Willy Blackmore

New EPA rules for tailpipe and smokestack emissions will benefit Black communities disproportionately affected by air pollution.

Spain just mandated four days of paid weather leave, but in the U.S., survival during extreme weather events is a luxury.

Blocking funds for the Climate Justice Alliance sets a precedent that progressive organizations will be labeled as terrorist groups.

Michael S. Regan, the first Black man to run the EPA, stepped down on Dec. 31 — and the agency is on Donald Trump's chopping block.

New EPA rules limiting pollution emissions from power plants and cars will benefit Black communities, but the incoming Trump administration is likely to overturn those rules. Credit: Getty Images

Living in Miami's Overtown neighborhood, 18-year-old Jasmine Williams has seen firsthand how climate change is not only affecting her city, but also her historically Black neighborhood in particular.

I’m honored to be Amsterdam News ‘Publisher and my father, Wilbert “Bill” Tatum, before me. We’ve been reporting the news of the day from a Black perspective since 1909 – bringing to you the news that mainstream media just doesn’t.

The resignation of Michael S. Regan, the first Black EPA chief, marks a turning point for the agency’s focus on protecting vulnerable communities, as legal and political challenges threaten its regulatory tools.

EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan often put the agency’s focus on Black and Brown Americans who have been disproportionately burdened by exposures to toxic chemicals — and the most dramatic effects of climate change. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

As fires torched the Los Angeles neighborhoods of the Pacific Palisades and Altadena — the idyllic foothill town that has long been home to a Black