Race
Backyard sewage and parasitic disease: EPA opens a civil rights probe in Alabama
Advocates allege the state hindered Black residents from receiving critical federal funds.
Read MoreStudy: People of color breathe more polluted air, regardless of income
U.S. air quality has gotten better, but disparities remain
Read MoreDeb Haaland is taking on racist names on federal lands
“It is well-past time for us, as a nation, to move forward, beyond these derogatory terms.”
Read MoreIn a first, the Justice Department will investigate whether Alabama’s sewage crisis violates civil rights
The investigation into Alabama’s wastewater crisis marks a first-of-its-kind environmental justice probe.
Read MoreThe event that changed the environmental justice movement forever
Thirty years later, organizers reflect on the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit.
Read MoreStudy: Indigenous tribes lost 99% of land to colonization
Settlers pushed tribes into land more at risk from climate change
Read MoreEPA finally has an action plan to improve water infrastructure and sanitation for US tribes
Indigenous leaders push for increased tribal consultation and funding
Read MoreNorth Carolina tribes fear pipeline will damage waterways, burial grounds
A fracking company wants to extend the Mountain Valley Pipeline into the lands of Indigenous people and predominantly Black communities.
Read MoreDecades after Watts revolted, the Black neighborhood is being ‘revitalized’ — but the cost is steep
Residents wonder how the most environmentally burdened place in California became one of the most vied-for plots of land in all of LA.
Read MoreAre white people bad for the environment?
The origins of global warming are “rooted in a racism of ‘I know better.’”
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