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May 14, 2025
The EPA will relax some limits on forever chemicals in drinking water but keep strict rules for two main types,…
Jackson water crisis, 2022
August 16, 2024
Tens of thousands of people were left without safe drinking water for weeks in 2021 and '22 due to lack…
May 10, 2024
“The NAACP is outraged at the inadequate findings presented by the EPA this week," said Derrick Johnson, its national president.
November 17, 2023
The EPA unveiled the first-ever youth advisory council to help solve the climate crisis and ensure equitable outcomes for Black…
August 31, 2023
A medical equipment sterilizing plant that uses a chemical whose emissions could lead to cancer and other health risks says…
June 28, 2023
The Biden administration has dropped an investigation into whether Louisiana officials put Black residents living in an industrial stretch of…
March 3, 2023
The EPA said last year that PFAS could cause harm at levels “much lower than previously understood.”
February 16, 2023
Idris Elba and his wife Sabrina Elba will accompany EPA Administrator Michael Regan to sub-Saharan Africa, theGrio exclusively reports
February 15, 2023
The Biden administration on Tuesday outlined how states and nonprofit groups can apply for $27 billion in funding from a…
January 11, 2023
The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday it is awarding $100 million in competitive grants for projects that advance environmental justice…
Biden administration tougher standards soot pollution
January 6, 2023
The Biden administration wants to reduce soot pollution levels and possibly prevent thousands of premature deaths annually.
Mayoe Chokwe Lumumba discusses water woes in Jackson, Miss.
December 30, 2022
The city issued a preventative boil water advisory on Christmas after severe weather woes led to distribution system breakdowns. 
December 24, 2022
The federal government will put $600 million toward repairing the troubled water system in Mississippi's capital city — a project that the…
December 8, 2022
Residents of southern West Virginia's McDowell County shared their stories of the challenges of living without access to safe drinking…
November 30, 2022
The Jackson water crisis continues, and the Justice Department has filed a new complaint against Mississippi's capital city.
October 14, 2022
The Environmental Protection Agency said it has evidence that Black residents in an industrial section of Louisiana face an increased risk of…
September 26, 2022
The federal government wants to work with officials in Mississippi's capital city to reach a legal agreement that ensures Jackson…
Jackson water crisis
September 14, 2022
From Jackson, Mississippi to Flint, Michigan, aging water infrastructure is wreaking havoc in predominantly Black and brown communities.
August 2, 2022
Charlie Mae Holcomb lives in a community where roughly one-third of people live in poverty and about 85% are Black.…
June 30, 2022
The Supreme Court limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from…