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Environmental Justice
Eight Years After BP Oil Spill, Sick Cleanup Workers Still Waiting for Day in Court
Workers are still waiting for justice.
Six Months After Harvey, Environmental Justice and Climate Change Absent From Houston’s Recovery Plans
Houston is also home to the largest refining and petrochemical complex in the country.
Urban Noise Pollution Is Worst in Poor and Minority Neighborhoods and Segregated Cities
Some parts of US cities are much louder than others.
In the Caribbean, Colonialism and Inequality Mean Hurricanes Hit Harder
Disaster damages are amplified by needlessly protracted and incomplete recoveries.
EPA Adds Prison Locations to Its Environmental Justice Mapping Tool
Activists celebrate move as an advance in the struggle to recognize the environmental rights of incarcerated people.
As Hurricanes Intensify, So Does Resistance to Big Oil in the Gulf
Activists demand a just transition away from fossil fuels.
Cleaning Up Toxic Sites Shouldn’t Clear Out the Neighbors
San Francisco has embarked on a project to transform its industrial southeast waterfront into a bike-friendly destination called the Blue Greenway.
America’s Toxic Prisons: The Environmental Injustices of Mass Incarceration
U.S. prisons may be largely hidden from sight, but their environmental toxicity spreads far beyond their walls.
“Clean This Place, Don’t Displace”: Activists Battle for Environmental Justice in Washington, DC
Following the People's Climate March, Washington, DC residents have redoubled their fight for better air quality.
Trump’s Dirty Energy Policies Face Backlash in States Across the Country
Trump is undoing Obama's climate policies, but much of the country is moving in the opposite direction.