ISSUES BY STATE
Below is a list compiled of one instance of environmental racism per state in the United States.
Alabama - EPA rejects Alabama town's claim over toxic landfill.
Alaska - Environmental Justice Disparities in Alaska Native Communities
Arizona - Innovative Waste Utilization and the Concerned Residents of South Phoenix, AZ
Arkansas - Pine Bluff v. Ark. Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, 127 S.W.3d 509 (Ark. 2003)
California - Industrial Lead Poisoning in Los Angeles: Anatomy of a Public Health Failure
Colorado - Report: Cancer-causing benzene spiked more than once at Bella Romero
Connecticut - Visionary leadership on solid waste sorely needed
Delaware - Environmental Justice for Delaware: Mitigating Toxic Pollution in New Castle County Communities
Florida - Groups Accuse Miami of Environmental Racism After Irma
Georgia - Pipeline project continues in Albany, raising concerns amid COVID-19
Hawaii - Connecting Past to Present: Confronting Environmental Racism and Social Injustice in Hawaii
Idaho - Court: Philadelphia-based business must pay for toxic waste on Idaho tribal land
Illinois - EPA’s Superfund site policy could advance gentrification in communities of color
Indiana - ‘Environmental racism is here’: Indiana city ‘bombarded by lead’ confronts EPA chief
Iowa - There's new hope for developing Des Moines' most notorious toxic site
Kentucky - Unequal: Despite Progress, Louisville’s Toxic Air Still Mostly Affects Poor, Black Residents
Louisiana - Welcome to “Cancer Alley,” Where Toxic Air Is About to Get Worse
Maine - 'This Is Not Normal.’ New Air Monitoring Reveals Hazards in This Maine City.
Maryland - In Maryland, one community is taking a stand against environmental racism
Massachusetts - Massachusetts Has an Environmental Justice Problem
Michigan - Flint Water Crisis: Everything You Need to Know
Minnesota - Twin Cities air pollution kills 2,000 a year, new state analysis shows
Mississippi - High levels of lead found in Mississippi capital's water likened to Flint crisis
Missouri - Report Outlines 'Environmental Racism' In St. Louis
Montana - Missoula MLK Day Speech: Environmental Racism Still Prevalent
Nebraska - Fighting for Environmental Justice in Omaha
Nevada - Nevada making strides, but environmental justice issues still a concern for communities of color
New Hampshire - EPA: Manchester will spend $231 million over next 20 years to clean Merrimack River
New Jersey - NEWARK, NJ — A CITY CONTAMINATED
New Mexico - A focus on ‘environmental racism’
New York - 'Environmental racism': Bronx activists decry Fresh Direct's impact on air quality
North Carolina - CAROLINIANS ANGRY OVER PCB LANDFILL
North Dakota - Dakota Access Pipeline Latest Case of Environmental Racism
Ohio - Waste Dumps Remain A Burden For Minority Neighborhoods
Oklahoma - Battling Pollution On Our Lands: Mekasi Horinek
Oregon - Study: More People Of Color Live Near Portland’s Biggest Air Polluters
Pennsylvania - Pollution Is Killing Black Americans. This Community Fought Back.
Rhode Island - Environmental Racism Puts South Side's Health At Risk
South Carolina - EPA continues cleanup of cancer-causing chemical in Cheraw indefinitely as lawsuits mount
South Dakota - Federal judge fines Morrell for pollution
Tennessee - Dumping in Dixie: TVA sends toxic coal ash to poor black communities in Georgia and Alabama
Texas - Environmental Racism in Houston's Harrisburg/Manchester Neighborhood
Utah - Commentary: Environmental racism at Utah’s inland port
Vermont - Environmental Justice For the Champlain Parkway
Virginia - Environmental Racism and Dominion Energy
Washinton - In Seattle’s polluted valley, pandemic and particulates are twin threats
West Virginia - Report: America’s poorest minorities at highest risk of chemical accidents
Wisconsin - Environmental Racism: An Inconvenient Truth
Wyoming - Decades of Environmental injustice: Wyoming Indian Reservation faces high cancer rates