As a child, Lisa Garcia spent her summers in a South Bronx where playgrounds had more cracked pavement and asphalt than grass ...
Darian Wigfall, a long-time activist, has joined the fight against environmental racism. Wigfall, a former music label executive, is executive director of St. Paul Episcopal Church in the Carondelet ...
A state map showing “environmental justice” communities is back online, after the state lost access, in a Trump administration purge, to federal data about communities considered overburdened by ...
The Biden Administration made environmental justice a priority of its environmental programs, even creating new councils focused specifically on environmental justice. It issued new initiatives and ...
The NYU School of Law introduced a new experiential learning lab for students to conduct research and litigation focused on ...
With thousands of dedicated courts and more than a million recent cases, environmental and climate litigation is booming in ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KATU) — U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have voiced their support for new legislation that seeks to permanently establish the Office of Environmental Justice within the ...
The city of Dallas is expanding its focus on environmental justice as part of its broader equity efforts. City leaders last week announced the addition to the Equity Indicators Report. “It's very ...