A new study examining two possible factors leading to "environmental racism" finds that although the average black or Hispanic resident of a major U.S. city lives in a more polluted part of town than ...
An increasingly strong case is being made to bring inequality into discussions about climate change. The logic behind this ...
Previous research has shown that low-income households bear a higher exposure to environmental pollution than high-income households. Some scholars have argued that selective siting of industrial ...
UMass-Amherst Researcher Klara Zwickl discusses measuring environmental inequality through industrial air pollution in the U.S. and recommends solutions to bridge economic disparities Friends, I don’t ...
Environment and Development Economics, Vol. 20, No. 6 (December 2015), pp. 813-835 (23 pages) If the demand for environmental goods is increasing with income, democratization shifts the decisive power ...
Research impact on air pollution and inequality in Bogota, Columbia by Dr Claudia Aravena, Heriot-Watt University.
Since the 2015 Paris agreement, mitigating climate change has been established as a common, world-encompassing goal; however, both the impacts of the climate crisis and the actions currently being ...
A group of House Democrats is introducing legislation that aims to codify a requirement for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to maintain and update its mapping and screening tool for ...
The cause to stop Sable is a pursuit of sustainability — if restarted, the pipeline could double Santa Barbara County’s ...
A global study shows that everyday infections like malaria, dengue, and tuberculosis are rising quietly due to climate shifts ...