The Supreme Court on Thursday outlawed race-conscious affirmative action, a ruling that upends decades of precedent, could hamper efforts to advance environmental justice, and, critics argue, will further entrench systemic racism throughout
Methane gas power generation failures are responsible for a disproportionate share of weather-related outages, Bloomberg reports. Nevertheless, E&E reports, the Biden administration is planning to pour $5 billion into temporary fossil fuel
Environmental justice advocates and communities who (will) bear the brunt of the resulting risk are raising the alarm over a Biden administration support for carbon capture and sequestration, which they see as
A scrap metal recycling facility is facing criminal charges in connection with allegedly contaminating the grounds of a Los Angeles high school with lead and other toxic pollutants. Los Angeles District Attorney
The Biden administration laid out ambitious rulemaking timelines in its semi-annual unified agenda for regulatory action on Tuesday, reflecting what DOE Secretary Granholm described as a "huge sense of urgency" to finalize
The wildfire smoke that blanketed the northeastern US last week has lifted, bringing air pollution levels down, and offering reprieve, particularly for those acutely affected by the smoke, including children, the elderly,
In Southwestern Louisiana, oil and gas companies are polluting the air and water with dangerous chemicals, making kids sick. Yet the fossil fuel industry wants to expand in the region, vying to
Residents of Lowndes county in Alabama, which is nearly 75 percent Black, were repeatedly and consistently denied access to clean sanitation systems, according to an environmental justice agreement announced by the Biden
President Biden on Friday signed an executive order creating a new Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ) within the White House Council on Environmental Quality. The EO directs federal agencies to work closer
Ben Jealous has spent much of his career fighting for voting rights and prison reform. Now, as he takes the helm of the Sierra Club, he’s thinking about other ways to fight
The EPA will disburse $550 million meant to boost efforts to address environmental inequities, the agency announced Thursday. The funds will be distributed among 11 entities, including large non-profits, tribal nations, and
A pilot program in The Bronx to replace methane gas-burning stoves with electric induction dramatically improved the air quality in residents' apartments, The City reports. The pilot program, run by WE ACT
As an Indigenous fisherman from southern Louisiana, Travis Dardar knows what it’s like to have his home deemed unworthy of saving. Dardar grew up on Isle de Jean Charles, a small island
The recent increase in public awareness over the health dangers posed by gas stoves has left many renters, including those living in public housing, worried about the harms of air pollution released
The U.S. could zero out climate pollution from the transportation sector while also reducing lithium demand by reducing the car-centricity of its transportation system, a new report from the Climate and Community
When Superstorm Sandy hit in October 2012, Celia Sporer-Newman was about eight months pregnant and working full-time as a paramedic in Queens, New York. Sporer-Newman had worked through previous disasters, including Hurricane
The EPA on Tuesday announced $100 million is now available for environmental justice grants, with $30 million available to community-based nonprofits and $70 million available to state, local, and tribal governments. “I
When Jamika Jones was pregnant with her son earlier this year, her mother worried about her drinking water from the tap. Jones lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where more than a third of
The side deal to overhaul energy permitting promised to West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin in exchange for his yes vote on landmark climate legislation will not be included in the must-pass National
Freeport LNG delayed its target for resuming gas export operations, again, on Thursday. The terminal, which accounts for about one-fifth of U.S. methane gas exports, has been offline since a major explosion
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