A recent report by the Northeast-Midwest Institute shows that Indiana is dead last in comparison to other midwestern states to protect vulnerable communities from air pollution. In particular, Indiana legislators have failed
The California Coastal Commission voted 8-to-2 to approve a new desalination plant along the state’s central coast late last week. Drawing water from the Pacific Ocean, the California American Water plant in
According to locals, two different types of odors emanate from the 366-acre High Acres Landfill, which sits just outside Rochester, New York. “There’s the gas odors, and then there’s the garbage odors
Environmental justice advocates generally agree the climate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act include positive and important elements, and also represent predictable and familiar disappointments. Advocates for communities of color, low income
The Department of Health and Human Services will establish an Office of Environmental Justice on Tuesday to focus specifically on environmental health harms in "disadvantaged communities and vulnerable populations on the frontlines
The Biden administration, on Thursday, announced a new effort to crack down on the disproportionate polluting of poor communities and communities of color with the creation of a new office within DOJ.
A new initiative is challenging American climate philanthropies to dramatically increase their funding of environmental efforts led by Black, Indigenous, Latino and other people of color, the AP reports. “People say we
Cecil Corbin-Mark, the Deputy Director and Director of Policy Initiatives at WE ACT, died suddenly on October 15, after suffering a stroke. He was 51. Corbin-Mark has been a loved and respected
Akeeshea Daniels once lived in the West Calumet public housing complex in the shadow of a former lead smelter in East Chicago, Indiana. She worried about the pervasive lead pollution in the
For most of 2016, Democrats expected to cruise to an easy electoral victory, claiming the White House — and possibly the Senate — as Republicans flailed on the coattails of Donald Trump. But history took another
EPA Administrator Michael Regan on Wednesday announced bold steps to help communities historically and disproportionately impacted by pollution, with programs including surprise pollution inspections at petrochemical and other facilities and strengthened emissions
More than 20,000 people died in car crashes in the first half of 2021, the highest in a six month period in 15 years and 18.4% more than in the first half
Community activists in Virginia are continuing their fight against a non-viral public health threat, E&E reports. The already behind-schedule and over-budget Mountain Valley Pipeline would transport gas 303 miles from West Virginia
Southwest Chicago's Little Village neighborhood is one of the city's most polluted neighborhoods and has also been ravaged by the novel coronavirus, Grist reports, yet another stark instance in which the pandemic
Legislation introduced Thursday would create an interagency task force to tackle environmental racism by mapping and tracking a number of factors that harm public health in segregated communities, including lead pollution, air
A coalition of Indiana Black civil rights groups, and business, religious, and nonprofit leaders are calling on the federal government to reject the state's proposed EV charging network. That plan, they argue,
Last year, the Donors of Color Network challenged top climate funders to direct 30% of their grantmaking to Black, Indigenous, and people of color-led groups accountable to their communities. To date, funders
Climate change is a women’s issue. Women are far more likely to be displaced by climate disasters and are more vulnerable to the economic shocks and increased gender-based violence that accompanies a
In a major victory for environmental justice advocates, the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday voted unanimously to phase out existing oil and gas wells over a period of five years and
Jessica Hernandez found her way to conservation science and environmental justice through her grandmother—and her knowledge about the natural world, accumulated over generations. Maria de Jesus, a member of southern Mexico’s Zapotec
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