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The National Black Environmental Justice Network (NBEJN) is a national coalition of environmental justice organizations and activists of African descent.
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Explosion at Mississippi chemical plant causes ammonia leak and evacuations www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Explosion at Mississippi chemical plant causes ammonia leak and evacuations
Photos and video show a large plume of yellowish smoke rising above the facility, which includes an ammonia plant and four nitric acid plants.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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The EPA Let Companies Estimate Their Own Pollution Levels. The Real Emissions Are Far Worse. insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
The EPA Let Companies Estimate Their Own Pollution Levels. The Real Emissions Are Far Worse. - Inside Climate News
Some big polluters were allowed to estimate their emissions using methods the government knew were often unreliable. The EPA finally required air monitors—but the Trump administration is side-stepping...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard - Tracking federal lawsuits on climate and environmental actions and policies in which the Trump administration is a party. insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard - Inside Climate News
Tracking federal lawsuits on climate and environmental actions and policies in which the Trump administration is a party.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Detroit Is the Nation’s Most Challenging City for People with Asthma, a New Report Suggests
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Detroit Is the Nation’s Most Challenging City for People with Asthma, a New Report Suggests - Inside Climate News
Already plagued by industrial pollution and health care access issues, experts say climate change is making things even more difficult for people with asthma in Detroit.
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October 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’. New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells.
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Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’. New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells.
The oil industry touts Texas as a success story in controlling climate-warming methane emissions. The state’s regulator, however, grants nearly every request to burn or vent gas into the atmosphere.
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September 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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AI’s Massive Energy Demands
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AI’s Massive Energy Demands  - Inside Climate News
Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and clean energy reporter Dan Gearino as they discuss the mounting demand for electricity to power AI.
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September 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Mentorship offers a plethora of benefits to mentors and mentees, yet it can be challenging for the prospective and current environmental workforce to find mentors that align with their needs! Join us for the launch of this new program! Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Promotional graphic for Green 2.0 Mentorship Database Release event. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, September 10, 2025, from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM ET. The top features the Green 2.0 logo and the text “MENTORSHIP DATABASE RELEASE” in white with a yellow line underneath. Below the date and time, five circular headshots of speakers are arranged. From left to right and top to bottom: Brian Sales, labeled “TRANSFORMATIVE TRAINING & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE LLC” Melissa Varga, labeled “UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS” Kevin Hernandez, labeled “FELLOW ALUM, GREEN 2.0” Emily Pavlik, labeled “SACNAS” Juliana Ojeda, labeled “GREEN 2.0” The background is dark purple with abstract rounded shapes in muted colors.
September 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Set to Slash Through U.S. Climate and Justice Drive

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'Big Beautiful Bill' Set to Slash Through U.S. Climate and Justice Drive - Inside Climate News
Trump’s legislation will hurt clean energy, boost fossil fuels and end investment in environmental justice. Climate advocates vow to continue the fight.
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July 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Black workers have always been on the frontlines of labor and resistance while bearing the brunt of environmental harm. This May Day, we reaffirm that there is no environmental justice without worker justice. There is no just transition without Black workers. #BlackWorkersMatter #NBEJN #MayDay2025
A green and red union protest photo with the text "Today is May Day"
May 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Job Alert: In New Orleans, GNOICC seeks a motivated individual to coordinate its administrative, fundraising, and project management needs during a time of exciting transition for the organization. Visit their website for the full posting. gnoicc.org
Greater New Orleans Interfaith Climate Coalition – to establish climate justice and promote care of the Earth
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April 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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“You must treat the earth well. It was not given to you by your parents. It is loaned to you by your children.”

Happy Earth Day from NBEJN
April 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Communities living and learning near petrochemical plants will face more pollution and less federal protection under Trump’s new policies.

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As EPA pulls back, schoolchildren could face the steepest risks
Communities living and learning near petrochemical plants will face more pollution and less federal protection under Trump’s new policies.
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April 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Severe racial disparities persist in Louisiana petrochemical jobs, new study finds

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Severe racial disparities persist in Louisiana petrochemical jobs, new study finds
People of color are underrepresented in petrochemical jobs nationwide, according to a new peer-review study, with some of the most extreme disparities in Louisiana. Differences in education do not exp...
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April 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Trump Announces ‘Termination’ of ‘Illegal DEI’ Settlement Over Raw Sewage in Poor, Majority-Black Alabama Communities insideclimatenews.org/news/1104202...
Trump Announces ‘Termination’ of ‘Illegal DEI’ Settlement Over Raw Sewage in Poor, Majority-Black Alabama Communities - Inside Climate News
The Trump administration announced Friday that it was terminating a historic settlement aimed at improving wastewater treatment services for Alabamians in majority-Black communities harmed by raw sewa...
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April 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Today is Black Maternal & Environmental Health Day! Join us TONIGHT at 6PM ET for our Virtual Panel “Protecting Our Wombs: The First Environment” featuring some of the nation's top experts. Register at bit.ly/bmehday25. #BMEHDay
April 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM