Members of the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council criticized the administration's recent announcement that race will not be used to decide where to direct federal climate-related spending.
Decades of research show that Black and brown communities are on the front lines of environmental harms. Can those longstanding injustices be remedied?
The hurricane rolled over a coast studded with oil, gas and chemical plants. Other storms have caused the release of toxic substances, often affecting minority communities.
Robert Bullard said that major nature organizations need to acknowledge that "the environment" should mean more than just untouched wilderness. It's also where people live, work, play, worship and learn.
