Jan 26, 2024
Amnesty International’s latest report shows the harms suffered by local communities from pollution emitted by the hundreds of petrochemical plants and refineries along the Houston Ship Channel in Texas. The report documents the health and human rights consequences of...
Jan 1, 2024
In a recent interview with Scientific American, Robert D. Bullard reflected on the movement he helped to create. Dr. Bullard was the first scientist to publish systematic research on the links between race and exposure to pollution, which he documented for a 1979...
Dec 18, 2023
A global coalition co-founded by Al Gore, the former US vice president, has released a granular database tracking global greenhouse gas emissions down to the individual polluter. And some of the world’s biggest companies plan to use this data to decarbonize their...
Dec 16, 2023
A (non-comprehensive) list of interesting and relevant climate change, climate policy, and environmental justice stories. Nations strike deal at COP28 to transition away from fossil fuels. Representatives from nearly 200 countries agreed at the COP28 climate summit...
Dec 11, 2023
Communities most impacted by environmental harms and risks are typically referred to as “environmental justice (EJ) communities” or, as the US Environmental Protection Agency defines them, “overburdened communities.” A few factors go into identifying EJ communities,...
Nov 15, 2023
The Politics of Place Communities populated primarily by ethnic minorities and economically disadvantaged people have long been burdened with a disproportionate number of environmental hazards such as garbage dumps, toxic waste facilitates, scrap yards, factories, and...
