YouTube video by BanglesandHeaddresses

Sunset Park has carried a heavy pollution burden for its mostly working-class Asian and Latino residents. Now it is emerging as a model for environmental justice

YouTube video by CUNY TV

Communities of color and low-income neighborhoods face the worst impacts as the U.S. loses forests, wetlands and other green spaces.

YouTube video by BanglesandHeaddresses

Elizabeth Yeampierre, attorney and executive director of UPROSE, talks about Sunset Park Solar, a grassroots project seeking to bring green power to Sunset Park residents.

The site removed the feature after real estate agents and some homeowners alleged that the scores appear arbitrary and hurt sales.

A federal judge has struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking wind energy projects, saying the effort to halt virtually all leasing of wind farms on federal lands and waters was “a...

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

On A People's Climate: The path to climate justice is local.

On A People's Climate: The path to climate justice is local.

Elizabeth Yeampierre grew up in Brooklyn, in a Puerto Rican family that taught her early on that justice begins at home… and in the neighborhood. For many, activism is born in marches and speeches; fo...

Fern GillespieFor almost 30 years, Elizabeth Yeampierre, an internationally recognized Puerto Rican attorney of Black and Indigenous ancestry, has been on the frontline advocating environmental justic...

RFK Jr.'s actions undermine scientific progress, public trust, and the health of millions. Stand Up For Science won't stand for it. Start here.

In the past 90 days, 300,000 Black women have exited the labor force. Between AI layoffs, shrinking DEI programs, and limited access to high-growth fields, the job market is increasingly hostile. The ...