To put it another way, while white Americans are the primary drivers of air pollution, black Americans and Latinx shoulder the “pollution burden,” according to the study’s authors.

Pollution, much like wealth, is not distributed equally in the United States. Scientists and policymakers have long known that black and Hispanic Americans tend to live in neighborhoods with more ...

None of the photos we've selected are pretty, but it's worth remembering what US cities used to be like before we cared what we put into the air, soil, and water. In the San Francisco Bay, raw ...

The data came from a mix of 1,654 white, black, Chinese and Japanese women whose median age was 50. They had been tracked for eight years from 2000 to 2008. A new study suggests that air pollution ...

Across the country, African Americans are more than twice as likely as whites to live in a home with substandard plumbing. More than 1 percent of black people live in houses without potable water ...

Black communities in London are more likely to breathe illegal levels of air pollution than White or Asian communities (Picture: Getty Images) Calls have been made to treat poor air quality not ...

Read More: Photos reveal what New York City looked like before the US regulated pollution. Many of the photos were taken before the implementation of rules meant to keep water and air free of ...

There is already overwhelming evidence that people of color, and Black communities in particular, are disproportionately exposed to harmful air pollutants like the fine particulate matter examined ...

For four years, the Environmental Protection Agency made environmental justice one of its biggest priorities, working to improve health conditions in heavily-polluted communities often made up larg… ...

Daniel Gall, an EPA spokesman, said the agency under Trump will work for clean air, land and water. “EPA is working to diligently implement President Trump’s executive orders,” he said.