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Black And Brown Communities Disproportionately Exposed To PFAS
A new study by Harvard researchers finds that communities of color are more exposed to per- and polyfluorinated substances, the toxic...
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Queen Shabazz
- May 18
- 3 min
Mountain Valley Pipeline Granted Permit To Cut Through National Forest
The $6.6 billion Mountain Valley Pipeline would send methane gas 300 miles from the Marcellus shale fields in West Virginia to Virginia,...
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Queen Shabazz
- May 16
- 4 min
Waterways News Blast: SERCAP President & CEO Receives NAACP Humanitarian Award
SERCAP Mission Statement To improve the quality of life for low-income individuals by promoting affordable water and wastewater...
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Queen Shabazz
- May 16
- 1 min
Electric Vehicles and Equity
Can electric vehicles play a role in advancing equity in underserved and historically marginalized communities? A new blog series by...
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Queen Shabazz
- May 3
- 1 min
IMPLEMENTING COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ALONGSIDE RESILIENCE HUB DEVELOPMENT
Resilient power – solar paired with battery storage (solar+storage) – can provide essential economic benefits and backup power to...
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Queen Shabazz
- May 3
- 1 min
A NOTE OF THANKS FROM THE EVENT CO-CHAIRS:
The Pine Grove Historical Marker Unveiling Ceremony was truly a blessed occasion! Our hearts are still full and overflowing with love,...
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Queen Shabazz
- Apr 15
- 3 min
Commonwealth of VirginiaOffice of Governor Glenn Youngkin
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 11, 2023 CONTACTS: Office of the Governor Contact: Macaulay Porter Email: Macaulay.Porter@governor.virgin...
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Queen Shabazz
- Apr 15
- 4 min
Top stories
ORRECTION: This morning's Hot News misstated the heat-trapping potency of atmospheric methane. Methane traps more than 80 times more heat...
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Queen Shabazz
- Apr 15
- 4 min
News Release: Queen Shabazz is still moving the mission of the VEJC forward
National Wildlife Federation selected to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across EPA’s Mid-Atlantic Region...
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Queen Shabazz
- Apr 8
- 2 min
Pine Grove Elementary School: A Rural Black Community Rallies to Save Their Historic Schoolhouse
In 1954, just under seventy years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation was unconstitutional in public schools in the...
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Queen Shabazz
- Apr 8
- 3 min
Hickory Hill community opposes planned fire training facility
In a retreat from a two-year-old policy of expanding parks and green space in overly hot South Side, Mayor Levar M. Stoney and his...
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Queen Shabazz
- Apr 8
- 4 min
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $96.21M for Drinking Water Infrastructure Upgrades in Virginia
Made possible by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, new funding will help ensure communities have access to clean and safe...
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Queen Shabazz
- Feb 6
- 2 min
Petersburg Hub Presents Black Excellence Exhibition
United Parents Against Lead and Other Environmental Hazards’ Community Resiliency Hub invites the Virginia community to a first Black Art...
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Queen Shabazz
- Jan 24
- 1 min
Celebrating the Legacy of Black Environmental & Climate Justice Activists
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Queen Shabazz
- Dec 16, 2022
- 2 min
For Immediate Release
December 15, 2022 Contact: Queen Zakia Shabazz Phone: 804-370—1143 Email: qshabazz@vaejc.org Richmond, VA-(12/15/2022)—Virginia...
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Queen Shabazz
- Dec 11, 2022
- 4 min
State Committee Report Warns of Harmful Impacts from Large-Scale Gold Mining
Advocates from across Virginia react to report detailing potential threats to water, land, health CONTACT Chad Oba, President, Friends of...
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Queen Shabazz
- Dec 11, 2022
- 2 min
Youngkin Uses State Air Board to Illegally Repeal Popular Climate Policy
Proposed regulation would pull Virginia out of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which was enacted by legislature, delivers hundreds of...
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Queen Shabazz
- Dec 11, 2022
- 4 min
Air Quality Continues to Improve
Northern Virginia has historically experienced the highest ozone (smog) concentrations in the state, and has been in nonattainment with...
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Queen Shabazz
- Dec 11, 2022
- 4 min
EPA to Reconsider Stronger Rules for Lead in Drinking Water
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed a court motion saying it will reassess revisions it made...
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