Environmental Justice

Fenceline communities located near chemical plants, refineries, and other hazardous sites face elevated risks of serious illness and death. And they are likely to be communities of color.

Children's Environmental Health Network

October 8, 2020

On Children’s Environmental Health Day: A Checklist for Defending Science and Protecting Kids

Genna Reed
Former Staff

Ed Rojas/Unsplash

September 25, 2020

Why Environmental Justice Needs to Be on the Docket in the Presidential Debates

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

September 21, 2020

Climate, Clean Energy, and Environmental Justice in Massachusetts: The Legislature’s Next Move

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

Yvette Arellano/TEJAS

September 18, 2020

Superfund Site Cleanups Ignore Communities of Color

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

Amsterdam New York/Flickr

August 26, 2020

Superfund Sites in Path of Hurricane Laura Could Leach Toxic Contaminants

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

haunted by Leonard Cohen/Flickr

August 14, 2020

Clean Air for All? What the EPA’s Ozone Rule Tells Us About Who Air Pollution Laws Leave Behind

Gretchen Goldman
President & CEO of UCS

August 6, 2020

With Hurricane and COVID-19 Preparedness, Communities Are Damned if they Do and Damned if they Don’t

Adrienne Hollis
Former Contributor

August 6, 2020

Real-Time Lessons on COVID-19 and US Hurricane Response: What We’ve Learned from Hanna and Isaias

Astrid Caldas
Senior Climate Scientist

Tony Hisgett/Flickr

July 28, 2020

Massachusetts, Act Now on Environmental Justice and Climate Action

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

AP Photo/Jason Dearen

July 28, 2020

Extreme Floods and Superfund Sites: A Pending Disaster for Underserved Communities

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

Retha Ferguson/Pexels

July 20, 2020

Researchers Find Deadliest Aspect of COVID-19 for People of Color: Racism

Adrienne Hollis
Former Contributor

U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik

July 17, 2020

UCS Supports CEJA

Jessica Collingsworth
Former Contributor

Black Hour/Flickr

June 25, 2020

The Violence of Pollution: The Injustice of Rolling Back Clean Air Protections

UCS Science Network

May 8, 2020

We Need a New Normal Post-COVID-19 That’s Not a Death Sentence to Black People

Adrienne Hollis
Former Contributor

Jason W. Edwards/US Army

May 6, 2020

Responding to COVID-19 Doesn’t Have to Mean Sacrificing Frontline Communities

Genna Reed
Former Staff

Derrick Jackson

May 5, 2020

Why Congress Must Invest in Environmental Justice and Equity in the Next Recovery Package

Adrienne Hollis
Former Contributor

Anthony Eyring/UCS

April 22, 2020

An Earth Day Conversation About Environmental Justice With Pioneer Vernice Miller-Travis

Adrienne Hollis
Former Contributor

Daniel Acker/REUTERS

April 22, 2020

Past Disasters Showed Us Massive Impact COVID-19 Would Have on Black Communities. We Didn’t Listen.

Adrienne Hollis
Former Contributor

Photo: Roy Luck/Flickr

April 2, 2020

EPA Watchdog Report Reveals a Failure to Talk to Communities with Higher Ethylene Oxide Health Risks

Genna Reed
Former Staff

Greg Kunit/Creative Commons (Flickr)

March 30, 2020

While You Were Focused on COVID-19, EPA Gave Polluters Free Rein, Threatening At-Risk Communities

Adrienne Hollis
Former Contributor

Angie Chung/Flickr

February 19, 2020

Beginning a Courageous Journey: Connecting Science & Justice

UCS Science Network

Amanda Mills/USCDCP

February 14, 2020

The Trump Administration’s Disappointing Efforts to Prevent Lead Poisoning in Children

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

Tony Webster/Flickr

February 7, 2020

The EPA’s New Shameful Tactic: Avoid People Poisoned by Coal Ash

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

AP Photo/David Goldman

January 30, 2020

A Conversation with the NEPA Ninja

Adrienne Hollis
Former Contributor

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