Environmental Justice in Transportation Toolkit

Find environmental justice statistics on your area from scorecard.org:  http://www.scorecard.org/community/ej-index.tcl
The subject of environmental justice is important, sensitive, and hard to measure. Advocates make a strong case that poor communities and communities of color can bear more than their share of environmental burdens – but in which places, and to what extent?Scorecard profiles environmental burdens in [...]

via the Environmental Justice Blog
EPA is awarding approximately$800,000 in grants to organizations working with communities facing environmental justice challenges throughout the country. Forty grants, up to $20,000 each, are going to community-based organizations and local and tribal governments in 28 states for community projects aimed at addressing environmental and public health issues.
The projects will address [...]