Why clean air is a luxury that many can't afford
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(Image credit: Getty Images) Although almost everyone in the world now breathes air that is polluted in some way, the unfolding…
(Image credit: Getty Images) Although almost everyone in the world now breathes air that is polluted in some way, the unfolding…
(Image credit: Getty Images) Although almost everyone in the world now breathes air that is polluted in some way, the unfolding…
This year’s Pride in London parade was temporarily halted by a handful of activists, all representatives of the U.K.-based…
The Inflation Reduction Act is not just historic climate policy, its historic jobs policy, capable of creating an estimated 9…
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“The so-called ‘environmental justice’ is a sham.” There is no evidence that minorities are harmed by any environmental factors.
We can’t see it, and coroners rarely report it, but air pollution caused by burning fossil fuels prematurely kills an estimated…
Lew Daly is deputy director of climate policy at the Roosevelt Institute. Elizabeth Yeampierre is steering committee co-chair…
Last month, at least 58 Texans died as a result of the deep freeze that gripped the state and led to widespread power outages.
Our regional power grid operator, ISO-New England, should plan for systemic vulnerabilities and begin a just transition to…
Ever since a father and son managed to draw four whiskey barrels of oil from a hand-dug hole near Californias Kern River 121…
Katrina flooding, 2005. FEMA This story originally appeared in WURD and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a…
This story originally appeared in WURD and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism…
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The life of Freddie Gray, and of so many others, was endangered many times over by numerous forms of systemic racism before it…
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NAACP members wait for the speeches to begin at the opening plenary session of the NAACP 110th National Convention at the COBO…
On Wednesday, Juneteenth, the day that commemorates the news of the legal end of slavery, Congress will hold the first hearing…
By, Richard V. Reeves Growing gaps in family structure, educational investments, school readiness, test scores, and college…
08/30/2017 12:43 pm ET Updated 21 minutes ago The dismal spectacle we all have witnessed ever since Donald Trump became…
This article was originally published on The Conversation. Earth Day comes right before National Volunteer Week, an annual…
Published by Huffington Post on Fri, 21 Apr 2017 By Lindsey McDougle, Rutgers University Newark Earth Day comes right before…
(THE CONVERSATION) Earth Day comes right before National Volunteer Week, an annual celebration of North American volunteerism…
(THE CONVERSATION) Earth Day comes right before National Volunteer Week, an annual celebration of North American volunteerism…
Lindsey McDougle, ( (THE CONVERSATION) Earth Day comes right before National Volunteer Week, an annual celebration of North…
Earth Day comes right before National Volunteer Week, an annual celebration of North American volunteerism in late April.
Here's how they can recruit volunteers of color. 04/21/2017 11:51 am ET | Updated 5 minutes ago By Lindsey McDougle, Rutgers…
Illustration: Angelica Alzona/Gizmodo As the White House was preparing to implement deep cuts to the Environmental Protection…
Go looking for the local landfill or toxic waste treatment facility in any US county with a mostly white population, and you’ll…
President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2018 budget plan has come under fire shortly after its release Thursday for recommending…
The national flag of Mexico tells a story. The eagle perched atop a cactus and holding a snake is a founding myth of the Aztec…
There's a photograph in my office that serves as a poignant reminder. It depicts a sign pointing to a "colored waiting area…
Behind the latest Koch-funded effort to hide the impacts of fossil fuels By Jeremy Deaton CREDIT: PEXELS Is carbon dioxide…
By | July/August 2015 Issue "We're getting hammered right now," Cross says, shouting over the hum of the engines.
Hubert Roberson of Flint, Mich., wears a mask to a prayer service at the Metropolitan Baptist Tabernacle Church in Flint before…
On Feb. 2, a dead body was found across the road from the Holiday Inn Express in Flint, Michigan.
The nation just observed Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, and with horrible irony, the U.S.
The US is denying huge numbers of black and brown children their chance to achieve their cognitive potential by quietly…
The life of Freddie Gray, and of so many others, was endangered many times over by numerous forms of systemic racism before it…
Protesting in West Baltimore. Arash Azizzada/flickr , CC BY-NC The life of Freddie Gray, and of so many others, was endangered…
Hispanics are far more likely than whites to view global warming as a problem that affects them personally and to support…
For decades the environmental justice movement has insisted that pollution is just another form of racism. Now a University of…
People of color tend to live in neighborhoods that expose them to higher levels of air pollution when compared to Caucasians, a…
A new study highlights dramatic environmental injustice in the U.S.
Researchers from the University of Minnesota have uncovered a pattern of "environmental injustice," suggesting that minorities…
When it comes to the injustice of air pollution, the divide between blacks and whites is greater than the gap between the rich…
New York and Philadelphia top the list of urban areas with the great gaps in pollution exposure between whites and non-whites.
( University of Minnesota ) A first-of-its-kind study by researchers at the University of Minnesota found that on average…