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Kathy Castor Introduces the Environmental Justice Air Quality Monitoring Act
At the end of last week, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., the chairwoman of the U.S. House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, introduced a prop...
Environmental justice organizations eye closing HERC in zero waste plan
When Minnesota’s largest county approved an ambitious climate action plan last spring, environmental justice advocates saw a glaring shortcoming: n...
Black History Month Includes Focus on Health Environmental Justice / Public News Service
Communities of color are using this year’s Black History Month to advocate for health and wellness, including calling attention to environmen...
Black and Latinx Company Uses Blockchain to House Homeless Families
Founded as a public benefit corporation, EquityCoin, Inc. created the first digital token on the blockchain backed by affordable housing. The compa...
Curbing Climate Change Should Include Electric School Buses
School buses driving on their routes achieve about six miles per gallon, making them among the least efficient vehicles on the road. This inefficie...
Redlining's Legacy Endures as 45 Million Americans Breathe Polluted Air: Study
More than half a century after the official end of discriminatory redlining, 45 million people across the United States—overwhelmingly in communiti...
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