The Clock Is Ticking: ALDOT Needs to Hold Public Meeting on Drainage, Improvement Project in Shiloh Community
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Texas Southern University Launches BIT for Resilient HBCUs with Campus Kickoff Event

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2025 annual report
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Green Light to Pollute in Texas

Proposed Buildout of Petrochemical Facilities Targets Most Vulnerable Communities, Again

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Voices from the Global
Ethical Stocktake

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard Inducted into the National Academy of Medicine
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TSU is one of Five HBCUs Selected by Sustain Our Future Foundation & Southface Institute for Sustainability Partnership
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The Robert D. Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice at Texas Southern University combines scholarship and action to dismantle systemic inequality and structural racism that causes disproportionate pain, suffering and death in Black and other people of color communities.

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mission

The Bullard Center's primary mission is to confront systems that create and perpetuate environmental, climate and raccial communities.

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vision

Our vision is to be a leading force for transformative environment and climate justice using rigorous science, community-driven research, policy, civic enagagement programming, and effective advacacy.

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JAN

Securing the Future of Environmental Justice Through Endowment

Some institutions exist to educate. Others exist to protect. The Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice at Texas Southern University does both...

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DEC

Closing the Year With a Call to Invest in Environmental Justice

As the year ends, we invite you to make a meaningful contribution to the Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice at Texas Southern University...

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NOV

Green Light to Pollute in Texas

Texas is a major global hub for the petrochemical industry, leading the U.S. in refining capacity and production, with the Greater Houston area accounting for over 42%...

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2026 HBCU Climate Change Conference

March 18-22, 2026 | New Orleans, LA

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32 Fossil Fuel Companies Linked to Half of CO2 Emissions in 2024

A 2024 report reveals that just 32 fossil fuel companies, led by state-owned giants like Saudi Aramco and Coal India, were responsible for half of the world's total CO2 emissions.

How One Company Is Pushing a Private Takeover of Flood Insurance

Neptune Flood proposes phasing out the National Flood Insurance Program, arguing private insurers can better assess risk using AI. Critics warn this shift may leave flood-prone...

E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution

The Trump administration's E.P.A. will no longer include the monetary value of human lives saved from pollution reductions in rulemaking. This shift may ease the repeal...

Environmentalists sue Louisiana officials over reissued Commonwealth LNG permit

Environmental groups have filed suit against the Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy, claiming it violated legal and constitutional obligations...

EPA eliminates mention of fossil fuels in website on warming's causes. Scientists call it misleading

EPA removed fossil-fuel references from its climate causes page, emphasizing natural factors. Scientists and former officials say the change misleads the public...

How the Fossil-Fuel Industry’s Pivot to Plastic Is Polluting Our Planet

Fossil fuel companies are massively expanding plastic production to offset declining fuel demand. This shift drives pollution, harms public health...

Lacking community resilience centers, Houston neighbors opt for solar-powered ‘hub homes’

In northeast Houston, residents are creating solar-powered “hub homes” to serve as community refuges during power outages, filling the gap left by the lack of formal resilience...

Are cancer-causing particles polluting your Houston neighborhood's air? Search our map

Houston’s air pollution, especially PM2.5, is rising again, disproportionately affecting marginalized communities near industry...

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