📰 [LAist] Lead levels are still too high inside the Exide cleanup zone, study finds

💬 🚨 Exide's cleanup: still a lead mine 11 years later! Residents want action, state’s response? Crickets. Time for a re-check! 🦠 #EnvironmentalJustice

https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/1sfcupy

#EnvironmentalJustice (meaning #OverPolluted, #FrontLine, living #ToxicOverburden 24x7) were also let down in BIG way by @senbillferg.bsky.social and his failure to pass the #CherishAct

What's he doing in there?

Good Trouble Tuesday 🌎
Deep South forum on data centers & community impact for Earth Day 2026.

📅 April 21 | 6 PM CST / 7 PM EST
💻 Zoom
🔗 bit.ly/GoodTroubleT...
(Recording provided!)

#EarthDay2026 #ClimateJustice #EnvironmentalJustice

7 million people die from air pollution every year. And the people breathing the worst of it are the ones with the least power to change it.The only way this changes is when we vote.
voteabroad.org/GWCsoc26

#ClimateJustice #EnvironmentalJustice #VoteFromAbroad #DemocratsAbroad #GlobalWomensCaucus

Debate Swirls Over Agency Oversight of Workplace Chemical Safety A debate over which federal office should be the primary regulator of hazardous chemical safety in the workplace is playing out in courts and Congress.

Amidst industry deregulation, the federal govt is failing workers who handle hazardous materials, potentially leaving them underprotected. #EnvironmentalJustice news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-...

Data Drop-In happening next week, Tuesday, April 14th, from 11 am to 1 pm PT! ✏️

Need to speak with someone who understands both data and environmental and climate justice work?

🔗Register here: calendly.com/emelia-willi...

#OpenData #EnvironmentalJustice #CommunityScience #DataGovernance

An Oil Explosion in a Black Texas Town Traces Back to Trump's Iran and Venezuela Crises “The chickens have come home to roost,” one resident said. “Our exact fears have come true.”

The recent chemical disaster at the Valero refinery in Port Arthur highlights the issues people--especially communities of color--face when living next to underregulated hazardous facilities. #EnvironmentalJustice capitalbnews.org/port-arthur-...

Report: Northwest IN steel mills need environmental upgrades A new report showed Indiana’s nationally known steel plants are outdated and could function better using cleaner fuels.Burns Harbor, Indiana Harbor Works and Gary Works produce slightly more than 40%

#Indiana's steel plants emit ~25 million tons of CO₂ a year using century-old technology. A new IU study says proven cleaner fuels could modernize the mills, protect jobs, and eliminate $100M in annual health costs to communities around Gary and Hammond.
#Steel #CleanEnergy #EnvironmentalJustice

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@gavinnewsom.bsky.social-come visit the Tijuana River hotspot, the most toxic air in the USA. Come breathe it. Next, declare the emergency. The science is clear. The suffering is real. The fix exists. All we need is your political will. #TijuanaRiver #SanDiego #AirQuality #EnvironmentalJustice

How Corpus Christi Got Here: A Political History of the Water Crisis - Island Democrats North Padre Island This didn't just start with recent desal discussions.

CC Water Politics

#CorpusChristiWaterCrisis #WaterCrisis #NuecesCounty #CoastalBend #NorthPadreIsland #CCTx #TexasDrought #CorporateAccountability #ExxonMobil #BigOil #PeopleOverProfit #EnvironmentalJustice #IslandDemocrats #LocalPolitics #TexasPolitics #WaterRights #WaterIsLife #ProtectOurWater

Thousands in Texas protest against border wall through national park: ‘big love for Big Bend’ Rally met with bipartisan support after US border patrol revealed plans for steel wall across parts of beloved parks

A bipartisan protest at the Texas Capitol drew thousands opposing plans for a border wall through Big Bend National Park, citing environmental, cultural, and community impacts. #EnvironmentalJustice #ImmigrantRights
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Lawmakers seek to protect oil and gas companies from lawsuits that seek to hold the industry accountable for its role in global warming. #EnvironmentalJustice www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/b...

🌱The garden teaches us that diversity is strength. Flowers of different shapes, wild herbs, and homegrown fruits create a living balance where nothing is "superfluous." 🍎✨#LifeInGarden #EnvironmentalJustice #WisdomOfNature #Biodiversity #BlueSkyGarden🦋🌸

✊🏾 South Memphis deserves safe homes & clean water.

Join us April 18 (11AM–2PM) at Memphis Rox to canvass homes impacted by lead & connect residents to FREE testing.

Be part of the movement for environmental justice.

🔗 bit.ly/canvassmem

#Memphis #EnvironmentalJustice

Tell Congress: Funding Our National Marine Sanctuaries is Essential! Right now, Congress is deciding our government’s budget for FY27. The funding they allocate for our national marine sanctuaries determines our ability to continue critical work to conserve the spectac...

Let's write @marinesanctuary.bsky.social @theactionnetwork.bsky.social to #US #House #Congress : #Funding #National #Marine #Nature-al #Sanctuaries is Essential actionnetwork.org/letters/tell... #MarineBiology #MarineLife #Environment #Environmental #EnvironmentalProtection #EnvironmentalJustice

Sign the Petition Urge University of Cambridge to Correct Decision on Plant-Based Catering

Let's Urge #University #Cambridge #UniversityOfCambridge to #Correct #Decision on #Plant #PlantBased #Catering c.org/5w56Tn5wkf @ukchange.bsky.social #Environment #Environmental #EnvironmentalProtection #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateChange #ClimateJustice #ClimateAction #ClimateActionNow

BASF generates 14% of Wyandotte's Water Fund revenue. That fact has never appeared in any public water quality communication. Ask yourself why.

#BASF #Wyandotte #WyandotteWater #PublicHealth #EnvironmentalJustice #DownriverMichigan

I am not alone. Dozens of Wyandotte residents have come forward. Four cancers. Eight classmates from 1988 gone in their early 50s. Years of observations. A community is speaking. Are you listening?

#Wyandotte #WyandotteWater #EnvironmentalJustice #DownriverMichigan #ActNow

Join us for a powerful day of community, stewardship, and action at Tree Ambassadors with Rev. Dr. Ambrose Carroll and Rev. Michael Wallace.

April 26
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church

#GreenTheChurch #TreeAmbassadors #EnvironmentalJustice #FaithInAction #ClimateAction

“Data is not enough” from OEDP’s Fieldnotes on AI

Data & Tech Lead Cathy Richards focuses on the opportunity cost of the “lack of time to process information” refrain. ⚙️

🔗Read/Listen to more here: open.substack.com/pub/openenvi...

#Data #OpenData #AI #EnvironmentalData #EnvironmentalJustice

Earth Month dialogues: Finding common ground Catherine Coleman Flowers is a powerful voice in the movement for environmental justice; someone whose work reminds us that the fight for a healthy environment is inseparable from the fight for human ...

Author and environmental justice leader Catherine Coleman Flowers reflects on her ancestry, faith, resilience, and responsibility. #EarthMonth #EnvironmentalJustice #HolyGround
https://selc.link/4c8wO4a

EPA Hands the Chemical Industry Another “Free Pass to Pollute” - Moms Clean Air Force EPA Administrator Zeldin wants to incinerate plastic in our communities without pollution controls. This is appalling, and Moms are sounding the alarm.

www.momscleanairforce.org/epa-advanced...
Lee Zeldin the stooge that tRump appointed to head up the EPA is trying to greenwash plastics pollution. Included is a link to a petition. Please sign and share
#ClimateCrisis #GreenWashing #Environmentaljustice #BlueCrew

EPA rollbacks are exposing millions of people, including 2 million kids, to pollution linked to asthma, autism, ADHD, and cancer.
That’s not “making America healthy again.”
This comes from a new report by Center for American Progress.
#PublicHealth #CleanAirForKids #EnvironmentalJustice

Six months after explosion, Pennsylvania mill town sees hope but a history of disappointment Six months ago, an explosion at the U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works killed two people. It also heightened the stakes in the life of a western Pennsylvania mill town even as a new mayor tries to raise h...

Environmental justice IS racial justice. Throughout our history, race has determined who is protected. It’s time we demand justice. #environmentaljustice #climatejustice

🌱 Spring Forward In Celebration of Our Solidarity & Collective Power

🔗Read more in our latest newsletter: bit.ly/tishmancenternewsletter-mar2026

🔗 Sign up for our newsletter: bit.ly/tishmancenterconnect

#TishmanCenter20 #PoweredByCommunities #EJisDemocracy #ClimateJustice #EnvironmentalJustice

Clean water. Clean air. Accountability.
Join us April 7 to hold polluters and decision-makers accountable at a legislative hearing on Polluter Capture. Our communities deserve better and our voices matter.

RSVP: sc.org/mn-hearing

#EnvironmentalJustice #MNLeg #CleanWater #CleanAir

"...decision after decision in settler society undermines Indigenous sovereignty."

#EnvironmentalJustice
#ConsentBased

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Menlo Park reviews first-year progress on environmental-justice element, focuses next year on Belle Haven food access and pollution reduction Staff reviewed Year 1 of Menlo Parks environmental justice (EJ) element, highlighting three community priorities (stable homes, food access, pollution reduction), grant-funded housing assistance programs and planned implementation steps for Belle Haven and Bayfront neighborhoods.

Menlo Park is taking a bold step towards environmental justice with a new multi-year plan aimed at uplifting historically underserved neighborhoods—are you ready to see the impact?

Click to read more!

#MenloParkSanMateoCounty #CA #HousingAccess #CitizenPortal #EnvironmentalJustice

A River of Deception - The Margin Historical documents reveal how Seattle City Light’s dams deprived the Skagit River of fish, impacting the Upper Skagit Tribe’s treaty rights for over a century.

Read "A River of Deception” now: themargin.us/features/a-r...

#environmentaljournalism #environmentaljustice