Father of Environmental Justice Donates $50,000 to Elba, AL Shiloh Community Center
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Black Shiloh Community Property Owners Sue Alabama DOT Over Constant Highway Flooding
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2025 HBCU environmental justice
climate corps program!
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TSU 'marches forward' after $60M in cuts to environmental justice program
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Father of Environmental Justice Rebukes Sierra Club

april 2 | 10am-12pm
Sterling Student Life Center
3rd Floor Tiger Room

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EARTH MONTH: Why I'm Asking Sierra Club to Remove My Name from Its Award?
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Top Scientists Issue Urgent Warning on Fossil Fuels

april 2 | 10am-12pm
Sterling Student Life Center
3rd Floor Tiger Room

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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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Jul

EJCC Culmination Showcases Next Generation of Environmental Justice Leaders

The 2025 HBCU Environmental Justice Climate Corps (EJCC) wrapped up its third year with a powerful Culmination event on July 2nd. Hosted by the Bullard Center.

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Jun

Juneteenth Luncheon Celebrates Community Partnerships

Today, the Bullard Center hosted a Juneteenth Luncheon at its host institution, Texas Southern University. The event honored the strength, legacy...

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May

HBCU Consortium Hosts Gulf South Water Justice, Climate & Health Equity Convening

The Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice at Texas Southern University and the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice hosted the Gulf Coast Equity...

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bullard center media

First-of-a-kind US class-action lawsuit would force EPA to reinstate $3bn climate program

A coalition of nonprofits, tribes, and local governments filed a class-action lawsuit against the EPA, demanding reinstatement of a $3bn climate justice grant program halted...

Inside the ‘Radical Transformation’ of America’s Environmental Role

The Trump administration’s move to revoke the EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gases marks a major policy reversal, undermining decades of climate protections...

Layoffs, Votes of No Confidence and a Leader on Leave at One of the Nation’s Oldest Environmental Groups

Ben Jealous was placed on leave by the Sierra Club amid widespread internal dissent over his leadership, with staff citing failed vision, contentious layoffs...

UN’s top court delivered a landmark opinion on climate justice. What’s next?

The UN's International Court of Justice declared climate change a human rights issue, advising that nations must act or risk reparations, influencing global litigation...

 Mapping Federal Funding Cuts to U.S. Colleges and Universities

The Trump administration has targeted over 4,000 federal grants worth up to $8.2 billion for termination across 600+ U.S. colleges, disproportionately affecting public...

‘Disgraceful step backward’: USDA ends support for Black farmers, saying it ‘sufficiently’ handled discrimination

The USDA under the Trump administration has eliminated the term “socially disadvantaged” from its policies, ending race- and gender-based support programs for minority farmers...

Federal DEI funding cuts threaten the work of the few remaining Black farmers in East Texas

President Trump's elimination of federal DEI programs has halted essential USDA funding to East Texas Black farmers, further endangering their livelihoods amid decades...

Black Alabamians Sue State Department of Transportation Over Repeated Flooding

Residents in the Shiloh Community have fought for years to remedy excessive storm water runoff caused by an elevated highway. Now they’re suing.

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