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DETROITERS WORKING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN THE NEWS
Beyond the Pointes: Modern Segregation Through Environmental Racism” The Tower Pulse, 4/25/2021
“Chronic Health Problems Linked to Pollution Fuels Environmental Justice Movement” Capital News Service, 4/16/2021
“How Detroit Hopes to Save the Decimated Neighborhood of Delray” Detroit News, 12/9/2020
“Meet the People Paving the Way for Minorities in Detroit Construction” Model D, 7/7/2020
“Maps Highlight Michigan Cities, Groups That Will Bear Brunt of Climate Change Effects” University of Michigan, 11/6/2019
“There’s No Debating Environmental Racism in Detroit” Sojourners, 8/2/2019
“Toward a Sustainable Detroit” Detroit Metro Times, 4/11/2018
“GLISA Collaborates with Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice to Develop Detroit’s Climate Action Plan” Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments, 10/26/2017
“Detroit’s Climate Action Plan” Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments, 2017
“How Detroit’s Climate Change Activists are Using Science to Plan for a Warmer City” Model D, 10/31/2016
“Announcing Community Action to Promote Healthy Environments: A New Initiative to Improve Air Quality in Detroit” University of Michigan Healthy Environments Partnership
“Improving Air Quality in the Motor City” University Research Corridor Newsletter
“The Detroit Youth Climate Summit” NOAA, Climate.gov, 11/28/2015
“How Motor City Mapping Became a Template for Citywide Collaboration” Michigan Nonprofit Association, 2/13/2015
“Clearing the Air: Environmental Justice in Detroit” The Michigan Daily, 11/4/2014
“Detroit Environmental Activist to Help Shape Inaugural United Nations Environmental Assembly” MLive, 12/2/2013
“Detroiter Honored by White House Speaks Out on Environmental Justice” Chicago Defender, 5/1/2013
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE NEWS: DETROIT & MICHIGAN
“Seven Years Since the Start of the Flint Water Crisis: It’s a Journey” Michigan Radio, 4/25/2021
“Political Disenfranchisement is Fueling Environmental Injustice” The Hill, 4/9/2021
“School Siting Report, Marathon Consent Order Address Concerns About Pollution in Schools” Planet Detroit, 3/18/2021
“Examining and Assessing COVID-19 Racial Disparities in Detroit”, Brookings Institute, 3/2/2021
“Meet the Community the Stopped an Environmental Power Grab by the Trump Administration” Earthjustice, 2/8/2021
“Seven Years Later, Former Governor Snyder and Other Officials Face Charges in Flint Water Crisis” Michigan Radio, 1/14/2021
“How Air Pollution and Asthma Affect Kids in Detroit” Detour Detroit, 6/18/2020
“Detroit’s Poor Air Quality Could be Worsening the City’s COVID-19 Outbreak” Fox 2 Detroit, 4/14/2020
“How Racism and Poverty Made Detroit a New Coronavirus Hot Spot” Vox, 4/10/2020
“Michigan Launches State’s First Environmental Justice Advisory Council” Ecos.org, 1/31/2020
“Struggling to Breathe in 48217, Michigan’s Most Toxic ZIP Code” Detroit Metro Times, 1/20/2020
“The Blackest City in the US is Facing an Environmental Justice Nightmare” The Guardian, 1/9/2020
“The Federal Government Has Been Slow to Act on Climate Change. So Michigan Cities are Taking Charge.” WVPE Indiana Public Radio, 8/16/2019
“U-M Study Reveals Hot Spots of Environmental Injustice Across Michigan” University of Michigan, 7/25/2019
“4.4 Million People in the U.S. are Exposed to Pollution from Waste Incinerators” Tishman Environment and Design Center, 5/20/2019
“Updated: Detroit’s Garbage Incinerator is About to Belch its Final Cloud of Toxic Gas” Detroit Metro Times, 3/27/2019
“Where Are We Headed in the Process of Sustaining a Cleaner Detroit. What’s Good for the Environment is Very Good for the City” Detroit Is It, 7/10/2018
“EPA: Black and Poor Neighborhoods More Likely to Have High Air Pollution” Detroit Metro Times, 2/26/2018
“Choking to Death in Detroit: Flint Isn’t Michigan’s Only Disaster” Newsweek, 3/30/2016
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE NEWS: NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL
“Treated Like Sacrifices: Families Breathe Toxic Fumes from California’s Warehouse Hub” NBC News, 4/27/2021
“Bill C-230 Marks an Important First Step in Addressing Environmental Racism in Canada The Conversation, 4/27/2021
“Earth Day 2021: CERCLA and RCRA in the Biden Administration: Elevating Climate Change and Environmental Justice in Addressing Hazardous Wastes” Mondaq, 4/27/2021
“County Will Provide Testing for Neighbors of Florida’s Lead Smelter” Frontline, 4/22/2021
“Environmental Justice Award Winner: We Have a Right to Live in a Territory That For Us is Sacred” National Catholic Reporter, 4/12/2021
“Plastic Pollution Disproportionately Hitting Marginalized Groups, UN Environment Report Finds” UN News, 3/30/2021
“What You Need to Know About the New Massachusetts Climate Law” WBUR.org, 3/26/2021
“Recognizing ‘Historic Tipping Point’, UN Begins Push Towards More Sustainable Energy Future” UN News, 3/10/2021
“Environmental Racism in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ Must End, Say UN Human Rights Experts” UN News, 3/2/2021
“How Biden’s Environmental Justice Order Might Work” Scientific American, 2/16/2021
“Mapping Environmental Justice in the Biden-Harris Administration” Center for American Progress, 2/4/2021
America’s Dirty Divide: How Environmental Racism Leaves the Vulnerable Behind” The Guardian, 2/11/2021
“Making the Case for Why New Jersey Needs this Landmark Environmental Justice Law” NJ Spotlight News, 11/23/2020
Escazú Agreement, Landmark Environmental Treaty, Expected to Enter into Force” International Justice Resource Center, 11/17/2020
“The Racist Suffocation of Environmental Justice” The Hill, 7/5/2020
“Two Different Realities: Why America Needs Environmental Justice” CBS News, 6/12/2020
“4.4 Million People in the U.S. are Exposed to Pollution from Waste Incinerators” Tishman Environment and Design Center, 5/20/2019
“EPA: Black and Poor Neighborhoods More Likely to Have High Air Pollution” Detroit Metro Times, 2/26/2018
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“Bill C-230 Marks an Important First Step in Addressing Environmental Racism in Canada The Conversation, 4/27/2021
“Earth Day 2021: CERCLA and RCRA in the Biden Administration: Elevating Climate Change and Environmental Justice in Addressing Hazardous Wastes” Mondaq, 4/27/2021
“County Will Provide Testing for Neighbors of Florida’s Lead Smelter” Frontline, 4/22/2021
“Environmental Justice Award Winner: We Have a Right to Live in a Territory That For Us is Sacred” National Catholic Reporter, 4/12/2021
“Plastic Pollution Disproportionately Hitting Marginalized Groups, UN Environment Report Finds” UN News, 3/30/2021
“What You Need to Know About the New Massachusetts Climate Law” WBUR.org, 3/26/2021
“Recognizing ‘Historic Tipping Point’, UN Begins Push Towards More Sustainable Energy Future” UN News, 3/10/2021
“Environmental Racism in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ Must End, Say UN Human Rights Experts” UN News, 3/2/2021
“How Biden’s Environmental Justice Order Might Work” Scientific American, 2/16/2021
“Mapping Environmental Justice in the Biden-Harris Administration” Center for American Progress, 2/4/2021
America’s Dirty Divide: How Environmental Racism Leaves the Vulnerable Behind” The Guardian, 2/11/2021
“Making the Case for Why New Jersey Needs this Landmark Environmental Justice Law” NJ Spotlight News, 11/23/2020
Escazú Agreement, Landmark Environmental Treaty, Expected to Enter into Force” International Justice Resource Center, 11/17/2020
“The Racist Suffocation of Environmental Justice” The Hill, 7/5/2020
“Two Different Realities: Why America Needs Environmental Justice” CBS News, 6/12/2020
“4.4 Million People in the U.S. are Exposed to Pollution from Waste Incinerators” Tishman Environment and Design Center, 5/20/2019
“EPA: Black and Poor Neighborhoods More Likely to Have High Air Pollution” Detroit Metro Times, 2/26/2018