Democrats say EPA illegally canceled hundreds of grants aimed at boosting 'environmental justice'

House Democrats call on EPA to halt shuttering of environmental justice offices

A band of more than 100 House Democrats are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to halt its plans to shutter offices that help ensure low income and minority communities are not disproportionately saddled with pollution.  The EPA announced earlier this month it plans to slash a broad suite of rules and determinations that aim to cut pollution…

The EPA plans to cut hundreds of environmental grants. Democrats say it's illegal

EPA documents released by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works include a list of 400 grants targeted for elimination, including 62 in California.

Nationwide study uncovers major gaps in data about growing threat to public health: 'It's a consistent pattern'

A new study from the University of Utah uncovered the racial and ethnic inequities of air pollution monitoring in the U.S.  What's happening? According to the investigation, the Environmental Protection Agency's air quality monitors are disproportionately more common in predominantly white neighborhoods than in communities of color. The researchers included data from monitors that tracked particulate matter, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxi…

Democrats say EPA illegally canceled hundreds of grants aimed at boosting 'environmental justice'

Senate Democrats accuse the Environmental Protection Agency of breaking the law when they cancelled grants worth more than $1.5 billion focused on improving the environment in minority communities hit hard by pollution.

Dallas EPA employees join marches against deep cuts to budget and workforce

About 40 of the agency’s Dallas-based employees took their lunch break Tuesday to march against the elimination of environmental justice positions and the...

EPA dismantles decades of work on environmental justice

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is cutting staff and funding for environmental justice programs, shuttering its Office of Environmental Justice, and sidelining science-based tools and research.Jenni Doering reports for Living on Earth.In short:Former EPA official David Cash says the agency’s rollback of environmental justice programs will increase exposure to pollution, lead, and mold in low-income and minority communities.The EPA has r…