How Maryland’s Preference for ...

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How Maryland’s Preference for Burning Trash Galvanized Environmental Activists in Baltimore

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The risk of preterm birth rise...

Aug 20, 2020 by

The risk of preterm birth rises near gas flaring, reflecting deep-rooted environmental injustices in rural America

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New York’s Heat-Vulnerab...

Aug 18, 2020 by

New York’s Heat-Vulnerable Neighborhoods Need to Go Green to Cool Off

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Meet the Dominican nuns who cr...

Jul 2, 2020 by

Meet the Dominican nuns who created their own climate solutions fund

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‘2040’: A funny, e...

Jun 30, 2020 by

‘2040’: A funny, entertaining, upbeat climate documentary

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The Violence of Pollution: The...

Jun 25, 2020 by

The Violence of Pollution: The Injustice of Rolling Back Clean Air Protections

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Video: Regardless of Results, ...

Jun 24, 2020 by

Video: Regardless of Results, Kentucky’s Primary Shows Environmental Justice is an Issue for Voters

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This plastics company is tryin...

Jun 19, 2020 by

This plastics company is trying to stop Black residents from visiting a slave burial site on Juneteenth

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Q&A: A Pioneer of Environ...

Jun 18, 2020 by

Q&A: A Pioneer of Environmental Justice Explains Why He Sees Reason for Optimism

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15 EcoWatch Stories on Environ...

Jun 2, 2020 by

15 EcoWatch Stories on Environmental and Racial Injustice

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Study: Rising temperatures wil...

May 1, 2020 by

Study: Rising temperatures will double the risk to farmworkers in the coming decades

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An effort to bring ‘environmen...

Mar 31, 2020 by

An effort to bring ‘environmental justice for all’ goes virtual

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A Key Climate Justice Question...

Dec 6, 2019 by

Environmental justice advocates and indigenous groups argue that emissions trading leaves the poor bearing the brunt of pollution.

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‘Racism dictates who gets dump...

Nov 14, 2019 by

Five luminaries explain the concept of ‘environmental justice’ and reveal why, alongside the climate crisis, it is one of the most pressing issues of our time   

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“God Told Me to Fight”—Inside ...

Aug 29, 2019 by

Houses, several churches, and an elementary school would all be about a mile away.

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Environmental racism is bad fo...

Aug 7, 2019 by

Two new books highlight how pollution is corrupting the bodies — and minds — of people of color.

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AS TRUMP EXITS PARIS, AMERICA&...

Jul 8, 2017 by

AS TRUMP EXITS PARIS, AMERICA’S URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS PAY THE PRICE

[Translate] Sam Fulwood III Trump’s retreat on climate policies forces cities to step up efforts to protect at-risk populations from...

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ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE A GROWIN...

Nov 7, 2016 by

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE A GROWING CONCERN AMONG LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS

[Translate] Heidi Petersen THE DIRT Shanghai / FlickrEnvironmental justice, which is about the fair distribution of environmental...

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Exclusive: EPA’s top official ...

Oct 28, 2016 by

Exclusive: EPA’s top official commits to doing right by communities of color

[Translate] REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Justice for All? By Ben Adler and Aura Bogado  GRIST The fundamental facts of environmental...

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AFTER YEARS OF LITIGATION, BP ...

Jul 2, 2015 by

AFTER YEARS OF LITIGATION, BP AGREES TO $18.7 BILLION IN CLAIMS AND PENALTIES FOR HISTORIC OIL SPILL

[Translate] by Ryan KoronowskiCLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock   In simultaneous press conferences in Alabama, Louisiana,...

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We graded the feds on their en...

May 10, 2015 by

We graded the feds on their environmental justice programs — here’s how they fared

[Translate] Shutterstock By Brentin Mock   GRIST As the winds settled from Hurricane Sandy, Shaun Donovan, then-head of the U.S....

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