Willy Blackmore, Author at Word In Black - Page 7 of 20

Marking the official end to climate justice programs, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin closed 10 regional offices that had just received $3 billion from President Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act. Zeldin's move likely means more problems for Black and brown communities like Cancer Alley, a mostly Black Louisiana enclave surrounded by chemical plants and oil refineries.

Climate Justice

Trump’s EPA Shuts Down $3B Environmental Justice Program

by Willy Blackmore March 18, 2025March 18, 2025

If the Trump administration and EPA Admimnistrator Lee Zeldin get their way, nonprofits will lose out on $20 billion in funds Congress allocated to protect front-line communities from destruction from storms made worse by climate change.

Climate Justice

Trump’s EPA Just Declared War on Environmental Justice

by Willy Blackmore March 11, 2025March 12, 2025

Climate Justice

Apparently, Planting Trees Is a DEI Plot

by Willy Blackmore March 4, 2025March 4, 2025

The Environmental Protection Agency boasted it canceled a $50 milliion grant for Climate Justice Alliance because members want an independent Palestinian state. But the Biden administration had already shelved the grant, apparently for the same reason.

Climate Justice

EPA Killed a $50M Climate Justice Grant Biden Already Shelved

by Willy Blackmore February 24, 2025February 24, 2025

Climate Justice

Climate Justice at Risk as Trump EPA Targets $27B Green Fund

by Willy Blackmore February 18, 2025February 18, 2025

Climate Justice

And Now We’re Back to Justice Zero

by Willy Blackmore February 3, 2025February 3, 2025

Climate Justice

It Sure Seems Like Folks Are Cool With Us Inhaling Formaldehyde

by Willy Blackmore January 27, 2025January 29, 2025

We Should Probably Expect More ‘Unprecedented’ Fires

by Willy Blackmore January 17, 2025January 17, 2025

Climate Justice

How a Black Miami Teen Could Topple Florida’s Gas Empire

by Willy Blackmore January 6, 2025January 6, 2025

Climate Justice

The End of the EPA’s Environmental Justice Era

by Willy Blackmore January 2, 2025January 2, 2025