Insulate Britain activists block a road in England.Photo: DANIEL SORABJI/AFP (Getty Images) An environmental activist group called Insulate Britain, a subset of the larger environmental movement Extinction Rebellion, have been staging protests across the United Kingdom. These protests often involve blocking major roadways, especially those that connect to large metropolitanContinue Reading
Environmental Justice, as an urgent policy priority of the Federal Government, dates back to 1994, and President Clinton’s issuance of Executive Order 12898. This order directed federal agencies to identify and address, as appropriate, “the disproportionately high and adverse human health and environment effects of its many programs, policies, andContinue Reading
Low-income people of color in the U.S. are exposed to 28% more nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in the air they breathe compared to their wealthier white counterparts, a new study using satellite measurements reports. The researchers find this is largely caused by the distribution of diesel truck routes, which has longContinue Reading
Data Scientist Garima Raheja Is Addressing the Environmental Justice Issues of Air Pollution Wildfire smoke turns most of the Bay Area’s skies orange in this photo taken on September 7, 2020. Photos courtesy of Garima Raheja After spending most of her childhood in New Delhi, India — one of theContinue Reading
“There are a ton of paper records. Courts we know are dealing with that in various ways.” By Alexander Lekhtman, Filter Nearly five years after California voters legalized marijuana, potentially hundreds of thousands of residents still have publicly available cannabis-related criminal records that the law requires to be sealed—even thoughContinue Reading
During the “first wave” of COVID-19 in the United States, Rajan Chakrabarty, the Harold D. Jolley Career Development Associate Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, learned that African Americans made up 47% of the population in St. Louis, but nearly three quarters of COVID-19 cases. That fact was fromContinue Reading
Tech leader and environmental activist inspires global change through a visionary non-profit that will fund critical conservation actions around the world MONTREAL, Oct. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ – Age of Union, a non-profit environmental alliance creating a global community of changemakers, launches today with a pledge of $40 million and debutContinue Reading
Inside the bustling Kantamanto market in Accra, Ghana, shoppers head to the largest, secondhand clothing market in Africa, teeming with thousands of people hawking their goods. Traders conduct their business in densely packed wooden stalls bursting at their seams with large bales of used clothing — from underwear to shirts and jeans — withContinue Reading
Metal scrap on Wrangel Island, an island of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in the Russian Arctic. Ekaterina Uryupova Due to climate change and high political interest, the importance of the Arctic region is growing. The Arctic has become a matter of higher political interest, not only with a focus onContinue Reading
Many of us are aware of the environmental crisis, and the need to change how we operate. On a daily basis, a variety of media offer images that depict the effects of climate change to help us understand the extent of environmental damage — for example, in the form ofContinue Reading
