The EPA’s declaration specifically targets Administrator Lee Zeldin for “undermining public trust” and “promoting a culture of fear.”
The lawsuit calls for a freeze on the development of further petrochemical plants in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley,” which is one of many examples of enviromental racism in this country.
Louisiana’s Black communities, my community, continue to reckon with systemic and environmental racism
Environmental racism is defined as environmental injustice that occurs within a racialized context both in practice and policy.
Well-meaning federal processes haven't become well-doing.
Black and brown people are already disproportionately exposed to elevated levels of poor air quality.
'Small Doses' host Amanda Seales explores "green colonialism" and how climate change harms certain communities more than others.
The EPA is opening a new office that it says will double down on environmental justice efforts.
Environmental racism is defined as environmental injustice that occurs within a racialized context both in practice and policy.
Overcoming the legacy of environmental racism will take a collective reckoning; something legislation cannot address on its own.
"The plant will be an additional source of air pollution in a community of color that already has one of the highest rates of asthma hospitalizations in the state."
