discrimination

Top Tweets
A sign on a concrete building reading "United States Environmental Protection Agency."
Solar panels and wind turbones in a grassy field with mountains in background.
Brown wooden gavel on a bed of $100 dollar bills.
The U.S. Congress building in Washington DC with a fountain in the foreground during daytime.
environmental protest

Facing environmental discrimination? Read this before complaining to EPA

Here’s what you need to know to increase your odds of success from an EPA complaint.
EPA investigates claims of civil rights violations in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

EPA investigates claims of civil rights violations in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

Tribes and environmental justice groups say management of the Delta harms traditional food systems and causes pollution.
White House Office of Environmental Justice
Trump White House Archives/Flickr/Public Domainhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Biden to create White House Office of Environmental Justice

In a Rose Garden announcement, Mr. Biden is expected to pledge new policies to end environmental racism. He also will attack Republicans.
charleston susan crawford climate justice
Photo by David Martin on Unsplash

Book Review: ‘Charleston,’ by Susan Crawford

In “Charleston,” a case study of climate change and government negligence in the South Carolina city, Susan Crawford makes clear the disproportionate costs borne by communities of color in the coastal United States.
Newsletter
solar workers equity justice

Female solar workers can face prejudice. This woman wants that to change

Most solar installers and service technicians are men. So women in the industry often know what it’s like to be the only woman at a job site and to be treated differently because of their gender.

EPA: Racial disparity in Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley'
apnews.com

EPA: Racial disparity in Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley'

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency said it has evidence that Black residents in an industrial section of Louisiana face an increased risk of cancer from a nearby chemical plant and that state officials have allowed air pollution to remain high and downplayed its threat.
Newsletter
Hotter days bring out hotter tempers, research finds
Photo by Usman Yousaf on Unsplash

Hotter days bring out hotter tempers, research finds

Studies add to the literature showing how people act out aggressively when it’s hot.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
MOST POPULAR
CLIMATE