Dr. Sacoby Wilson is an environmental health scientist and a leader in environmental justice. The Heinz Awards recognize ...

President-elect Joe Biden is vetting three environmental justice leaders to head up the White House agency that will take the lead in coordinating efforts to safeguard communities disproportionately ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should strengthen its use of the federal Civil Rights Act to better to protect poor and minority communities from pollution and climate change, a top candidate ...

On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, environmental and public health advocates continue to call for the elimination of ...

Disability goes beyond health care, yet the two are fundamentally interwoven: many people with disability have at least some ...

Chelsea is an industrial hub for the region and has a troubled highway overpass that cuts through it. But there's a real cost ...

Three environmental defenders – people who take action against the exploitation of natural resources – are murdered or ...

Staff shortages, turnover, and new priorities at the Department of Justice are stretching legal staff handling environmental ...

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen October 7, 2025 State Rep. Pat Boy, a Michigan City Democrat who championed social, ...

In September, the New York State Public Service Commission approved a critical piece of Gov. Hochul’s long-term energy ...

Residents in lower-income areas are not getting a fair return on the money they put into the program, the report says.

The Trump administration illegally halted environmental justice and climate grants created by the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act, the groups argue. Almost two dozen local governments, environmental ...