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At an intersection exhaust pours out of a tailpipes from accelerating vehicles

Climate Justice

Looks Like the EPA’s Fine With Black Folks Breathing Dirtier Air

by Willy Blackmore July 28, 2025July 28, 2025

A man rides a bike ahead ahead of a truck loaded with coal ash near a residential neighborhood in Memphis.

Climate Justice

EPA Delays Coal Ash Cleanup. Guess Who Lives Closest?

by Willy Blackmore July 21, 2025July 21, 2025

Grok account on X displayed on a phone screen is seen in this illustration photo

Climate Justice

This Is What They’re Polluting a Black Neighborhood in Memphis For

by Willy Blackmore July 14, 2025July 14, 2025

man walking through flooded street

The Big Beautiful Bill Is Bad for Climate Justice Too

by Willy Blackmore July 7, 2025July 8, 2025

A sign is displayed outside of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters on May 18, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Environmental Justice

Trump’s EPA Cut $3B in Climate Grants. Now, a Lawsuit

by Willy Blackmore June 30, 2025June 30, 2025

Gas turbines, which environmentalists say adds to already dirty urban air, are visible at an xAI data center on Riverport Rd in Memphis in April.

Climate Justice

Colossal Polluter: NAACP Moves to Sue Musk in Memphis

by Willy Blackmore June 23, 2025June 26, 2025

A train passes a petrochemical plant during a tour dubbed a Toxic Tour on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019, in Deer Park. The tour will visited sites in and around the geater Houston community In advance of its three-day symposium, "Toward a Better Future: Transforming the Climate Crisis." The goal of the tour is to give participants a further understanding of environmental justice issues.

Climate Justice

Climate Justice, the Houston Way

by Willy Blackmore June 16, 2025June 16, 2025

A laptop keyboard and Grok on App Store displayed on a phone screen are seen in this illustration photo

Climate Justice

Memphis Had a Smog Problem Long Before Elon Came to Town

by Willy Blackmore June 9, 2025June 9, 2025

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) building is seen in Washington, DC.

Trump Is Ignoring St Louis’s Devastating Tornado

by Willy Blackmore June 3, 2025June 9, 2025

The Denka, formerly DuPont, factory in Reserve, Louisiana, on August 12, 2021. - Silos, smokestacks and brown pools of water line the banks of the Mississippi River in Louisiana, where scores of refineries and petrochemical plants have metastasized over a few decades. Welcome to "Cancer Alley." Industrial pollution on this ribbon of land between New Orleans and Baton Rouge puts the mostly African-American residents at nearly 50 times the risk of developing cancer than the national average, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Climate Justice

In Cancer Alley, There’s No Pollution Monitoring While Black

by Willy Blackmore May 27, 2025June 3, 2025