Journal Article

Poll of Black and Latino/x Communities on Climate Change and the Clean Energy Transition

Third Way, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, & GreenLatinos Polling: Black and Latino/x Communities’ Sentiment on Climate Change and the Clean Energy Transition Key Takeaways In partnership with GBAO, Third Way teamed up with WE ACT for Environmental

Unequal Air and Care: Federal Impact on Pediatric Asthma Disparities in 4 U.S. Cities

WE ACT’s report, Unequal Air and Care: Federal Impact on Pediatric Asthma Disparities in 4 U.S. Cities calls on the federal government to strengthen the 2010 Coordinated Federal Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Asthma Disparities and utilize the report’s

The Invisible Threat: Bisphenol-A and Phthalates in Environmental Justice Communities

N’Dri Laetitia A., White-Newsome Jalonne L., Corbin-Mark Cecil D., and Shepard Peggy M. Low-income, communities of color have historically been exposed to disproportionate amount of toxins from air, water, and land. While the environmental justice (EJ) movement has fought to

Advancing Environmental Justice through Community Based Participatory Research

[:en]CBPR seeks to build capacity and resources in communities and ensure that government agencies and academic institutions are better able to understand and incorporate community concerns into their research agendas.[:]

Promoting Environmental Health Policy Through Community Based Participatory Research: A Case Study from Harlem

[:en]This case study highlights the evolution, research, and policy processes and outcomes of a community based participatory research (CBPR) partnership[:]

Climate Justice: Guest Editorial by WE ACT Leadership

[:en]This special issue edited by WE ACT highlights climate justice.[:]

Social Stressors and Air Pollution Across New York City Communities: A Spatial Approach for Assessing Correlations Among Multiple Exposures

Jessie LC Shmool, Laura D Kubzansky, Ogonnaya Dotson Newman, John Spengler, Peggy Shepard and Jane E Clougherty Environmental Health201413:91, DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-13-91© Shmool et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014 Recent toxicological and epidemiological evidence suggests that chronic psychosocial stress may

Characterization of Residential Pest Control Products Used in Inner City Communities in New York City

[:en]A systematic assessment of active ingredients used for residential pest control is lacking. [:]