Climate & Social Justice

Eco Justice for All in R.I.

For R.I.’s Disenfranchised Populations, Their Next-Door Neighbor is Often Pollution

Car Culture Drives Rhode Island’s Climate Inaction

EPA’s Environmental Justice Tool Designed to Map, Protect Vulnerable Populations

Despite progress made on this fragile front, the protection of the environment, public health, and people’s well-being are still accessory concerns — the evidence backed up from Allens Avenue in Providence to the Amazon rainforest in Brazil.

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Snarl of Issues Creates Environmental Injustice

Climate Crisis Turns Up Heat On Marginalized Communities

Environmental Injustices Dumped on Two Providence Neighborhoods Illuminate Impacts of Structural Racism

Climate Jobs Rhode Island and Cornell University recently released a report outlining a climate jobs action plan to put Rhode Island on the path to meeting the state’s climate targets […]

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Ocean State Confronts Environmental Justice Along Its Coast

Push Made to Make Public Street a Coastal Right of Way Again

Attorney General Intervenes in Proposed Fossil Fuel Plan That Concerns Port of Providence Neighbors

PROVIDENCE — The crowd gathered in golden light. Nearly 100 people, a few with signs waving in an evening breeze. Just a mile away, on the East Side of the Providence River, the same light, the same breeze might be picturesque.

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Study Finds Black People in Rhode Island Exposed to Higher Levels of Air Pollution

Interfaith and Advocacy Collaboration Could Drive Climate Action

Access to the Coast is an Environmental Justice Issue

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Environmental Justice Movement Continues to Dodge Dirty Obstacles

New Report Outlines Equitable Climate Action Plan for Rhode Island

Enough is Enough: Polluted Providence Neighborhoods Sick of Fossil Fuels