Residents in the Shiloh Community have fought for years to remedy excessive storm water runoff caused by an elevated highway. Now they’re suing.
The Robert D. Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice at Texas Southern University combines scholarship and action to dismantle systemic inequality and structural racism that causes disproportionate pain, suffering and death in Black and other people of color communities.
The Bullard Center's primary mission is to confront systems that create and perpetuate environmental, climate and raccial communities.
Our vision is to be a leading force for transformative environment and climate justice using rigorous science, community-driven research, policy, civic enagagement programming, and effective advacacy.
Today, the Bullard Center hosted a Juneteenth Luncheon at its host institution, Texas Southern University. The event honored the strength, legacy...
read moreThe Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice at Texas Southern University and the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice hosted the Gulf Coast Equity...
read moreThis year marks a major milestone as we celebrate 30 years of the Environmental Career Worker Training Program (ECWTP). Join us in congratulating the 2025 Graduating Class...
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Residents in the Shiloh Community have fought for years to remedy excessive storm water runoff caused by an elevated highway. Now they’re suing.
Amid devastating Texas floods, FEMA’s delayed response raises concerns as President Trump pushes to dismantle the agency, shifting disaster management costs...
The Supreme Court let stand a $14.25 million penalty against ExxonMobil for over 16,000 Clean Air Act violations at its Baytown plant...
Recent Supreme Court rulings have weakened federal agency powers and funding, enabling the Trump administration to bypass environmental oversight...
Disputes over climate finance and fossil fuel phaseout stalled progress at the Bonn climate summit, threatening preparations for COP30 in Brazil.
Texas A&M researchers determined that climate change raised wholesale electricity prices in Texas by 20% during the summers of 2023 and 2024...
Scientists warn that extreme heat exacerbates air pollution, increasing health risks, especially in marginalized communities, as climate change intensifies...
A federal judge deemed EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin's halt of $600M in environmental justice grants illegal, stating it defied Congress’ appropriations...
