environmental justice

We must learn from our past, acknowledge our present and remain hopeful for our future in our fight to ensure equity for all.

Mardi Fuller credits her love for the outdoors to her parents — Jamaican immigrants who were persistently outside, if not hiking and climbing — as well as school, church and camp outings growing up, which introduced her to the American flavor of recreation, that branded way of getting outdoors that means spending $1,000 on gear to camp in the woods.

A new database aims to shine more light on how energy infrastructure impacts public health, including the disproportionate impact on communities of color.

On the seventh floor of Boston City Hall, there’s an office with windows facing out over the recently renovated plaza. Whiteboards are filled with scrawled notes and planning. Trophies and mementos and books line the shelves. Two buttons — one that says yes, the other no — sit on the desk ready to verbally voice agreement or dissent.

As a volunteer restoring six-story walk-ups in Harlem in the early 90s, I saw how lead paint chips and dust were wreaking havoc on the kids in those low-income buildings.

Milton’s vote to ignore the MBTA Communities Law ignores the twin realities of our climate and transportation crises and what they mean for environmental justice communities.

Three local New England nonprofits are teaming up to distribute federal funds in a streamlined process to meet the needs of grassroots community-based organizations focused on environmental justice and climate issues.

Doctors urged to make connection between ailments and emissions

A $11.4 million grant from the U.S. Forest Service will support implementation of the city’s urban forest plan released in 2022, which focuses on how to handle planting and maintenance of city-owned trees.

A state commission that Gov. Maura Healey established by executive order in late September is to make recommendations on expediting the creation of clean energy infrastructure in Massachusetts.

An ongoing tour of listening sessions with the state’s first undersecretary of environmental justice and equity aims to hear directly from community members to better address their concerns about those issues.

Besides civil rights and civic engagement, the national NAACP convention had on its agenda environmental justice and artificial intelligence, which were featured in topical sessions and draft resolutions presented to delegates.