How a pile of toxic pollution was dumped in a community of color — DARRYL FEARS, THE WASHINGTON POSTGRAPHICS BY JOHN MUYSKENS | PHOTOS BY ALLISON V. SMITH Marsha Jackson didn’t go to the mountain. The mountain came to her. From her home in south Dallas, she watched it grow until it towered at 60 […]
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Meet The Woman Behind The First Black-Owned Community Solar Energy Company | Black Enterprise
By Dana Givens, Black Enterprise Solar energy is promised to be the new source of our power as we move into the future. It is important that as this new sector experiences rapid growth that we also work to make sure it is accessible to everyone and not just a select few. According to a recent PwC Global Power […]
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Over 14 Million People Of Color In The U.S. Live In Counties With High Air Pollution | Forbes
By Anuradha Varanasi, Forbes The American Lung Association’s latest report “State of the Air” has revealed startling racial disparities in terms of exposure to air pollution. Over 14 million people of color or more precisely, 14,329, 923 people of color live in counties mainly along the West Coast where they are subjected to both, short-term […]
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Everything you need to know about the cancer cluster in Houston’s Fifth Ward | Houston Chronicle
State authorities have identified a part of Houston’s Fifth Ward as a cancer cluster, a designation found where creosote was used since 1997 by Union Pacific. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Creosote is a chemical used to treat wood railroad ties, which were treated by Houston Wood Preserving Works in the nearby Englewood Rail Yard. The chemical has […]
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The blackest city in the US is facing an environmental justice nightmare | The Guardian
Detroit’s most vulnerable residents face inequalities like toxic air, lead poisoning, and water shutoffs. Now they’re fighting back. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Growing up in southwest Detroit, Vince Martin thought it was normal for the sky to be orange. When he was three years old, his family moved from Cuba to one of the black areas of […]
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Shenandoah National Park Is Confronting Its History | Outside
America’s parks are confronting the past in an effort to create more inclusive wilderness spaces
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Isra Hirsi Is 16, Unbothered, and Saving the Planet | Vice
As the co-founder of the U.S. Youth Climate Strike and the daughter of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, Isra Hirsi is grappling with harassment, safety threats, tokenization, and privilege on a national scale years before she’s even allowed to vote.
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Environmental racism is bad for your brain | Think Progress
Jeremy Deaton, Think Progress A snapshot of mid-century South Philly. Featured Image [dropcap]There[/dropcap] are a lot of explanations for the apparent gap in IQ test scores of white Americans and Americans of color. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Some experts point to things like bias in the exam itself, or the fact that white students tend to go […]
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Black Bodies, Green Spaces | The New York Times
Why is the image of an environmentally conscious African-American still hard for us to picture?
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