Posts Tagged ‘Environmental justice’
The Federal Retreat From Fighting Environmental Racism Has Begun
General Iron, was almost comically racist. The business, which shreds junk cars and other items in order to sell the metal, had long operated in the very wealthy and very white Lincoln Park neighborhood on the North Side of the city.
Read MoreLooks Like the EPA’s Fine With Black Folks Breathing Dirtier Air And everyone else, too.
Nitrogen oxides contribute to smog, which presents a host of public health issues that are felt most strongly in communities that are disproportionately exposed – which tend to be Black and Brown neighborhoods.
Read MoreEPA Delays Coal Ash Cleanup. Guess Who Lives Closest?
Black Americans make up just 15% of the national population, but a 2019 report from the NAACP found that Black people comprise fully two-thirds of the population that lives within 30 miles of a coal plant.
Read MoreColossal Polluter: NAACP Moves to Sue Musk in Memphis
Ahead of an anticipated lawsuit, the NAACP and Southern Environmental Law Center are filing a complaint with the Environmental Protection Agency. They allege that the Colossus’s electric power plant, which produces enough electricity to power a small city, is making a bad situation worse for the neighborhood’s Black residents.
Read MoreMemphis Had a Smog Problem Long Before Elon Came to Town
While the Colossus supercomputer may have increased emmissions in the city, Memphis was long known for its air pollution.
Read MoreTrump’s DOJ Kills a Black County’s Environmental Justice Deal
The community was relying on assistance from the federal government to create proper wastewater disposal systems.
Read MoreMichael Regan Rebuilt the EPA, but Did It Deliver for Black Communities?
He campaigned for Black communities as the department’s leader and leaves a complicated legacy behind him.
Read MorePFAS Toxicity Exacerbates Environmental Injustice for Communities of Color
Thanks for decades of redlining, many Black Americans are more likely to be exposed to cancer-causing chemicals.
Read MoreHow Heavy Rains and High Tides Hurt NYC’s Black and Brown Neighborhoods
Historic disinvestment in Black and Brown neighborhoods across the city has now left homeowners at the mercy of flooding due to heavy rain.
Read MoreBlack Workers Are Being Left Out of the Clean Energy Boom
A recent study found that Black workers make up only 8% of the clean energy labor force, including fossil fuels and electric/hybrid vehicles, which is significantly less than other groups of color.
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