We kick off the program with a compelling and important conversation about environmental justice and related issues with Dr. Nicky Sheats, Director of the Center for Urban Environment at Kean ...

The New York Times recently featured a new study by Christopher Tessum and colleagues on disproportionate exposures to people of color from fine particle (PM2.5) emissions, raising questions about ...

With the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) pledging $20 million in grants to support communities impacted by environmental injustice, Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist ...

Black, indigenous, and people of color often take the brunt of harm caused by climate change and pollution. It’s called environmental injustice, burdening those living near refineries, power plants, ...

About 40 community members and city officials gathered Wednesday night in the basement of Ebenezer AME Church to examine preliminary findings from the city’s ongoing Environmental Equity Investigation ...

In order to stem environmental injustice, Virginia should improve how it seeks input from minority communities and their advocates before issuing permits that could disrupt environmental quality, a ...

Even as the Biden administration commits to environmental justice, people in the Fifth District of Louisiana’s St. James Parish are mobilizing to stop a Formosa plastics plant accused of environmental ...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The goal for Aurora Pantojo Conejo, a native of Kansas City, Kansas' Quindaro neighborhood, seems pretty simple. "I want to live long and healthy," Conejo said. A study by We Are ...

1. Introduction : the nature of the problem -- 2. Environmental injustice research: reviewing the evidence -- 3. Environmental justice : getting on the public agenda -- 4. Modeling environmental ...

Today the Tennessee Valley Authority’s two stakeholder groups will convene to discuss a critically important issue: environmental justice issues in the Tennessee Valley. This is timely considering the ...

LAMONT — Residents in this economically stressed patch of the San Joaquin Valley gripped by respiratory sickness were not surprised to learn local officials had exempted all four area fuel refineries ...

President Biden recently issued a 5,400-word executive order directing all federal agencies to emphasize “environmental justice” in every decision they make. After ducking questions for weeks on what ...