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‘This Is Racism’: Small Black Alabama Town Accuses State of ‘Intentionally’ Flooding Their Community, Causing Homes to ‘Sink’ to Force Them Off Property, Distraught Resident Says

A Climate Call to Action at Museum of Science

Bay State Banner

Future of Justice40 Program Hangs in Balance

Dr. Robert D. Bullard Elected to National Academy of Medicine

NAM

Renowned environmentalist Dr. Robert D. Bullard Speaks on Campus as Part of Kaplowitz Lecture Series

Why a Civil Rights Act Victory Isn’t Enough for This Flooded Black Community

Capital B News

Alabama Will Take Steps To Limit Flooding Of Predominantly-black Community Following Federal Civil Rights Investigation

ABC News

FHWA Secures Binding Commitments from Alabama DOT to Construct Drainage Project to Address Stormwater Impacts and Flooding Complaints in Shiloh Community Along US Highway 84

Black Communities Left to Sink as Insurance Companies Abandon the South

Capital B News

Dr. Robert D. Bullard Featured Panelist During America Is All In at Climate Week NYC 2024

Dr. Robert D. Bullard Recognized on the 2024 Independent Climate 100 List

Independent

Permitting reform’s false choice

Utility Dive

Watch "EJ Movement Father, Dr. Robert Bullard: DNC Climate Council Meeting, 2024 Democratic National Convention" on YouTube

Leader of Largest Environmental Organization in the Nation visits Shiloh Community in Efforts to Tackle Flooding Crisis

Biden promised to clean up heavily polluted communities. Here is how advocates say he did

AP

Dr. Robert D. Bullard Keynote Speaker at 2024 Reconnecting Communities Summit

Philanthropy Is Wasting Time and Money on Carbon Capture

Inside Philanthropy

Liquefied natural gas pollution linked to 60 premature US deaths a year – report

The Guardian

Environmental Protection Agency Launches Historic Partnership With HBCUs

Essence

The Future of Climate Justice Is Grounded in Geography

Non profit Quarterly

Mapping the Future: The Bullard Center’s Pioneering Environmental Justice Internship

Harris offered a ‘blueprint’ for environmental justice. Can she grow it?

E News

As Biden exits presidential race, faith activists tout his major environmental wins

NRC

Hurricane Beryl Was a Warning Shot for Houston

Inside Climate News

Shiloh community seeks the help of the NAACP in ongoing flooding crisis

WDHN

Tavis Smiley, KBLA Delivers Historic National Climate Change Simulcast

L.A. Sentinel

WATCH: Enduring the “endless” expansion of the nation’s petrochemical corridor

EHN

A Research Duel Heats up Amid High-Stakes Decision on LNG Exports

Smog.com

Our carbon capture experiment is the antithesis of environmental justice

The Hill

The Waverly Foundation Ensures That Every Neighborhood is Environmentally Safe

Press for justice now, rather than justice delayed

Clark Now

Inside El Salvador, San Miguel Centro Urbano De Bienestar Y Oportunidades (Cubo) by Bullard Center's Dr. Juan Antonio Sorto

University of Texas

How Alabama Turned to Restrictive Deed Covenants to Ward Off Flooding Claims From Black Residents

Inside Climate News

Shiloh Community Resident Files Lawsuit Against Food Service Distributor for Terminating Business Contract, Refusing ‘Hush Money’

WDHN

Report: Soaring methane exports ‘liquidate’ Gulf Coast future

Flood Light News

Pastor Timothy Williams Invite Derrick Johnson, NAACP President and CEO to the Shiloh Community

Coffee Co. Resident Honored for his Work in the Shiloh Community

WDHN

Environmental justice advocate speaks out about ALDOT’s ongoing assesment in flooding prone community

WDHN

ALDOT, national engineering firm evualuate highway stormwater runoff into historically black community

WDHN

Check out the highlights from Dr. Robert Bullard's TIME Earth Award win

TIME

Dr. Robert Bullard Recognized at 2024 Time Earth Awards

‘Father of Environmental Justice’ Robert Bullard on the Work Behind a Movement

TSU Bullard Center, Clean Energy Fund of Texas receive $156 Mil EPA solar grant

Texas Defender

Climate Experts Say Clean Energy Shift Can and Must Lift Up Poorer Communities

TIME

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: President Biden Marks Earth Day 2024 with Historic Climate Action

Bullard Center and Clean Energy Fund of Texas Selected for $156 million Grant from EPA Solar for All Program

TSU Media

Clean Energy Fund of Texas and Bullard Center Selected for $156 Million Grant from EPA Solar For All Competition

Clean Fund TX

Evolve Houston Awards Round 2 Emobility Microgrants To Advance Equitable Transportation Across Greater Houston Region

Saving Shiloh: Flood-Impacted Black Community in Alabama Receives Federal Attention

Sierra Club

Why Environmental Justice Matters, From the Founder Himself

Seattle Times

Buttigieg visits predominantly Black Alabama community following ABC News investigation about neighborhood flooding

ABC News

US Climate Leadership: Equity and Justice in the Green Transition Discussion Feat. Dr. Robert Bullard

Alabama residents fight environmental injustice along a freeway

ABC News

Federal transportation leaders visit shiloh community

WDHN

Environmental justice expert, residents grateful for federal leaders visit to Shiloh community

WDHN

Q&A: Ronald McKinnon Made It From Rural Alabama to the NFL. Now He Wants To See His Flooded Hometown Get Help

Inside Climate News

Texas energy companies are betting hydrogen can become a cleaner fuel for transportation

Texas Tribune

Rice welcomes American Academy of Arts and Sciences for panel discussion on climate action

Using Public Health Data to Bring Environmental Justice and Health Equity to Gulf Coast Communities

Natural gas exports have lax oversight that experts say could lead to a devastating explosion.

Highway Robbery and Environmental Injustice in Alabama

Sierra Club

Meet Robert Bullard, Father Of Environmental Justice And Houston Sociologist

Houston Chronicle

Highway Robbery in Alabama

Chicago Defender

Watch Party for Taft Lecture from Environmental Scholar and Author, Dr. Robert Bullard

Industry Poisoned a Vibrant Black Neighborhood in Houston. Is a Buyout the Solution?

GRIST

Environmental justice advocate seeks federal action for Alabama communities

Shiloh community residents meet with federal transportation leaders to address flooding

WDHN

Residents of historically Black Alabama community take flooding concerns to USDOT: 'Emergency situation'

ABC News

A White House Advisor and Environmental Justice Activist Wants Immediate Help for Two Historically Black Communities in Alabama

Inside Climate News

USDOT Leaders to Visit Flooding-prone Shiloh Community

WDHN

Dr. Robert Bullard will be a featured speaker during Black History Month Series: Designing the Environmental Justice Utopia

AAMU Alumnus Addresses Students During Urban Planning Conference

A Timeline of the Environmental Justice Movement, According to Dr. Robert Bullard

Green Matters

Watch Dr. Robert Bullard's "Environmental Justice Today" discussion at the USA Exposome Symposium

A Tribute to Robert D. Bullard, PhD presented at the 8th Exposome Symposium

Q&A: Robert Bullard Says 2024 Is the Year of Environmental Justice for an Inundated Shiloh, Alabama

Inside Climate News

The ‘father of environmental justice,’ addresses sewer issues on Strain Road

Environmental justice advocate visits historic Athens community to see neighborhood concerns

Alumnus Dr. Robert Bullard to Give Keynote at AAMU Urban Planning Conference

Bullard Center at Texas Southern University awarded $50M EPA Grant

‘A Dream Deferred:’ 30 Years of U.S. Environmental Justice in Port Arthur, Texas

Inside Climate News

Federal Leaders get Involved in Shiloh Community Flooding Issue

Black Public Health Heroes Who Made—And Are Making—History

Public Health

How Racism Flooded Alabama’s Historically Black Shiloh Community

Inside Climate News

Nourishing Roots in the Birthplace of Environmental Justice

Join Dr. Robert Bullard in a livestream at the USA Exposome Symposium on January 22-24. Explore Children’s Health, Environmental Justice, and the Exposome.

A conversation about environmental justice on MLK Day

KALW

Colleges must give communities a seat at the table alongside scientists if we want real environmental justice

Hechinger Report

Controversial Waste Management landfill expansion in northwest Houston is scrapped

Houston Chronicle

Meet Ed Pettitt, a Graduate Research Assistant at the Bullard Center and an active community advocate in Houston

Voyage Houston

Highlights of American Geographical Society's 2023 Fall Symposium, Geography 2050: The Changing Map of Risk, Hazards, & Finance

Geography 2050

American Geographical Society celebrates the 2023 Fall Symposium, honoring Dr. Robert Bullard, recipient of the John Gould Medal

Geography 2050

Environmental justice: What it is, and why it is relevant in Houston

Texas Southern University Awarded $50 Million Under Biden-Harris Grantmakers Program

HBCU Buzz

Press Call by Vice President Harris on the Biden-⁠Harris Administration’s Commitment to Environmental Justice

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $600M to 11 Grantmakers to Fund Thousands of Environmental Justice Projects Across the Nation as Part of Investing in America Agenda

EPA

IRA, BIL, and Justice40: Advancing Climate Justice and Community-Led Solutions

America Is All In

Ethical Corporation at COP: Climate Justice Sidelined

Reuters

Dr. Robert D. Bullard Video: Climate Justice at COP 28 | The Climate Reality Project

Climate Reality Project

At COP28, a Growing Sense of Alarm Over the Harms of Air Pollution

Inside Climate News