/tags/environmental-justice Environmental justice en-US Copyright Fri, 23 Feb 2024 23:45:44 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-02-23/californias-polluted-communities-could-miss-out-on-billions-under-states-flawed-system The state’s environmental tool skews which communities are designated as disadvantaged, researchers say. Some immigrant neighborhoods could be left out, while other groups are overrepresented. Fri, 23 Feb 2024 23:45:44 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-02-23/californias-polluted-communities-could-miss-out-on-billions-under-states-flawed-system Alejandro Lazo /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-04-28/california-to-phase-out-diesel-trucks-what-happens-next In a worldwide first, California’s air board unanimously moves to end diesel’s decades-long stranglehold on the economy. Truckers predict chaos, while communities near ports, freeways celebrate cleaner air. Fri, 28 Apr 2023 22:36:28 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-04-28/california-to-phase-out-diesel-trucks-what-happens-next Nadia Lopez /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-04-20/proposed-california-bill-aims-to-boost-air-monitoring-near-petroleum-refineries The bill’s author, says it would create standardized measures for existing monitoring systems and offer more easily accessible information to surrounding communities. Thu, 20 Apr 2023 22:30:19 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-04-20/proposed-california-bill-aims-to-boost-air-monitoring-near-petroleum-refineries Manola Secaira /wildfire/2022-12-06/survivors-of-the-mill-fire-want-to-rebuild-but-insurance-access-will-determine-whats-possible Last summer, a wildfire destroyed much of the Lincoln Heights neighborhood in Weed, California. Residents’ access to state and federal assistance will determine whether this historically Black neighborhood will be able to stay together. Tue, 06 Dec 2022 13:17:06 GMT /wildfire/2022-12-06/survivors-of-the-mill-fire-want-to-rebuild-but-insurance-access-will-determine-whats-possible Erik Neumann /environment-energy-and-transportation/2022-11-28/air-pollution-monitoring-to-increase-for-diverse-communities-on-oregons-south-coast-and-in-portland Two of Oregon’s most economically disadvantaged and racially diverse communities — one in Portland and the other near Coos Bay — are getting a boost in their fight against air pollution. Mon, 28 Nov 2022 14:00:43 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2022-11-28/air-pollution-monitoring-to-increase-for-diverse-communities-on-oregons-south-coast-and-in-portland Monica Samayoa /environment-energy-and-transportation/2022-11-22/unchecked-pollution-is-contaminating-the-salmon-that-pacific-northwest-tribes-eat Native tribes in the Columbia River Basin face a disproportionate risk of toxic exposure through their most important food. For decades, the U.S. government has failed to test for dangerous chemicals and metals in fish. So, we did. What we found was alarming for tribes. Tue, 22 Nov 2022 23:06:39 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2022-11-22/unchecked-pollution-is-contaminating-the-salmon-that-pacific-northwest-tribes-eat Tony Schick , Maya Miller /environment-energy-and-transportation/2022-11-21/another-california-desalination-plant-approved-the-most-contentious-one-yet The California Coastal Commission voted 8-to-2 despite the ecological risks to the Monterey Bay coast, high costs of the water and a divide between affluent and lower-income communities. Mon, 21 Nov 2022 13:57:42 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2022-11-21/another-california-desalination-plant-approved-the-most-contentious-one-yet Rachel Becker