The Jacksonville environmental groups trying to tackle racial disparities

Local leaders shift from largely lackadaisical approach that allowed polluters to contaminate Black neighborhoods to working with and advocating for Black residents

At a meeting last spring, a climate action advocacy group in Jacksonville, Florida, acknowledged it has a problem.

The economics of it all hasn’t made a lot of sense to some people

There’s rarely a remediation option that’s a quick fix or silver bullet

This article is co-published with Adapt, a climate change publication from WJCT Public Media in Jacksonville, Florida