For one slice of West Oakland, being wedged between two freeways takes a heavy toll on the lungs of residents -- especially children...

Calling for an end to the unequal enforcement of environmental laws and disproportionate environmental impacts in low-income communities of color, the Toxic Triangle Coalition will hold its first public hearing on Saturday, February 13th, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Allen Temple Baptist Church in the J. Alfred Smith Sr.

In honor of their 25th anniversary, Changes Salon and Day Spa, Center for Well Being has organized the Deserves Changes contest (http://deserveschanges.com) in order to support, empower, and provide a platform for one deserving woman in our community.  The winner will receive over $10,000 in prizes designed to support the total

Low-income truckers who would have been shut out of working at the Port of Oakland on Jan. 4  now have a reprieve, thanks to the the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and the California Air Resources Board.

These two entities have come up with an additional $3 million in what Mayor Dellum's spokesperson, Paul Rose, describes as "grants."

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If you want to find the guy who was the catalyst of numerous social equity and environmental justice organizations and initiatives, he’ll be at Ella Baker Center tonight.  Carl Anthony will be receiving a Breakthrough Visionary Award—and for good reason.  

Bay Localize is convening a group of local and national leaders at this year's Green Fest to discuss the growing movement toward regional self-reliance.

The chairman for West Oakland chapter of ACORN grew up in  Oakland. She recounts the history of local advocacy on air pollution and asthma.

Tuesday night saw the end of two years of negotiations between the Port of Oakland, environmentalists, truckers and West Oakland residents, with a vote to reduce toxic emissions from trucks serving the busy shipping center.

The long road leading to cleaner air in West Oakland was stretched just a little farther Tuesday night, as Port of Oakland commissioners postponed voting on a controversial new program to control diesel pollution from thousands of trucks serving the port.

West Oakland's high rates of childhood asthma and lifelong illnesses, such as cancer, are linked to exhaust from truck and international ship traffic through the port.