Q&A: Do hookah and sweeteners cause cancer?
theGRIO REPORT - In case you missed it, here’s a recap of the Twitter chat held earlier today on cancer and African-Americans...
Minorities fish in polluted waters despite danger
theGRIO REPORT - A recent article published by Environmental Health News showed that advisories warning against fish contamination have failed to adequately reach communities of color, who often fish in polluted waterways to survive...
EPA chief on verge of quitting after Obama rejected smog proposal
Jackson told intimates she had been convinced Obama would back her up despite aggressive lobbying from Capitol Hill Republicans and business interests...
Scaled back environmental regulations put blacks in peril
OPINON - Three of every five individuals of African-American or Latino background live in communities with 1 or more toxic waste sites...
Earth Day: We need to take our power back
OPINION - The health and wealth of our communities are under attack. Not because these companies want us to suffer -- but because they don't care if we do...
EPA administrator: Health of Gulf Coast is vital to US environment
OPINION - The best restoration plans will come from the Gulf to Washington, not from Washington to the Gulf...
Why blacks may be biggest victims of climate change
theGRIO REPORT - The problems urban areas already face, like pollution, over-development, and inadequate infrastructure, could exacerbate climate change's effects...
Environmental racism is still rampant post-Katrina
OPINION - The ugly legacy of a "separate and unequal" doctrine haunts environmental policies that negatively impact low-income communities of color...
Alonzo Mourning: A better Haiti isn't good enough
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Despite significant progress in recovering Port-au-Prince, according to the retired NBA star, the world has already forgotten earthquake devastated Haiti...
Top 10 environmental issues affecting urban America
SLIDESHOW - Here is a list of 10 environmental justice issues affecting the black community that should be given full attention by all Americans...
