While air pollutants adversely affect everyone, minority, low-income, and indigenous populations have been disproportionately impacted for years, largely through the local siting of power plants, refineries, factories, highways, shipping, and other heavy polluters. These sources of pollution have most often been imposed on the local community with minimal regard for the health hazards created.
Equity is achieved when everyone enjoys “The same degree of protection from environmental and health hazards,” and “Equal access to the decision-making process to have a healthy environment in which to live, learn, and work.”
Description: Electric vehicle (EV) carshare programs for underserved communities provide emissions free vehicles to drivers who might not otherwise have […]
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Description: Electric vehicle (EV) carshare programs for underserved communities provide emissions free vehicles to drivers who might not otherwise have
Description: UPDATE: Ithaca faces challenges in implementing its plan to motivate owners to decarbonize their buildings. Their private-sector partner, BlocPower,
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Description: UPDATE: Ithaca faces challenges in implementing its plan to motivate owners to decarbonize their buildings. Their private-sector partner, BlocPower,
Description: In the transportation sector, mobile sources and the fossil fuels that power them are the largest contributors to the formation
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Description: In the transportation sector, mobile sources and the fossil fuels that power them are the largest contributors to the formation
Description: The EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) program, established under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022, offered grant money
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Description: The EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) program, established under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022, offered grant money
Description: Zoning ordinances are frequently used to advance the goals of General Plans for development in cities or counties. Zoning that
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Description: Zoning ordinances are frequently used to advance the goals of General Plans for development in cities or counties. Zoning that
Description: City and county Comprehensive Plans, also known as General Plans or Master Plans, are long-range plans that guide decision-making;
Description: City and county Comprehensive Plans, also known as General Plans or Master Plans, are long-range plans that guide decision-making;
Description: Denver residents are receiving instant rebates to buy e-bikes (battery powered bikes) following the city’s implementation of a new
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Description: Denver residents are receiving instant rebates to buy e-bikes (battery powered bikes) following the city’s implementation of a new
Description: Communities around the country are benefiting from access to community solar projects, a distributed solar energy deployment model that
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Description: Communities around the country are benefiting from access to community solar projects, a distributed solar energy deployment model that
Description: The Department of Transportation of Portland, Oregon has increased the cost of parking at city parking meters by $0.20
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Description: The Department of Transportation of Portland, Oregon has increased the cost of parking at city parking meters by $0.20
Description: In 2003, London made history by becoming the first city after Singapore to introduce congestion pricing for vehicles entering
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Description: In 2003, London made history by becoming the first city after Singapore to introduce congestion pricing for vehicles entering
