NEWS
- 12/08/2022 “Dr. Robert D. Bullard Receives AASHE Lifetime Achievement Award,” The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, AASHE Press Release.
- 12/07/2022 “Supreme Court Admissions Case Could Upend Environmental Justice Laws,” Alex Brown, The Pew Charitable Trusts.
- 12/02/2022 “Q&A: Robert Bullard Led a ‘Huge’ Delegation from Texas to COP27 Climate Talks in Egypt,” Dylan Baddour, Inside Climate News.
- 10/30/2022 “Al Gore Tours Houston’s Toxic Sites with Environmental Activists” Emily Foxhall, Houston Chronicle.
- 10/26/2022 “Opinion: Polluters Keep Forgetting, This Ain’t Our First Rodeo,” Robert Bullard and Jennifer Hadayia, Houston ChronicleTake care.
- 10/14/2022“Professor Robert D. Bullard a Defender of Environmental and Climate Justice Receives Honorary Doctorate from UJ, Faculty of Humanities,” University of Johannesburg, South Africa, Faculty of Humanities News Release. Read more..
- 09/26/2022 “Biden New Environmental Justice Office to Oversee $3 Billion in Grants,” Emma Newburger, CNBC.
- 09/21/2022 Michael R. Bloomberg Launches New $85 Million Campaign to Stop Rapid Rise of Pollution from the Petrochemical Industry in the United States,” Press Release, Bloomberg Philanthropies.
- 09/20/2022 “Watch: A Conversation with Dr. Robert D. Bullard on Sustainability Efforts in Houston,” Axios Houston.
- 09/13/2022 “Robert Bullard on Jackson Water Crisis: ‘Textbook Case of Slow-Moving Disaster,” Meet the Press, NBC News.
- 09/12/2022 “How Jackson, Mississippi’s Water Crisis is a Sign of Larger Racial Inequities,” Amna Nawaz, PBS NewsHour
- 09/12/2022 “At 75, the Father of Environmental Justice Meet the Moment,” Cara Buckley, The New York Times.
- 09/03/2022 “Jackson’s Water Emergcy Exposes a Dilemma for Biden,” Zack Colman, Politico.
- 09/03/2022 “Water Crisis in Jackson, Miss., Raises Concerns about Environmental Racism,” Zack Budryk and Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill.
- 09/01/2022 “At Brownfields Conference, Worker Training Grantees Discuss Justice40,” John Yewell, Environmental Factor.
- 08/31/2022 “Biden Promised Billions for Environmental Justice. Will it Get into the Right Hands?” Conner Giffin, Keely Brewer and Halle Parker, WWNO.
- 08/22/2022 “Supreme Court Climate Ruling Leaves EJ Communities at Risk,” Leslie Clark and Jean Chemnick, A&E News.
- 08/18/2022 “We’ve Been Sold Out: Enviro Justice Advocates Slam Biden’s Climate Compromise,” Zack Coleman, Politico.
- 08/16/2022 “Climate Bill Compromises Leave a Sour Taste With Activists,” Leslie Kaufman, Yahoo News.
- 08/12/2022 “Gulf Research Program Announces Grant Award for Two HBCUs for Research on the Social Determinants of Health in At-Risk Gulf Communities,” NASEM News Release, Gulf Research Program.
- 08/12/2022 “What Scientists Say About the Historic Climate Bill,” Andrea Thompson, Scientific American.
- 08/11/2022 “Politicians, Energy Experts, Advocates on Climate Bill,” Associated Press, The Washington Post.
- 08/11/2022 “Does the Climate Bill Throw Environmental Justice Under the Bus?” Mark Hertsgaard, The Nation.
- 08/08/2022 “These Communities are Trapped in Harms Way as Climate Disasters Mount,” Julia Shipley, Olga Loginova, Zack Cassel and Alex Lubben, Grist.
- 08/02/2022 “What is Environmental Racism, and How Can We Help Fight It?” Sheena Foster, Reader’s Digest.
- 07/29/2022 “Houston Residents Welcome DOJ Environmental Justice Investigation But Say More is Needed,” Megan Quinn, Waste Drive
- 07/07/2022 “Chronic Air Pollution in Harris County is One Example of Environmental Inequality,” The Source, KSTX Texas Public Radio.
- 07/01/2022 “Court Leaves Dwindling Paths for Biden’s Climate Mission,” Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press.
- 06/29/2022 “A ‘Classic Example’ of Racism: Environmental Justice Pioneer Slams Proposed Landfill in Houston,” Emily Foxhall, The Houston Chronicle.
- 06/27/2022 “How Social Sciences Can Help Accelerate the Climate Movement,” Katerina Fragos, Greenbiz.
- 06/21/2022 “Meet the South’s Black Climate Changemakers,” Christopher Harress, Reckon.
- 06/06/2022 “Biden to Update ‘Sacred’ EJ Order That Never Really Worked,” Jean Chemnick, E&E News.
- 06/02/2022 “A Texas County Wants to Punish Polluters: The State Won’t Let It,” David Leffler and & Savanna Strott, Grist.
- O5/19/2022 “Opinion: Racist Housing Policies Subjected Black People to More Pollution, Keisha Blain, MSNBC.
- 05/13/2022 NEPA Restoration Buoys Gulf Coast Enviros’ Fight with Big Gas | Makaelah Walters, Facing South.
- 05/12/2022 “50 Years is Too Long : Now is Our Time to Go Bold or Go Home,” Bobbie Green, EDF Blog.
- 05/06/2022 “Why Climate Change is a Health Threat: NIH’s New Climate Change and Health Initiative Explores the Risks, Raghuram Reddy, May-June (2022), The NIH Catalyst,
- 05/06/2022 “Analysis: White House Aims to Tackle Environmental Injustices, But Challenges Loom,” Maxine Joselow and Vanessa Montalbano, The Washington Post
- 05/05/2022 “Activists Laud Biden’s New Environmental Justice Appointee, But Concerns Linger Over Equity and Funding, Kristoffer Tigue, Inside Climate News.
- 05/02/2022 “TSU’s ‘Father of Environmental Justice’ Selected to Join American Academy of Arts and Sciences,” Texas Southern University Press Release.
- 04/28/2022 “American Academy of Arts and Sciences Announces New Members Elected in 2022,” PR Newswire.
- 04/26/2022 “Waste Dive: Environmental Justice, including at Waste Sites, Takes Center Stage in Houston Event,” Cole Rosengren, Waste Dive.
- 04/26/2022 “Civil Rights Investigation for Alabama Underway Due to Raw Sewage, Christina Tuser, Waste and Water Digest.
- 04/21/2022 “Who Gets to Live Green,” Sara Sidner, Citizen CNN.
- 04/18/2022 “People of Color More Likely to Be Harmed by Pesticides, Study Finds,” Aliya Uteuora, The Guardian.
- 04/15/2022 “HBCU Students and Faculty Press Need for Climate Action,” Associated Press.
- 04/15/ 2022 “Environmental Activists Urge Louisiana Residents to Push for Federal Clean-Energy Funds,” Roshaun Higgins, NOLA.com
- 04/13/2022 “Connecting Health, Pollution and Fairness: That’s Environmental Justice, Michael Merschel, American Heart Association News.
- 04/12/2022 “WH Environmental Justice Advisors Press for Justice40 Action,” Drew Costley, AP News
- 04/12/2022 ”Justice in Cancer Alley: Petrochemicals Part 2,” Columbia University, The Big Switch.
- 03/31/2022 “Envisioning a Just Future for All with Dr. Robert Bullard, Ten Across Podcast
- 03/25/2022 ‘Father of Environmental Justice and Local High School Students Headline CCTS Conference, Mallory Profeta, University of Kentucky UKnow.
- 03/25/2022 Dr. Robert D. Bullard will honored with the UC Berkeley Ecology Law Quarterly (ELQ) Environmental Leadership Award in Oakland, CA. Earth Day April 22, 2022
- 03/08/2022 “Redlining Means 45 Million Americans are Breathing Dirtier Air, 50 Years after It Ended, Darryl Fears, The Washington Post
- 03/01/2022 “Climate Change Can Worsen Health in Underserved Communities,” Jennifer Harker, NIEHS Environmental Factor.
- 02/23/2022 “Questions of Environmental Justice Surround Houston Interstate Project,” CBC Morning Show.
- 02/22/2022 “Carverdale Landfill One Step Closer to Expanding Despite Local Protests,” Sara Willa Ernst, Houston Public Media.
- 02/18/2022 “Dr. Robert Bullard Interview: The Segregation of Pollution – How to Support Environmental Justice for Black Neighborhoods,” Torey Brown, The Black Sheep Agency Blog.
- 02/18/2022 “Race Excluded as WH Rolls Out Climate Justice Screening Tool, Drew Costley, Associated Press.
- 02/15/2022 “The White House Pushes Environmental Justice, But Won’t Mention Race,” Lisa Friedman, The New York Times.
- 02/13/2022 In Georgia Air and Soil, A HIstoiry of Environmental Inequality,” Drew Kann, Sheila Poole, and Nick Thieme, The Atlanta Journal Constitution.
- 02/10/2022 “Father of Environmental Justice Movement Inspires Young Black Canadians to Take Up the Baton, and Run with It,” What on Earth, CBC Radio Canada
- 02/10/2022 “Opinion: Viewing Environmentalism Through the Lens of Racial and Cultural Justice,” Justin Breckenridge, Florida Today.02/01/2022 “6 Black Scientists and Conservation Advocates You Should Know, Nature Conservancy.
- 02/01/2022 “What Voting Means for the Planet,” Derrick Z. Jackson, Grist.
- 02/01/2022 “There Can Be No Environmental Justice Without Racial Justice,” Taylor Smith-Harris, Blue Water Baltimore.
- 01/30/2022 “US Pushes for Better Tap Water But Must Win Wary Public, Michael Phyllis, Associated Press.
- 01/26/2022 “Why Climate Change is Inherently Racist,” Jeremy Williams, BBC Future.01/26/2022 “EPA Announced Sweeping Measures to Improve the Environmental Health of Communities in the South,” Brandon Walker, KPRC Click2Houston.
- 01/26/2022 “EPA Takes Action to Combat Industrial Air Pollution,” Amy Kofman and Lisa Song, ProPublica.
- 01/26/2022 “Opinion: With the EPA on Board, It’s Time Texas Took Houston’s Creosote Problem Seriously,” Keith Downey, Houston Chronicle.
- 01/26/2022 “EPA Administrator Regan Announces Bold Actions to Protect Communities Following the Journey to Justice Tour,” EPA News Release.
- 01/18/2022 “Biden Environmental Justice Advisors Air Frustrations “Kelsey Brugger, E&E News.
- 01/15/2022 “Environmental Justice Cannot Be Achieved Without Eliminating the Filibuster, Advancing Voting Rights,” April Siese, Daily Kos.
- 01/13/2022 “What Voting Rights Mean for Biden and Environmental Justice,” Jean Chemnick, E&E News.
