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Dare to Breathe
ByDuende May 19, 2026June 18, 2026

May is Clean Air Month, but nearly half of Americans live in areas with unhealthy levels of ozone or particle pollution, and people of color and low‑income communities are impacted the most. Our communities deserve clean air; it’s not a privilege – it’s a human right. On May 19, 2026, Clean Air for the Long Haul and the Platform for a Just Climate co-hosted a virtual briefing examining the Trump EPA’s recent rollbacks of key clean air and environmental protections and what they mean for environmental justice communities. Community leaders and experts discussed what was at stake and suggested ways to take action to protect the health and safety of frontline communities. Learn more and get involved at http://daretobreathe.org/.

Clean Air for the Long Haul is a subset of the Environmental Justice Leadership Forum, convened by WE ACT for Environmental Justice. The Platform for a Just Climate is convened by the Center for Earth, Energy, and Democracy.

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Air Quality & Pollution | Building Just Climate Futures | Coalition Members | Community-led Climate Solutions | Defending Our Climate Future | Energy Policy | Health Equity | Members of Congress | Policy Research & Advocacy

Federal Fire, Local Heat: Uplifting Just Climate Solutions at Congressional Earth Day Event
ByDuende April 22, 2026June 19, 2026

The House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) hosted an Earth Day 2026 strategy session and press conference titled Federal Fire, Local Heat at the US Capitol. Members of Congress, climate leaders, and frontline organizers came together for an Earth Day 2026 strategy session to align priorities in the face of federal rollbacks and policies that protect polluters. Dalal Aboulhosn, Managing Director for Programs and Policy at the Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy (CEED), convener of the Platform for a Justice Climate, spoke alongside other climate justice leaders and members of Congress like Rep. Adelita Grijalva and Sen. Ed Markey. Watch and read Dalal’s remarks at Federal Fire, Local Heat below.

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Air Quality & Pollution | Building Just Climate Futures | Congressional Budget | EPA | Health Equity | Policy Research & Advocacy

Trump’s EPA Budget Plan Dismantles Health & Community Protections While Bankrolling Polluters
ByDuende April 17, 2026June 18, 2026

President Trump’s FY 27 budget plan guts investments in community health and well-being while bankrolling polluters. The EPA budget cuts would make communities, children, and families sicker, while allowing corporate polluters to emit toxic chemicals and pollution tied to cancer, heart disease, asthma, developmental harms, and premature death into our air, water, and food.

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Air Quality & Pollution | Building Just Climate Futures | Congressional Budget | Defending Our Climate Future | Energy Policy | Health Equity | Members of Congress

Fact Sheet: FY27 President’s Budget Request
ByDuende April 4, 2026June 24, 2026

President Trump released his FY27 budget plan on April 3rd, 2026. While the budget plan is not law, it sets the stage for debate in Congress over appropriation bills that determine how much funding each department, federal agency, or program covering different sectors (defense, education, environmental protection) receives and under what conditions. The budget plan tells us what this Administration prioritizes and how this Administration wants to spend money. Read the full fact sheet to learn more.

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Air Quality & Pollution | Building Just Climate Futures | Carbon Pollution Standards | EPA | Health Equity | Policy Research & Advocacy

The Trump Admin Rolls Back Limits to Toxic Air Pollution from Power Plants: Fact Sheet
ByDuende February 25, 2026June 16, 2026

On Friday, February 20, 2026, the Trump administration announced it is rolling back clean air regulations that limit mercury and other hazardous pollutants from power plants. The rollback will lead to greater emissions of mercury, heavy metals, and increase the risk of cancer, lung, and heart disease for communities living near coal power plants.

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“Clean Up To Green Up”: Building a Clean Energy Workforce and Brighter Future in Detroit
ByDuende March 12, 2024June 18, 2026

Industrial facilities are most often located in or near Black, Latino, Indigenous and low-income communities, exposing residents to disproportionately high levels of pollution, public health risks and hazardous working conditions. Donele Wilkins created the Green Door Initiative after experiencing the impact of these inequities in her community in Detroit.

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Air Quality & Pollution | Building Just Climate Futures | Coalition Members | Communications & Narrative Building | Community-led Climate Solutions | Cumulative Impacts | Health Equity

A Community’s Stand Against Pollution in Newark: Stories From the Movement
ByDuende May 1, 2022June 18, 2026

Dr. Ana Baptista, co-director of the Tishman Environment and Design Center, shares the story of how, after decades of suffering from polluting projects—such as ports, waste dumping sites, and chemical plants—community members in Newark, New Jersey, are fighting back against toxic pollution and environmental racism.

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Building Just Climate Futures | Communications & Narrative Building | Community-led Climate Solutions | Health Equity

Building Back Better by Investing in Environmental Justice
ByDuende September 21, 2021June 16, 2026

The best way to Build Back Better is to stop leaving communities behind. Congressional leaders have a critical opportunity to join forces with President Joe Biden to turn the tide against climate change, economic inequality, and environmental injustice. Black, Latino, Indigenous and other communities in the United States have for too long been on the front lines of our nation’s most dangerous environmental and health hazards. Oil refineries, power plants, ports and waste incinerators are just a few of the many industrial facilities that pump billions of pounds of pollution into the air and water. These are disproportionately sited in communities of color, leading to higher rates of cancer, asthma, cardiovascular disease, neurological issues and other life-threatening health problems for the people living there. This undermines these communities’ ability to participate equally in the economy and live safe, healthy and prosperous lives.

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Air Quality & Pollution | Building Just Climate Futures | Coalition Members | Communications & Narrative Building | Cumulative Impacts | Health Equity

A community’s fight against environmental racism in Savannah — Stories from the Movement
ByDuende April 1, 2021June 17, 2026

Dr. Mildred McClain shares the story of how radioactive pollution from a nuclear weapons production site led to the founding of the Harambee House/Citizens for Environmental Justice in Savannah, GA. For more than 30 years, the Harambee House has fought environmental racism by providing community members with tools to become agents of change within their own neighborhoods.

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No Community Left Behind: Mossville, Louisiana
ByDuende February 4, 2020June 17, 2026

For generations, residents of Mossville, Louisiana – a town founded by former slaves and the site of more than a dozen refining and chemical industry facilities – have been disproportionately exposed to toxic pollution. The Environmental Justice Health Alliance for Chemical Policy Reform, Coming Clean, and the Center for American Progress highlight the story of Delma and Christine Bennett, longtime residents of Mossville, who have personally experienced the effects of toxic pollution and environmental racism.

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