Majority-white Westside neighborhoods, for instance, could also be benefiting from ocean breezes that push pollution into predominantly Black and Latino areas, he said.

The LA Times shares an opinion piece about a study claiming that White and affluent commuters spread pollution in neighborhoods occupied by people of color.

More Black Americans are concerned about their local exposure to air pollution than other racial or ethnic groups, a new survey found. Gallup’s survey found 53 percent of Black adults are ...

Pollution is Displacing Black Midwesterners. White Homeowners are Profiting. Black people in the Midwest are 33% more likely to receive lung cancer diagnoses than those living in the country’s ...

New EPA restrictions on nitrogen oxides aim to protect Black communities from harmful pollution. But, the rule is at risk under the next administration.

Debrah, the first person in the UK to have air pollution listed as a cause of death. She lived just down the road from us.

And nationally, Black people are 42% more likely than whites to have asthma and have a mortality rate from asthma 2.8 times that of white people, according to data from the American Lung Association.

An international study found that air pollution leads to more cancer-related genetic changes than secondhand smoke.

Many Black communities around Atlanta have voiced concerns about pollution for years but have lacked data to support their claims. Now, a series of new initiatives and studies aim to provide the ...

Air pollution data should be tracked and addressed at the census tract level. Only when we have more localized data will we be able to address disparate impacts on Black mothers, all people of ...

Residents of the mostly Black communities sandwiched between chemical plants along the lower Mississippi River have long said they get most of the pollution but few of the jobs produced by the ...