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M Gerald Dew, pastor of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, moved Easter worship services to a funeral home after his church was damaged in an accidental fire that officials determined was caused by workers on its roof using a propane torch.

New Orleans (AP) — Both joy and frustration are in the air in New Orleans at the HBCU Climate Change Conference this week as environmental and climate advocates and researchers

Both joy and frustration are in the air in New Orleans at the HBCU Climate Change Conference this week as environmental and climate advocates and researchers...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Both joy and frustration are in the air in New Orleans at the HBCU...

Key members of the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council said Tuesday that the Biden administration hadn't done enough to make good on its promise that 40% of all benefits from climate investment go to disenfranchised communities. Speaking at a press briefing ahead of the HBCU Climat

Key members of the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council say one year into...

Their new three-pronged plan — backed by the Bezos Earth Fund — would track and monitor the federal government's effort to invest 40 percent of

Key members of the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council said Tuesday that the Biden administration hadn’t done enough to make good on its promise that 40% of all benefits from climate investment go to disenfranchised communities. Speaking at a press briefing ahead of the HBCU Climate Change Conference in New Orleans, the council members…

Key members of the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council said Tuesday that the Biden administration hadn't done enough to make good on its promise that 40% of all benefits from climate investment go to disenfranchised communities.

"Several members of a federal environmental justice committee on Thursday sharply criticized a new White House website that shows which communities are deemed disadvantaged—and therefore in line for more federal dollars—because it excludes race as a factor in its calculations."