Thu, Mar 5th, 5:00-7:00pm
ACE Office, 2201 Washington St Suite #302, Roxbury MA 02119
RSVP here!
Dorchester / Roxbury: Roadshow Celebration: Using Data to Center Community Action
The AI Bubble and the Sacrifice Zone
The AI bubble treats our neighborhoods as sacrifice zones, where air-pollution and water-use regulations can be ignored, where speculative technology can be built overnight without regard for the law, where local health impacts aren’t important.
Continue readingCommonwealth Beacon: The real danger facing the T
THERE IS A clear threat to our public transit system here in Boston: the systematic clawing back of federal funding and the withdrawal of environmental justice and equity guidelines that seriously imperil how residents move.
Continue reading$50 Million for Environmental Justice in New England: Gone.
The federal government just pulled $50 million in funding that Congress authorized in 2022, and that ACE fought to bring to our region.
Continue readingCommonwealth Beacon: The dark side of AI: Climate chaos, pollution, and injustice
The AI boom is causing real harm, today, in our communities — and it’s poised to do much worse.
Continue readingMassachusetts Climate Bill Protecting Communities Most Pollution-Burdened Must Have Strong Follow Through
BOSTON, Mass.—The Massachusetts House of Representatives today passed bill S.29670, legislation that will codify the state’s commitment to a clean energy grid, advance equity and protect ratepayers. The bill has been sent to Governor Maura Healey’s desk where signing is all but assured.
Continue readingAI’s Dark Side: Climate chaos and pollution, especially in Black and Brown neighborhoods
The tech giants are jostling to win the AI race. But their data centers are hugely energy-hungry, and that means polluting frontline Black and Brown communities. We demand a better way forward.
Continue readingFive Questions for… Denise January
Learn about Denise January, who is the EJAN Coordinator, in this Q&A published by our allies at Conservation Law Foundation
Continue readingReport-back from White House Summit on Environmental Justice
For over twenty years, ACE has been fighting for environmental justice, and as of last week, it’s official: we now have environmental justice protection on the books statewide, after Governor Baker signed the Climate Bill into law.
Continue readingNew Strategy Paper: Environmental Justice, Fair Housing, and Fair Lending: Towards a Strategic Collaborative Model
We’re pleased to announce a new strategy paper, written by James Jennings, PhD and Professor Emeritus at Tufts University.
Environmental Justice, Fair Housing, and Fair Lending:
Towards a Strategic Collaborative Model.
Read the strategy paper below, or download / view it now at this link.