President Joe Biden’s proposed infrastructure package includes a significant investment in transportation, with a focus on reducing emissions and addressing climate change. The package includes funding for the creation of a national network of electric vehicle charging stations and incentives …
ACLU of Wisconsin and other environmental justice groups submitted comments opposing the expansion of I-94 freeway in Milwaukee. Activists argued that the expansion would have a disproportionate impact on communities of color and EJ residents. The groups also raised concerns …
Tire dust contains toxic chemicals (6PPD-quinone) that pose a threat to salmon populations in Washington. When it rains, the tire dust is washed into nearby waterways, contaminating the water and the salmon’s habitat. Salmon play an important role in the …
The federal government’s National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization is a strategy for eliminating all greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector, goal for country is to be carbon-neutral by 2050. The U.S. transportation sector accounts for a third of the …
North Carolina is seeking to phase-out diesel trucks and buses, which emit more than 25% of the state’s smog and 30% of particulate matter. New regulations would vehicles weighing at least 8,500 pounds (e.g., delivery vans, box trucks, garbage trucks, …
The EPA has kickstarted a Clean School Bus Program, which provides money to help school districts change to clean energy school buses. The program has a requirement that old diesel buses must be scrapped in order to be replaced with …
By: City of Seattle | January 4, 2023 On Wednesday, December 7, Mayor Bruce Harrell signed a new Executive Order directing City departments to work together to prioritize and expand actions that equitably reduce or eliminate greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) within the …
By: EJ News Today | December 29, 2022 A proposed warehouse development has residents from Little Village – a neighborhood in Chicago – concerned about worsening air pollution. The area, known as “Mexico of the Midwest,” is already heavily industrialized …
