Environmental Racism

Eight years after a mercaptan spill at a Mobile Gas facility in Eight Mile, Alabama, residents are still fighting back.

Through partnering with local farmers, the USDA has begun to tackle its racist past.

The government has embarked on its third attempt and once again it is trying to impose a dump on Aboriginal land despite clear opposition from traditional owners.

ACLU cites First Amendment, files for dismissal of suit that has “chilling effect” on free speech.

White supremacy and white privilege often obscure the racist structures that create water contamination crises.

Faced with a deadly new threat, residents in one predominately African-American community are organizing their neighbors and allies from far and wide.

Alabama residents say the landfill pollutes their majority-Black neighborhood and harms their health. Now, they're being sued.

In a group of 222 white medical students and residents, half believed in biological differences between black and white people.

As in other places around the world, Mexico's wind boom runs the risk of bypassing the poor, which is why we need new global standards.

The environmental damage that the oil industry has caused over the years has only exacerbated the problems caused by rising sea levels.