“The way our communities, especially Black and brown communities, connect with the environment,” said Ribeiro, “with our ancestral knowledge, our indigenous knowledge, has been through a spiritual and cultural way.”
“There’s a large despair of impact for individuals of color, specifically Asian Americans and Hispanics or Latino residents.”
“I want my grandchildren to know about the monarch butterflies,” Claudia Galeno-Sanchez said.
There are roughly 9 million lead service lines still in use across the nation. Of these, 400,000 exist in Chicago.
Critics argue that aging infrastructure poses a significant risk to the Great Lakes.
Piped water is important in the region because area groundwater wells are of poor quality, must run deep into the ground, and have proven unreliable.
Latinos are more likely to die from heat on the job than non-Latinos, and are 21% more likely to live in urban heat islands.
The rules will affect new residential construction projects funded by the federal Housing and Rural Development agency. Now, lawmakers are pushing the agency that oversees the nation’s two largest mortgage backers to adopt similar measures.
Gina Ramirez, the Midwest Director of Environmental Health for the Natural Resources Defense Council argues the need to change Chicago’s zoning laws to eliminate sacrifice zones.
Angela Gonzalez creates thought-provoking art designed to capture the attention and imagination.
In celebration of Women’s History Month, we are featuring Peggy Salazar, the “no-nonsense” woman who will not stop fighting for Environmental Justice.
A natural mutation found in Puerto Rican dairy cows might keep them healthier in extreme heat.
