Incarceration and climate change are often examined separately, but increasingly evidence suggests that policy makers and academics should address their combined negative effect on health.
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Daniel Broyles, one of the men at the center of two scams that traded on people’s hopes for new clean and green technologies, has pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering.
White supremacists are actively working to “reclaim” America’s national parks in a bid to strengthen relationships with the online, youth-oriented Christian nationalist movement.
The program addresses the violence primarily occurring within the city’s poorest neighborhoods with new career opportunities for those living there.
Judges from Germany have visited Peru to determine the level of damage caused by Europe’s largest emitter in a case that could set a precedent for legal claims over human-caused global heating.
The $1.4 million program to investigate polluters who cause environmental harm to communities of color, announced recently by Attorney General Merrick Garland, has big ambitions and a small budget. Advocates admit there are a “lot of questions about how it will operate.”
President Joe Biden has asked Congress for $1.4 million for the office, which will be headed by Cynthia Ferguson, a DOJ veteran from the Environment and Natural Resources Division.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has subpoenaed ExxonMobil, as part of what is considered to be a first-of-its-kind broader investigation into the petroleum industry for its alleged role in causing a global plastic pollution crisis.
The Environmental Protection Agency is pivoting from a largely reactive stance on civil rights to one that aggressively ventures into the field on its own initiative, scanning for areas of greatest concern, kicking off tough compliance reviews, and rethinking how it gives out grants, prioritizes its resources, and enforces the law.
Environmental laws and policies have historically ignored the damage wreaked on low-income, minority and tribal communities by air pollution and land contamination, according to a University of Iowa Legal Studies Research paper.