by Jilisa Milton | Dec 10, 2024 | Clean Air Journal
This year, we celebrate a pivotal moment in the history of environmental protection: the anniversary of the Clean Air Act. Signed into law on December 31,1970, this landmark legislation transformed the way our nation combats air pollution, prioritizing the health and...
by Max Blau, ProPublica | Sep 2, 2022 | Clean Air Journal
This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. By the spring of 2020, the century-old industrial plant on...
by Blake Ells | Aug 29, 2022 | Community Chronicles
Welcome to Community Chronicles. This series will feature subjects that have stories from Birmingham and beyond. They will focus on how environmental change affects everyday people within our communities. Tales will concentrate on individual efforts through advocacy...
by Spencer Bowley | Aug 18, 2022 | Clean Air Journal
Despite the US Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education that laws mandating segregated schools are unconstitutional, today’s public schools are still profoundly segregated in many, or even most, areas of the country. More than 40% of Black and...
by Madison Naves | Aug 18, 2022 | Clean Air Journal, Opinion
Imagine a moment of bliss. Euphorically tilting your head toward the sky and basking in the sun for a moment you wish could last forever. The air around you is crisp and light but warm enough to embrace you like a sweatered hug. Where are you? Perhaps a hillside? Are...