The Environmental Protection Agency has placed roughly 140 employees on administrative leave days after they signed a public letter expressing concern about the treatment of federal employees and the ...

Environmental justice was born here. Johnson’s mother, Hazel Johnson, originally from New Orleans, is celebrated as “ the mother of the environmental justice movement.” ...

Operating 24/7, this facility would require 72 lung-damaging diesel-polluting oil tankers to drive through National City ...

Environmental justice efforts at the ten U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional offices have stopped and employees have been placed on administrative leave, per an announcement from EPA ...

Supreme Court's 8-0 decision curtails judicial power in environmental cases, emphasizing agency discretion under NEPA for infrastructure project impacts.

Trump’s campaign against environmental justice protections in his first 100 days Under the Trump administration, policies to protect the communities most affected by pollution are “illegal.” ...

Environmental justice in Colorado Part 1: Trump EPA’s dismantling of environmental justice efforts leaves Colorado to protect most vulnerable communities “We know environmental racism exists.

The environmental justice movement dates to the 1980s, when activists observed that some poor and minority communities face higher levels of pollution. Like many progressive ideas, the basic concept ...

On March 11, 2025, Trump’s appointed head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Lee Zeldin, announced the elimination of environmental justice ...

Trump Dismantled 30 Years of Environmental Justice in 100 Days Policies meant to protect the communities most affected by pollution have been deemed “illegal” by his administration.

Without those offices, it will be more difficult for rural communities to get the services they need to address health concerns, said Dr. Margot Brown, senior vice president of justice and equity ...