Environmental justice

All 18 environmental justice employees at the regional Environmental Protection Agency office in Chicago have received layoff notices. It’s part of the Trump administration’s efforts to close EPA environmental justice offices around the country.

One order aims to reduce environmental “over-regulation” to help businesses grow and another cuts environmental justice out of decision-making. It's not clear how much they would change.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.