David Ludder News Today

Civil rights law offers a tool for communities of color trying to stop unequal exposure to pollution. Over and over, people here have tried to get environmental justice.

A landfill fire burned for more than four months in Alabama, polluting the air, filling the sky with ash and making people sick. The state did little to stop it.

A landfill fire burned for more than four months in Alabama, polluting the air, filling the sky with ash and making people sick. The state did little to stop it.

A landfill fire burned for more than four months in Alabama, polluting the air, filling the sky with ash and making people sick. The state did little to stop it.

The Environmental Landfill, Inc. near Moody had been cited multiple times for dumping violations before it caught fire in November.

The U.S. EPA has determined that Florida’s antiquated water quality standards do not go far enough in protecting citizens from toxic pollutants.

The U.S. EPA has determined that Florida’s antiquated water quality standards do not go far enough in protecting citizens from toxic pollutants.

The U.S. EPA has determined that Florida’s antiquated water quality standards do not go far enough in protecting citizens from toxic pollutants.