Environmental justice

Eoban Binder

A conversation about the The Smell of Money–a documentary film about environmental justice in rural communities

Both Cleveland Cliffs plants in Indiana, including this Burns Harbor facility, and the U.S. Steel plant in Gary also top the list for most toxic releases from state industrial facilities — which includes Indiana's coal plants.

Proposed steel pollution rule too strict for industry, not strict enough for residents, activists

Rebecca Thiele

A quarter of all the greenhouse gas emissions that come from Indiana industrial facilities are from steel and aluminum plants.

When CAFOs come to your neighborhood

Kayte Young

A conversation about the The Smell of Money–a documentary film about environmental justice in rural communities

EPA Administrator Michael Regan at a press conference on PFAS in 2021.

EPA to give out largest grant awards for environmental justice in its history

Rebecca Thiele

The $100 million in funding could address everything from making communities more resilient to flooding to monitoring air pollution from factories nearby.

When CAFOs come to your neighborhood

Kayte Young

A conversation about the The Smell of Money–a documentary film about environmental justice in rural communities

According to the Indiana Forest Alliance, only 15 percent of Indianapolis's urban forests are protected in parks — like here in Garfield Park.

Indiana Forest Alliance creates strategy for protecting, maintaining Indianapolis's trees

Rebecca Thiele

The strategy report said while there has been a big effort to plant trees in Indianapolis, there needs to be more of effort to protect and maintain them.

North Carolina has received repeated complaints about the state’s lax regulation of hog waste disposal and its disproportionate impact on communities of color. This drone photo from 2012 shows CAFO hog waste lagoons in North Carolina.

Internal Review Finds Environmental Agencies Violating Civil Rights

Kayte Young

A report from the Office of the Inspector General for the EPA found that state environmental agencies are falling far short of their duty to prevent discrimination, and cited a lack of federal oversight to enforce civil rights laws.