environmental justice

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.

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.

Wake Forest University has been awarded a $1 million grant for a project focusing on environmental justice. The grant from the Mellon Foundation will…

President Joe Biden’s top environment official visited what is widely considered the birthplace of the environmental justice movement Saturday to unveil a…

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…