Happy Birthday Henrietta Lacks! Family and Attorney Ben Crump Announce Huge Lawsuit Settlement
In 1951, Henrietta Lacks was a mother living in Baltimore, battling cervical cancer. While Lacks suffered and later died from...
Call for Inputs: The United Nations Wants Your Thoughts on Women, Girls and the Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment
Via: United Nations Office of the High Commissioner The Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, David Boyd, is...
Historic Environmental Justice For All Act Passes Through Committee, Now One Step Closer to Becoming Law
The Environmental Justice For All Act passed the House Natural Resources Committee by a vote of 26-21. Legislators are preparing for a big fight to get it passed by the House and Senate.
TODAY: EPA Hosts Meaningful Engagement Discussion on Air Quality.
EPA is interested in hearing from overburdened and underserved communities and other key stakeholders about potential requirements for states to conduct meaningful engagement in developing their state plans under Emissions Guidelines issued under section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act.
New Study Alert: Environmental Justice Communities Do Not Equally Benefit from The United States’ First Market-based Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Program.
A recent study published in the academic journal PLOS-One found that communities that live closest to pollution sources benefit the...
Kari Fulton Talks Environmental Justice, Federal Policy, and Black People with HURVoices on SiriusXM
Recently I got the chance to chat with Sinclair Skinner, host of HURVoices, I Love Black People Radio Show for...
Residents Of Baltimore’s Black Arts District Are Fighting Blight By Hosting A Cleanup Day This Earth Month
Bring your gloves, trash grabbers, and join Residents of Argyle Ave, Checktheweather.net, and more for an Earth Month Cleanup, on...
Howard University Hosts DC Climate Convergence Featuring Bill McKibben and Kari Fulton
Students and communities across Washington, DC, and the globe gathered to launch Earth Month 2022 at the DC Climate Convergence...
Principles of Environmental Justice
On October 24-27, 1991 the first People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit was held in Washington, DC. The event brought...
WHAT’S THE MOVE? PT 1: WHO WAS JOHN AFRICA?
May 13, 2021 marks the 36th anniversary of the 1985 bombing of the home and headquarters of MOVE, a Black...