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Somewhere in the future, Ian Cooke envisions a Neponset River where canoes paddle lazily down the water, families sit along the banks in Hyde Park and Mattapan, birds fill the air and migratory fish can swim freely up and down the waterway.

New funding from the federal government is aiming to reduce children’s exposure to lead in drinking water at schools and child care centers.

A new database aims to shine more light on how energy infrastructure impacts public health, including the disproportionate impact on communities of color.

In Waukegan, Illinois, about 40 miles north of Chicago, Dulce Ortiz is celebrating with her children. Ortiz is a cofounder of the local environmental justice organization Clean Power Lake County. She has been organizing for years to get coal ash waste cleaned up from the site of the retired coal power plant in her town.

Three local New England nonprofits are teaming up to distribute federal funds in a streamlined process to meet the needs of grassroots community-based organizations focused on environmental justice and climate issues.

New England environmental advocates are warning government officials and certain companies about the hazards of using too much salt to de-ice the roads.

Local municipalities in the metro Boston area who spoke with the Banner are largely unconcerned about slated cuts in federal funding to replace lead service pipes in Massachusetts.

An annual report from the Environmental Protection Agency this month provided mixed results on the water quality in the Neponset River, which borders Mattapan and part of Dorchester.