/tags/environmental-justice Environmental Justice en-US Copyright Tue, 28 Nov 2023 17:59:39 GMT /environment/2023-11-28/navassa-residents-participate-2023-pfas-exposure-study Residents of the Navassa community are contributing blood and information to learn about their level of exposure to PFAS contamination. Tue, 28 Nov 2023 17:59:39 GMT /environment/2023-11-28/navassa-residents-participate-2023-pfas-exposure-study Will Atwater | North Carolina Health News /2023-10-20/warren-countys-pcb-protests-mainstream-attention-communities-environmental-justice-climate-change Forty-one years after protestors marched for six weeks to oppose what they saw as environmental racism, Warren County activists look to take a leading role in the evolving environmental justice movement. Fri, 20 Oct 2023 17:43:45 GMT /2023-10-20/warren-countys-pcb-protests-mainstream-attention-communities-environmental-justice-climate-change Will Atwater | North Carolina Health News /environment/2023-10-09/alcoa-aluminum-west-badin-toxic-waste-pollution-protest West Badin residents are calling for the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality to issue Alcoa a stricter hazardous waste discharge permit. Mon, 09 Oct 2023 20:29:44 GMT /environment/2023-10-09/alcoa-aluminum-west-badin-toxic-waste-pollution-protest Will Atwater | North Carolina Health News /environment/2022-10-04/epa-creates-new-office-to-advance-environmental-justice-initiatives Forty years after Warren County, N.C., residents marched to a landfill to try to stop dump trucks, the EPA is creating an office for advancing environmental justice. (Aired on ATC on Oct. 3, 2022.) Tue, 04 Oct 2022 09:09:00 GMT /environment/2022-10-04/epa-creates-new-office-to-advance-environmental-justice-initiatives Leoneda Inge /environment/2021-10-20/unchecked-growth-of-industrial-animal-farms-spurs-long-fight-for-environmental-justice-in-eastern-nc As large-scale hog and poultry industries continue to grow in eastern North Carolina, local residents push back against decades of air and water pollution. Wed, 20 Oct 2021 19:13:02 GMT /environment/2021-10-20/unchecked-growth-of-industrial-animal-farms-spurs-long-fight-for-environmental-justice-in-eastern-nc Melba Newsome / North Carolina Health News /environment/2021-06-29/southside-voices-play-vital-role-in-plans-to-revitalize-nasty-branch Town Branch, also called “Nasty Branch,” is the longest creek that flows through Asheville. It’s also the most polluted. Environmentalists and residents... Tue, 29 Jun 2021 23:24:24 GMT /environment/2021-06-29/southside-voices-play-vital-role-in-plans-to-revitalize-nasty-branch Cass Herrington /show/the-state-of-things/2019-12-10/atlantic-coast-pipe-dreams-protests-and-politics Construction of the planned 600-mile underground pipeline is already behind schedule. Protests and bureaucratic hurdles plague the Atlantic Coast… Tue, 10 Dec 2019 17:04:06 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-12-10/atlantic-coast-pipe-dreams-protests-and-politics Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /environment/2019-12-10/atlantic-coast-pipe-dreams-protests-and-politics Construction of the planned 600-mile underground pipeline is already behind schedule. Protests and bureaucratic hurdles plague the Atlantic Coast… Tue, 10 Dec 2019 17:04:06 GMT /environment/2019-12-10/atlantic-coast-pipe-dreams-protests-and-politics Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-10-24/how-environmental-racism-impacts-ncs-drinking-water Clean drinking water is a human right according to a 2010 United Nations declaration. But recent incidents throughout North Carolina raise questions about… Thu, 24 Oct 2019 16:12:26 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-10-24/how-environmental-racism-impacts-ncs-drinking-water Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /environment/2019-10-24/how-environmental-racism-impacts-ncs-drinking-water Clean drinking water is a human right according to a 2010 United Nations declaration. But recent incidents throughout North Carolina raise questions about… Thu, 24 Oct 2019 16:12:26 GMT /environment/2019-10-24/how-environmental-racism-impacts-ncs-drinking-water Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio