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Dr. Robert D. Bullard
@drrobertbullard.bsky.social
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Director of Bullard Center Texas Southern University, professor, author of 18 books, NBEJN #HBCU Climate Change Consortium, #ClimateReality Board, AAAS, National Academy of Medicine, TIME Earth Award, Father of Environmental Justice, US Marine Corps Vet.
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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 23m
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 · 20h
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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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 20h
New Report Examines Fossil Fuel Ties of Dozens of Trump Administration Hires - Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/0610202...
New Report Examines Fossil Fuel Ties of Dozens of Trump Administration Hires - Inside Climate News
Public Citizen and the Revolving Door Project found 42 former fossil fuel industry employees among nominees and appointees to agencies charged with enforcing energy and environmental policy.
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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 23h
Teaching Climate Justice and Solutions - Inside Higher Education www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
Teaching Climate Justice and Solutions
Faculty from the City University of New York system discuss ways to empower and educate students on climate, sustainability and green careers.
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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 1d
Teaching Climate Justice and Solutions - Inside Higher Education www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
Teaching Climate Justice and Solutions
Faculty from the City University of New York system discuss ways to empower and educate students on climate, sustainability and green careers.
www.insidehighered.com
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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 1d
Groups Sue E.P.A. Over $7 Billion in ‘Solar for All’ Grants - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/c...
Groups Sue E.P.A. Over Canceled $7 Billion for Solar Energy
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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 · 2d
'Attacking the science': WA Ecology director slams Trump's climate policies • Washington State Standard washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/10/04/a...
'Attacking the science': WA Ecology director slams Trump's climate policies • Washington State Standard
Washington’s push to cut greenhouse gas emissions, expand electric vehicles and grow a clean-energy economy faces new hurdles as the Trump administration rolls back federal climate policies — changes ...
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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 2d
New Report Examines Fossil Fuel Ties of Dozens of Trump Administration Hires - Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/0610202...
New Report Examines Fossil Fuel Ties of Dozens of Trump Administration Hires - Inside Climate News
Public Citizen and the Revolving Door Project found 42 former fossil fuel industry employees among nominees and appointees to agencies charged with enforcing energy and environmental policy.
insideclimatenews.org
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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 2d
How billions of Biden’s electric car dollars survived the Trump chill - POLITICO www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
One Biden green program gets new life under Trump
More than 40 states told POLITICO they have taken steps to unlock federal funding to build charging stations for electric vehicles.
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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
What do Black Americans have to lose under the 47th president? Everything  | AFRO American Newspapers afro.com/trump-black-...
What do Black Americans have to lose under the 47th president? Everything
Angela Hanks and Jeremy Edwards of The Century Foundation argue that while the 47th president once asked Black voters “What do you have to lose?”, his current presidency has left them with worsening u...
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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
Actor Rainn Wilson on How to Connect Climate Change and Spirituality - New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/c...
Actor Rainn Wilson on How to Connect Climate Change and Spirituality
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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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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 3d
Heinz Award-winning environmental justice leader says the EJ movement is 'not over.' The Allegheny Front - www.alleghenyfront.org/environmenta...
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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 3d
Trump is reviving large sales of coal from public lands. Will anyone want it? AP News apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump is reviving large sales of coal from public lands. Will anyone want it?
U.S. officials in coming days are set to hold the government’s biggest coal sales in more than a decade.
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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 · 5d
Court tosses ‘forever chemicals’ sewage sludge suit - E&E News by POLITICO www.eenews.net/articles/cou...
Court tosses ‘forever chemicals’ sewage sludge suit
The federal circuit court judge dismissed a lawsuit from a group of Texas farmers and ranchers seeking EPA regulations on PFAS in biosolids.
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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 5d
Trump administration cuts nearly $8B in clean energy projects in blue states - AP News apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump administration cuts nearly $8B in clean energy projects in blue states
The Trump administration has announced the cancellation of $7.6 billion in funding for clean energy projects across 16 states.
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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
White House threat of new green cuts has Democrats seeing red
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White House threat of new green cuts has Democrats seeing red
"Our democracy is badly broken when a president can illegally suspend projects for Blue states in order to punish his political enemies," Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) wrote on X.
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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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