Environmental Justice
Survey: Gasoline burden highest among Black and Latino drivers in PA
As federal electric vehicle incentives face potential rollbacks, a new study highlighted the burden of gasoline costs on Black and Latino …
Las Cruces, Taos host rallies in support of national monuments, public lands
New Mexicans will gather in Las Cruces, Taos and other locations tomorrow for a day of action to defend national monuments and public lands. The …
Study: Blacks, Latinos disproportionately burdened by gas costs
As federal electric vehicle incentives face potential rollbacks, a new study is highlighting the burden of gasoline costs on Black and Latino drivers …
Cancer 'Gag Act' sputters in Iowa, federal push continues
Groups advocating for clean, safe water are pushing back on proposals to revive a pesticide labeling law introduced last year in Congress which would …
Study: Black, Latino drivers burdened as ‘superusers’ of gasoline
As federal electric vehicle incentives face potential rollbacks, a new study is highlighting the burden of gasoline costs on Black and Latino drivers…
Houston officials look at options for growing trash problem
By Elena Bruess for Houston Landing.Broadcast version by Freda Ross for Texas News Service reporting for the Houston Landing/MIT Climate Change Engage…
PA climate advocates criticize possible partnership between U.S. Steel, Nippon
A possible partnership between U.S. Steel and Japan's Nippon Steel is drawing publicity but some environmental groups in Pennsylvania are raising …
Oil and gas companies fail to disclose toxic chemicals at Colorado well sites
In 2022, Colorado passed a law requiring oil and gas operators to let the public know what chemicals were being used underground. Chemicals are …
How will Great Lakes region fare with diminished EPA enforcement?
Minnesota has its own carbon emissions reduction goals in place but under a changing federal Environmental Protection Agency, it is an open question …
Experts: Loss of federal mining program could harm workers, researchers
Loss of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Mining Program will reverse decades of progress in preventing disease, injury and …
House budget bill would streamline environmental permitting in WI
The budget bill passed by the U.S. House and now under consideration in the Senate would reform environmental permitting in Wisconsin and nationwide…
Colorado celebrates Endangered Species Day
Today is Endangered Species Day and people in Colorado and across the nation are celebrating successful efforts to save bald eagles, brown pelicans…