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Bullard Center for Environmental & Climate Justice @bullardcenter.bsky.social · 1h

Don’t Let Your Climate Power Slip Away | Mustafa Ali on Black Climate Justice

Environmental justice leader Mustafa Ali urges Black communities to claim their climate power, defend environmental protections, and demand solutions that deliver real change. Read his call to action ...

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 2h

A year after Alabama DOT signed a #civilrights agreement to limit flooding, Elba's Black #Shiloh community residents still fear every rainfall.
When it rains, Shiloh becomes a lake. Frustrated by a lack of action, homeowners are taking the state to court. ABC News share.google/XOkLFmBv9kah...

A year after Alabama signed a civil rights agreement to limit flooding, residents still fear every rainfall

One year after the federal government reached an agreement with Alabama officials over flooding in Shiloh, some residents say the state hasn’t done enough to help them.

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 22h

Houston Chronicle: Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo calls for Flood Control ethics reform www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/hou...

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo calls for Flood Control ethics reform

A failure on behalf of the Flood Control District to reform its contracting process is putting Harris County residents at risk, said Judge Lina Hidalgo in a Monday news release.

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Bullard Center for Environmental & Climate Justice @bullardcenter.bsky.social · 1d

New Report Marks a Decade of Progress, Challenges on Global Decarbonization - Inside Climate News

Extreme shifts in federal climate policy will make it hard for the U.S. to reach the Paris Agreement targets, but action by states, cities and businesses could still deliver significant emissions cuts...

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 2d

Detroit Is the Nation’s Most Challenging City for People with Asthma, a New Report Suggests - Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/0610202...

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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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 2d

The Promising New Laws That Can Help Cut Plastic Pollution - Newsweek www.newsweek.com/promising-ne...

The promising new laws that can help cut plastic pollution

Seven states have adopted Extended Producer Responsibility laws to make companies pay for their plastic. One industry leader says it's time for federal action.

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 2d

Advocates raise alarm over Pfas pollution from datacenters amid AI boom - The Guardian www.theguardian.com/environment/... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Advocates raise alarm over Pfas pollution from datacenters amid AI boom

Tech companies’ use of Pfas gas at facilities may mean datacenters’ climate impact is worse than previously thought

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 2d

Youth-led US climate activists widen focus to fight authoritarianism -
The Guardian
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Youth-led US climate activists widen focus to fight authoritarianism

Sunrise Movement, which led calls for a Green New Deal, will organize against Trump’s attacks on universities

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 2d

Pope Leo Calls for Unity on Climate at a Divided Moment - New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/w...

Pope Leo Calls for Unity on Climate at a Divided Moment

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Bullard Center for Environmental & Climate Justice @bullardcenter.bsky.social · 1d

Students, your voice matters. Submit your abstract for the 11th Annual HBCU Climate Change Conference, March 18–22, 2026, in New Orleans. Present your research, join key discussions, and compete for top poster awards. #HBCUClimateChangeConference

📅 Deadline: Dec 1, 2025
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Bullard Center for Environmental & Climate Justice @bullardcenter.bsky.social · 1d

Big news! 🌍 Texas Southern University joins 4 other HBCUs in the BIT for Resilient HBCUs initiative. The 3-year pilot includes $150K in funding, student clean energy training, and sustainable campus upgrades.

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#HBCU #ClimateAction #BITBuilding #Southface #SustainOurFuture

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 5d

Houston Chronicle: Map shows which Houston neighborhoods breathe the dirtiest air -
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Map shows which Houston neighborhoods breathe the dirtiest air

As Houston’s population grows, so has traffic, construction and industry – all things that cause pollution. See which neighborhoods have the most polluted air.

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 6d

Missing air monitors in Houston's booming suburbs hide cancer-causing risks - Houston Chronicle www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/202...

Missing air monitors in Houston's booming suburbs hide cancer-causing risks

A new Houston Chronicle analysis of air quality data shows worrisome pollution levels in rapidly growing suburbs like Fort Bend County.

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 6d

NYTimes: Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91

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Bullard Center for Environmental & Climate Justice @bullardcenter.bsky.social · 7d

Shiloh, Alabama has endured flooding for 7 years after a highway expansion. A civil rights deal promised relief but little has changed. Now residents are suing ALDOT to protect their homes, history, and future.

Full story: https://ow.ly/rrPi50X51gz

#JusticeForShiloh #BlackLandLoss #Takings

A year after Alabama signed a civil rights agreement to limit flooding, residents still fear every rainfall

One year after the federal government reached an agreement with Alabama officials over flooding in Shiloh, some residents say the state hasn’t done enough to help them.

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 7d

Climate Activists Thwarted in U.S. Courts Are Headed to an International Tribunal for Review - Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/2909202...

Climate Activists Thwarted in U.S. Courts Are Headed to an International Tribunal for Review - Inside Climate News

Plaintiffs who sued the U.S. government in 2015 for promoting fossil fuel policies and failing to protect them from climate change have petitioned the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for an ...

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 8d

Maryland redrew an environmental justice map; polluted communities feel left out - Maryland Matters marylandmatters.org/2025/09/29/m...

Maryland redrew an environmental justice map; polluted communities feel left out - Maryland Matters

A state map showing “environmental justice” communities is back online, after a Trump administration purge of federal data forced its removal. But the new map excludes race, ethnicity and language dat...

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Bullard Center for Environmental & Climate Justice @bullardcenter.bsky.social · 8d

When communities mapped their own air, water, and flooding problems, the evidence was impossible to ignore. Professor David Padgett taught them how to use GIS to prove what they already knew. Data became a weapon for justice.

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Commissioner Rodney Ellis @rodneyellis.bsky.social · 9d

Join us tomorrow night for Communities First: Flooding, Resilience, and Environmental Justice, a robust conversation with Dr. Robert Bullard of the @bullardcenter and moderated by Sonny Messiah-Jiles of the Houston Defender (@defendernetwork).

RSVP today at bit.ly/DrBullardLT.

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 9d

NYTimes: In Coal-Powered West Virginia, Sky-High Energy Costs Strain Residents www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/b...

In Coal-Powered West Virginia, Sky-High Energy Costs Strain Residents

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Bullard Center for Environmental & Climate Justice @bullardcenter.bsky.social · 12d

Houston residents divided politically about what’s causing climate change, survey finds | Houston Public Media

A new survey released by the University of Houston's Hobby School of Public Affairs found that while the vast majority of Houstonians believe in climate change, there is a political divide about wheth...

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 13d

China leads nations with new climate plans, defying US climate denial - Reuters www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

China plans 7-10% greenhouse gas reduction by 2035, Xi tells UN

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday told the United Nations that by 2035, his country plans to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 7%-10% below its peak emissions, and called out "some countries" for moving against the global clean energy transition.

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 13d

EPA moves to ease chemical safety reviews, citing red tape - The New Lede www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/epa-...

EPA moves to ease chemical safety reviews, citing red tape

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a rollback of certain Biden-era regulations that determine how the agency evaluates chemicals — a move it says will speed innovation. Critics ...

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 13d

Never before has New York climate week attracted so many people. And never before have the bankers attending been so keen to distance themselves from the traditional framing of climate finance - Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Wall Street Is Turning Climate Finance Into an Energy Security Pitch

Never before has New York climate week attracted so many people. And never before have the bankers attending been so keen to distance themselves from the traditional framing of climate finance.

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 13d

❝The World Court deemed climate inaction a human rights violation. We must build on that - Geneva Solutions genevasolutions.news/climate-envi...

❝The World Court deemed climate inaction a human rights violation. We must build on that - Geneva Solutions

The International Court of Justice’s landmark opinion affirming that the climate crisis amounts to a human rights violation owes a great deal to years of human rights work in Geneva. As the Human Righ...

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