for featuring our book in The Brockovich Report Check out my and @sharonudasin.bsky.social's conversation with Suzanne www.thebrockovichreport.com/p/poisoning-...”
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“While I understand the conspiracy theories and don’t put anything past the powerful global patriarchy- immediately discounting the possibly that Virginia Giuffre took her own life robs her of her pain. Please take time to honor the human who suffered.”
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“Available NOW!! Great new book I helped with. Poisoning the Well, an expose of #PFAS coverup & a firsthand look at communities suffering Superman’s not coming: but people are fighting back. By journalists @sharonudasin & @RachelFrazin bookshop.org/p/books/pois...”
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2024· 2 entries
Deadline.com: Erin Brockovich Signs On As E.P. Of ‘Black Snow,’ Film Documenting Russian Homemaker-Turned-Journalist Who Exposed Toxic Disaster
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A guest essay penned by Brockovich entitled "What's at Stake in November" appeared in the opinion section of The New York Times
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2023· 1 entry
New York Daily News: Erin Brockovich addresses East Palestine residents: ‘You’re going to be told it’s safe’
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2022· 1 entry
Brockovich wrote an article talking about the case of Steven Donziger, a lawyer who won an $18 billion judgment against Chevron before being jailed for contempt of court after refusing to turn his phone and computer over
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2021· 2 entries
Rebel, a television series which creator Krista Vernoff loosely based on Brockovich's life, premiered on ABC
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Brockovich wrote about hormone-disrupting chemicals (such as PFAS) eroding human fertility at an alarming rate
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2012· 2 entries
“The only difference between here and Hinkley is that I saw higher levels here than I saw in Hinkley.”
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Brockovich became involved in the case of 14 students from LeRoy, New York, who began reporting perplexing medical symptoms, including tics and speech difficulties
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2007· 2 entries
Honorary Master of Arts, Business Communication, from Jones International University, Centennial, Colorado
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Detail about Hinkley case at AwesomeStories
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2003· 2 entries
In which the district was accused of harming the health and safety of its students by allowing a contractor to operate a cluster of oil wells on campus
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After experiencing problems with mold contamination in her own home in the Conejo Valley, Brockovich received settlements of $430,000 ($752,578 in 2025) from two parties, and an undisclosed amount from a third party, to
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1996· 1 entry
For $333 million ($684 million in 2025), the largest settlement ever paid in a direct-action lawsuit in United States history to that date
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1993· 1 entry
Brockovich spoke out against PG&E after finding widespread unexplained illness in the town of Hinkley, California
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1960· 1 entry
Born 1960-06-22.
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1952· 1 entry
As a part of a natural-gas pipeline connecting to the San Francisco Bay Area
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