environmental racism

39 posts

Red flags in the air: Louisiana communities take on pollution

Federal and state laws are making it more challenging for communities to protect themselves against life-threatening toxins

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7 Min
By: Yasmin Garaad

This Brooklyn neighborhood is building a community-led climate future and fighting to keep it

Sunset Park has carried a heavy pollution burden for its predominantly working-class Asian and Latino residents. Now the neighborhood is emerging as a model for environmental justice

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10 Min
By: Gaea Cabico

Redlining links Black women and higher rates of breast cancer

Recent research shows that living in redlined neighborhoods not only increases the risk of breast cancer for Black women, but also shapes their survival rates and broader health outcomes

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9 Min
By: Syris Valentine

Black residents’ lawsuit against Louisiana parish may proceed, judge rules

Community organizations allege that St. James Parish has discriminated against Black residents by allowing chemical facilities in majority Black areas, dubbed “Cancer Alley”

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5 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

How many are dying from heat in Chicago? The city stopped counting and hasn’t shared the tool that could help

A heat vulnerability index created by Northwestern University could direct environmental resources to Chicago’s most impacted neighborhoods, but it’s locked behind bureaucracy

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13 Min
By: NaBeela Washington

St. Louis residents fight expansion of Israeli minerals company tied to Gaza genocide

ICL Group, whose North American headquarters are in St. Louis, is tied to the manufacturing of white phosphorus, which the Israeli military has reportedly used against Palestinians. Now, the company wants to expand into a historically Black neighborhood

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6 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

Decision on unlawful permitting of Elon Musk’s supercomputer in Memphis expected this month

The Shelby County Health Department is set to decide if Colossus can continue to pollute the air without lawful permits

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4 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

Redlining shaped the power grid. Communities of color are still paying the price

The clean energy transition is moving forward, but the legacy of segregation leaves many urban neighborhoods locked out

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7 Min
By: Mario Ariza, Floodlight

Elon Musk has built the world’s largest supercomputer in Memphis. Residents are fighting back against the exploitation of the city’s resources

Local organizers say they have less of a chance at making climate reforms in the majority Black city than Musk does at imposing environmental harms

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18 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

In the face of empty promises, Baltimore residents take on environmental injustice in their communities

South Baltimore Community Land Trust and Baltimore Compost Collective are two local organizations fighting to “put the life of the people first”

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7 Min
By: Lorena Bally

We’ll come to you: How an urban farm in Little Rock builds community trust

Local organizations in the historically Black neighborhood of South End are using food and wellness to make sure no one goes unseen

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8 Min
By: Gabrielle Lawrence

Yazoo Pumps Project threatens Black communities in the Mississippi Delta

Locals say the Biden administration’s support for an unnecessary hydraulic pumping project will harm vital wetlands and exacerbate environmental and social inequities

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5 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

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