Articles Tagged with ''Environmental Justice''

Projects aim to deliver a 21st-century model of environmental and economic justice in building a new American industry in areas facing pollution and climate change risk

Rising health and climate change risks spur pushback from communities impacted by facility emissions and pollution—as owners, governments, activists and industry advisers weigh options for new levels of environmental justice.

Comments are due Sept. 14 on the estimated $2B Syracuse viaduct project, which aims to resolve dislocation impacts to the city's Black community when the highway was built in 1968.

Project participants await details on law enacted Sept. 18 that sets what may be strictest U.S. rules on siting pollution-emitting facilities in 'overburdened communities;' Colorado eyes similar curbs.