Environmental Justice

The EPA has dedicated a section of the Neponset River a federal superfund site.

As federal, state and local officials gathered in Mattapan Monday to announce a 3.7-mile stretch of the Lower Neponset River’s designation as a Superfund site, they paused their speaking program to make way for a group of cyclists to cross the bridge serving as the backdrop for their press conference. “Next time through, we’ll be swimming,” quipped one of...

Massachusetts’ new environmental justice law protects communities overburdened by pollution as the state works to switch to clean energy.

When President Joe Biden made environmental protection a key element of his campaign, one of his promises was to overhaul a small federal office

Two former Michigan health officials have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of nine people who got Legionnaires’ disease during the Flint water crisis

The Trump administration is drawing criticism for an election-year push to portray itself as a champion of a cleaner environment in disadvantaged communities