Environmental Justice Archives

PA Cities Have a Sewer-System Problem. Green Infrastructure Can Help, but Comes With Risks.

Madison Goldberg·June 3, 2022

Green infrastructure has other benefits besides treating stormwater, like improving air quality and increasing green space. But it could also lead to gentrification.

Environmental Justice Water

Clairton Coke Works, near Pittsburgh, is Allegheny County's largest single source of particle pollution. Photo: Reid R. Frazier

Even moderate air pollution in Allegheny County raises ER visits for kids with asthma, study finds

Reid Frazier·May 20, 2022

The study finds Black children are among those most affected by air pollution, even on moderate or "yellow" air quality days.

Environmental Justice Health Pollution

U.S. Steel agrees to $1.5 M fine for air pollution violations at Edgar Thomson steel plant

Reid Frazier·May 17, 2022

The fines are for air violations including failing to maintain pollution control equipment and leaving doors open, allowing pollution to escape.

Environmental Justice Pollution

Leah Thomas is trying to build an intersectional environmental movement

Kara Holsopple·May 13, 2022

The social media influencer and author says the people most impacted should be at the center of environmental policy decisions and education.

Environmental Justice Your Environment Update

Pennsylvania is revising its environmental justice policy. Here’s what’s changing

WHYY·March 18, 2022

The new policy could consider things like education level, English language proficiency, and air and water quality to define environmental justice communities.

Environmental Justice

How the birding community is working for racial and environmental justice

John Weber·March 18, 2022

Tykee James' love of birds led him to help organize Black Birders Week and advocate for more accessible and equitable outdoor spaces.

Conservation Environmental Justice

As Pa. invests in electric vehicles, PennDOT vows to make driving them more accessible

Kiley Koscinski·February 11, 2022

They want to prioritize projects that help lower-income drivers go electric lIke placing charging stations in neighborhoods with apartments and in rural areas.

Climate Change Environmental Justice Transportation

Chesapeake Bay Foundation gets grant to help disadvantaged farmers

Gabriela Martínez·January 21, 2022

The program will help those who have historically been excluded from conservation assistance, such as Black and Indigenous farmers.

Conservation Environmental Justice Food and Agriculture

1% of Pennsylvania farmers are people of color. Changing that could help solve an ag labor shortage

An-Li Herring·January 14, 2022

Most of Pennsylvania's farmers are white. But efforts are underway to bring more people of color into farming.

Economy Environmental Justice Food and Agriculture

FIRST PERSON: Denele Hughson, Grow Pittsburgh’s new executive director

Kara Holsopple·December 24, 2021

“Seeds and plants want to grow. That is their purpose. You just have to get the right conditions for it, and everyone can learn it.”

Environmental Justice Essay Food and Agriculture

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