Topic: Environmental justice
The U.S. Climate Vulnerability Index map is an interactive tool that ranks more than 70,000 U.S. census tracts using 184 indicators to show which communities face the greatest challenges from climate change. It visualizes “overall climate vulnerability” as well as underlying drivers in domains such as health, social and economic conditions, environment, infrastructure, and climate impacts (e.g., extreme events and climate disaster costs). Users can search for any location, compare tracts within a state or EPA region, and drill down to see which specific factors—like housing quality, exposure to pollution, or health burdens—are contributing to vulnerability, helping communities and decision‑makers target climate resilience investments where they are needed most.
Website for Boston Air Pollution Control Commission's Community Clean Air Grant Program which funds community based projects to reduce air pollution and carbon emissions. The site provides useful examples of application procedures and projects that have received funding.
"Case study seeking to address a critical question: Where should D.C. strategically place new sensors to build an equitable network?"
"BetterHubs aims to use a set of core objectives to help governments, companies, investors, and local communities design and engage with Hub projects in a way that sets a new bar for industrial innovation."
Founded in 2018, through the Bloomberg Mayors Challenge, the city of Denver created Love My Air. Love My Air is a citywide monitoring network to provide real-time air quality data utilizing cutting-edge air pollution technology. Through collaboration with many community organizations and partners, Love My Air provides workshops, trainings, and outreach connecting health to air quality.
Mapping tool that provides access to a wide array of information related to air quality management, including permits, air quality monitoring, community vulnerability, public engagement, and enforcement actions.
Mapping tool that provides information on permitted facilities in New Jersey. The tool provides information on the reported emissions for each major and minor source, as well as current information on PM and ozone monitored air quality, and community vulnerability information.
Central site for access to various tools and data to inform strategies to measure air pollution and reduce health impacts in California communities.
The Chicago Department of Public Health’s Cumulative Impact Assessment is a citywide initiative to measure how multiple environmental burdens and social stressors combine to affect health across Chicago neighborhoods. Co-designed with community organizations through an Environmental Equity Working Group, the assessment compiles data on pollution sources, health outcomes, and vulnerability factors to identify communities facing the greatest cumulative impacts. Its findings and recommendations are intended to guide policies on land use, zoning, permitting, enforcement, transportation planning, and other decisions, and it serves as a foundation for Chicago’s broader Environmental Justice Action Plan and proposed cumulative impacts ordinance.
