Every winter (except when COVID-19 made it problematic), a dedicated group of environmental justice activists makes our annual pilgrimage to Washington to push for progress on policies that protect the planet while improving health, safety and economic opportunity. This year’s trip includes visits with the White House Council on EnvironmentalContinue Reading
By Dr Jiayi Zhou and Dr Ian Anthony* Next month will mark one year since Russia began its full-scale war on Ukraine. This large-scale land invasion has had repercussions across the geopolitical, humanitarian, financial, and even food and energy domains. It has also had devastating ecological impacts. Measurable environmental damage—valued by Ukrainian authorities at an estimated US$46Continue Reading
Unprecedented federal funding will soon flow to some of the nation’s communities hardest hit by climate change, industrial pollution and racist practices like redlining. This money also presents what environmental justice advocates describe as the monumental task of ensuring those funds reach the communities most in need—namely, low-income families andContinue Reading
New proposed limits on soot pollution from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency represent a step forward for air quality but fall short of what’s needed to save more lives, say faith groups, public health officials and environmental justice advocates. The EPA issued a proposal Jan. 6 to strengthen existing limitsContinue Reading
The January 2022 fire at the Winston Weaver fertilizer plant was a “wake-up call” that inspired a $1 million Melon Foundation grant to Wake Forest University for the creation of a program aimed at advancing environmental justice locally, the school announced this past week. The sun sets at the siteContinue Reading
12 January 2023 Beveridge & Diamond To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. What Happened: New York State Governor Kathy Hochul signed the “Cumulative Impacts Bill” into law. The law expands existing environmental review procedures underContinue Reading
On the ninth anniversary of a Charleston specialty chemicals producer’s spill into the Elk River that left 300,000 people without clean drinking water, Dasani water bottles were distributed without ado at an energy talk in Charleston Monday. The talk was between U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and a man whoContinue Reading
Cases of bottled water are handed out in Jackson, Mississippi in August 2022 after the lost reliable … [+] water service after river flooding caused the main treatment facility to fail. Getty Images Decades of systemic racism and infrastructural neglect came to a head last year in Jackson, Mississippi, whenContinue Reading
This article was produced by Globetrotter. On September 24, 2022, more than 30,000 people occupied the main roads of downtown Seoul, South Korea, for the nation’s largest climate justice march. The sheer turnout of people from all walks of life and the participation by a wide range of advocacy groups were aContinue Reading
Comment on this story Comment Good morning and welcome to The Climate 202! Brady Dennis, a domestic climate correspondent for The Washington Post, wrote the top of today’s newsletter. Maxine Joselow will be back tomorrow. But first: Funding for environmental justice is coming. Will it reach communities most in need?Continue Reading
