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Civil rights activist Rev. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. coined the term “environmental racism” while participating in a historic North Carolina protest that birthed a movement.
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As part of the initiative, officials created a mapping tool to make it easier for citizens to identify environmental justice issues. It charts the locations of hazardous waste sites, drought or flood-prone areas, and the rates of certain diseases by location, among other things.
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Wake Forest University has been awarded a $1 million grant for a project focusing on environmental justice. The grant from the Mellon Foundation will…
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President Joe Biden’s top environment official visited what is widely considered the birthplace of the environmental justice movement Saturday to unveil a…
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A new study is offering guidance to North Carolina's leaders on how to address climate change, with a focus on issues of environmental justice. The report…