👋Say hello to USC’s Environmental Justice Research Lab! 🔬We collaborate with communities to engage in community-driven and action-oriented research. 🌱Our lab focuses on industrial pollution & air quality, community science, energy systems & climate, and youth development!

🗞️ NEW BLOG POST 🛻💨 Researchers recorded heavy duty trucks passing through a residential neighborhood in Wilmington, near the Port of Los Angeles, here’s what they found: ejresearchlab.usc.edu/truck_traffic_…

These bills would speed up cleanup of LA oil wells. The oil industry is fighting back EJRL CBECal Redeemer Community Partnership lapublicpress.org/2024/05/a-bill… via Los Angeles Public Press

Editorial: SoCal air quality officials haven’t acted to cut port pollution. They escaped to a desert resort instead. latimes.com/opinion/story/…

🥳We are excited for our 11th Annual #FightingforLife Celebration Tonight's event honors our allies Jill Johnston  & Fernando Gaytan Both have built power for residents, shifted policies, and won campaigns that begin to remedy the impacts of environmental racism in our hoods

🌱Students from Anawakalmekak, LA county’s only autonomous Indigenous Peoples K-12 school, joined us for an EH MATTERS summer session 🌱All three students have worked directly with Indigenous communities in CA to discuss TEK and Indigenous land management practices!

'Who's going to live here?' What happens when an e-commerce warehouse takes out your neighborhood USC Enviro Health EJRL latimes.com/california/sto…

California Oil Town Chose a Firm with Oil Industry Ties to Review Impacts of an Unprecedented 20-Year Drilling Permit Extension Elizabeth Kamai EJRL USC Enviro Health insideclimatenews.org/news/06062024/…

🌡️ ☀️ LA is getting hot! Let’s stay safe and healthy this summer - USC, Occidental College, and PSR-LA along with some community organizations have developed a number of infographics to provide you with resources and tips to protect yourself from the heat. #ClimateJusticeIsHot

Five libraries in some of the hottest L.A. neighborhoods with the most people at risk of heat-related illness will be part of a pilot program to expand “cooling centers." laist.com/news/climate-e…

Stressors in an Urban Environmental Justice Community During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic | Environmental Justice EJRL bhavna shamasunder liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.10…

🗞️ “Empowering youth to tackle air pollution for a cleaner future” 🚗💨 Our EJ Research Lab collaborated with APIFM to give an air quality workshop to 16 high school students from around the San Gabriel Valley. spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/env…

Exide contamination is top concern at community meeting on environmental justice boyleheightsbeat.com/exide-contamin…

Former Exide plant "carries the dubious distinction of being one of the biggest hazardous waste cleanups in the state’s history" EJRL USC Enviro Health EYCEJ lapublicpress.org/2024/07/exide-… via Los Angeles Public Press

Feds Contradict Scientific Research, Say the Salton Sea’s Exposed Lakebed Is Not a Significant Source of Pollution for Disadvantaged Communities Comite Civico EJRL insideclimatenews.org/news/27072024/…

Editorial: How to end SoCal’s smog streak? Slash pollution from railways and ports ⁦EJRL⁩ latimes.com/opinion/story/…

July was California's hottest month ever, as climate warms to dangerous new extremes latimes.com/california/sto…

Do you want to learn how to lead, advocate, and develop policy and technical skills to tackle environmental and energy justice challenges in your community? Our paid Community Champions program might be perfect for you! Apply now at westejcenter.arizona.edu/community-cham…!

LA is home to 17 of the country's most polluted sites ... featuring Dr Elizabeth Kamai of EJRL USC Enviro Health Population and Public Health Sciences at USC spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/env…