environmental racism

There’s a part of Brooklyn where the heavily trafficked Brooklyn-Queens Expressway intersects with the Williamsburg Bridge. Thousands of cars pass through daily, spewing pollutants into the air and punctuating pauses with honks.  This intersection, located in what longtime residents call the “Southside of Williamsburg,” or “Los Sures,” is also home to the neighborhood’s public parks and playgrounds. These are...

The potential ordinance to phase out existing oil drilling would rely heavily on the amortization study, according to the Department of Planning, which recommended in its report to the Budget and Finance Committee that the city move forward with the ordinance to ban future oil wells in the interim, because it doesn’t require an amortization study.

Akinfolarin just won second place in a video contest that garnered entries from over 3,000 students in sixth through 12th grade, hailing from 44 countries and 49 U.S. states and territories. Her video, about environmental racism, explores population growth and how it relates to environmental justice.

A 14-year-old Long Beach girl beat out thousands of students from around the world to win second place in a global video contest about environmental justice. Angie Crouch reports for the NBC4 News on Tuesday, May 18, 2021.

Some communities of color bore the brunt of health effects from chemical runoff or other pollutants – a symptom of environmental racism. Risk and behavioral scientist Sweta Chakraborty explains how environmental racism could be addressed in the Biden administration and how those solutions are a setup for the broader fight against climate change.

A total of 42 charges have been filed against nine people, including former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, in connection with the years-long Flint Water Crisis that killed 12 people. LX News welcomed Dr. Debra Furr-Holden, an Associate Dean for Public Health Integration at Michigan State University, to discuss what she calls “one of the biggest acts of environmental racism in...

In the 2020 election, according to the Pew Research Center, Generation Z will account for 1 in 10 eligible voters, and combined with the millennial vote, will make up nearly forty percent of the electorate in the upcoming election.

The climate crisis is a major issue in this year’s election among members of Generation Z. NBCLX’s Ngozi Ekeledo talked to two 18-year-olds who are speaking out against environmental racism as first-time voters in the upcoming election.