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Dr. Robert D. Bullard
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Director of Bullard Center Texas Southern University, professor, author of 18 books, NBEJN #HBCU Climate Change Consortium, #ClimateReality Board, AAAS, National Academy of Medicine, TIME Earth Award, Father of Environmental Justice, US Marine Corps Vet. .. more

Robert Doyle Bullard is an American academic who is the former Dean of the Barbara Jordan - Mickey Leland School Of Public Affairs and is currently a Distinguished Professor at Texas Southern University. Previously Ware Professor of Sociology and Director of the Environmental Justice Resource Center at Clark Atlanta University, Bullard is known as the "father of environmental justice". He has been a leading campaigner against environmental racism, as well as the foremost scholar of the problem, and of the Environmental Justice Movement which sprung up in the United States in the 1980s. .. more

Political science 38%
Sociology 37%

Chemical Used for Rubber, Plastics Is Too Risky, EPA Finds - Bloomberg News
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Chemical Used for Rubber, Plastics Is Too Risky, EPA Finds (1)
The EPA has concluded there’s too much potential for 1,3-butadiene to injure workers’ health, so its uses will need to be restricted.
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How Trump transformed energy, environmental policy this year - The Hill thehill.com/policy/energ...
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NYTimes: A Top Source of Lead Pollution Faced Tighter Rules. Then Trump Intervened. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/c...
A Top Source of Lead Pollution Faced Tighter Rules. Then Trump Intervened.
www.nytimes.com

Republicans aim to exempt major polluters from Pfas cleanup costs -The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Republicans aim to exempt major polluters from Pfas cleanup costs
Water treatment and landfill companies given chance to make case that EPA rules should not apply to them
www.theguardian.com

‘The Poor Are in a Very Bad State’: Climate Change Accelerates California’s Cost-of-Living Crisis - Capital and Main capitalandmain.com/the-poor-are...
‘The Poor Are in a Very Bad State’: Climate Change Accelerates California’s Cost-of-Living Crisis
In ways subtle and extreme, the warming climate is hitting those with the least the hardest.
capitalandmain.com

Trump’s shuttering of the National Center for Atmospheric Research is Stalinist | Michael Mann and Bob Ward | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s shuttering of the National Center for Atmospheric Research is Stalinist | Michael Mann and Bob Ward
This is the latest in the relentless purge of climate researchers who refuse to be co-opted by the fossil fuel industry
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Introducing our 2025 Annual Report. This comprehensive document details the year’s milestones, impactful research, and continued commitment to environmental and climate justice. Explore the projects and progress driving change at the Bullard Center.

2025 Annual Report ➡️ https://ow.ly/xUTT50XNM3g

Trump administration suspends 5 wind projects off the East Coast, cites national security concerns - AP News apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump administration suspends 5 wind projects off the East Coast, cites national security concerns
The Trump administration is suspending leases for five large-scale offshore wind projects under construction on the East Coast due to what it said were national security risks identified by the Pentag...
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What a Crumbling Power Grid Means for Disabled Americans – Mother Jones www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
What a crumbling power grid means for disabled Americans
Angela Frederick's new book calls to put disability at the center of disaster planning.
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What a Crumbling Power Grid Means for Disabled Americans – Mother Jones www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
What a crumbling power grid means for disabled Americans
Angela Frederick's new book calls to put disability at the center of disaster planning.
www.motherjones.com

US climate report to get a Trumpian makeover - POLITICO politi.co/4b2MMh2
US climate report to get a Trumpian makeover
politi.co

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Texas Keeps Greenlighting Pollution. Guess Who Lives Nearby | Word In Black

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Texas Keeps Greenlighting Pollution. Guess Who Lives Nearby
Race remains the strongest predictor of where petrochemical plants get built.
wordinblack.com

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U.S. Company Releasing Unauthorized Emissions From Peru LNG Terminal | Inside Climate News
U.S. Company Releasing Unauthorized Emissions From Peru LNG Terminal - Inside Climate News
Hunt Oil Co. has burned off an estimated 55.5 million cubic meters of unused gas from the export facility.
insideclimatenews.org

Months After Oil Blast, a Black Louisiana Town Still Awaits Help - Capital B News capitalbnews.org/roseland-lou...
Roseland Fights for Relief After a Billion-Dollar Oil Disaster
Federal and state officials have sued the company behind the blast, but residents say the case won’t bring relief to their town.
capitalbnews.org

Trump administration admits to targeting blue states for energy grant cuts - Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump administration admits to targeting blue states for energy grant cuts
Justice Department lawyers argue in court documents that it is legal for the administration to withhold funding based on partisan politics.
www.washingtonpost.com

America’s Dirtiest Carbon Polluters, Mapped to Ridiculous Precision - Gizmodo gizmodo.com/americas-dir...
America’s Dirtiest Carbon Polluters, Mapped to Ridiculous Precision
“The U.S. taxpayers have a right to this data.”
gizmodo.com

Energy Dept. IG to investigate Trump climate fund cuts to Democratic states - The Hill
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Vought says National Science Foundation to break up federal climate, weather research center - The Hill thehill.com/policy/energ...
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