Tools for Mapping Environmental Inequality

Mapping Inequality maps the historical redlining of the United States and the corresponding population demographics.

The Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool “has an interactive map and uses datasets that are indicators of burdens in eight categories: climate change, energy, health, housing, legacy pollution, transportation, water and wastewater, and workforce development. The tool uses this information to identify communities that are experiencing these burdens.”

“The Opportunity Atlas is a data tool that reveals how the neighborhoods where children grow up influence economic outcomes.”

The Environmental Justice Index “ranks the cumulative impacts of environmental injustice on health for every census tract.”

The Health Resources and Services Administration Maternal and Infant Health Mapping Tool can be used to explore publicly-available data on community maternal and infant health.

The National Studies on Air Pollution and Health Air Quality Disparities Mapper is an “open-source web application designed to draw increased attention towards the socioeconomic disparities underlying air pollution exposure in a public-facing and accessible medium.”

“The U.S. Climate Vulnerability Index helps you see which communities face the greatest challenges from the impacts of a changing climate.”

“The National Risk Index is a dataset and online tool to help illustrate the United States communities most at risk for 18 natural hazards.”

The Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) “is the list of sites of national priority among the known releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants throughout the United States and its territories.”

ECHO can be used to “search for facilities in your community to assess their compliance with environmental regulations.”

Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) Water Quality Indicators “is a screening tool that makes it easy to identify pollutant hotspots based on water quality monitoring data from the U.S. Water Quality Portal Exit.”

EJ Screen is an “environmental justice screening and mapping tool that utilizes standard and nationally consistent data to highlight places that may have higher environmental burdens and vulnerable populations.” Originally created by the EPA, it has since been reuploaded and is no longer an official government website.

The Benzene Fenceline Monitoring Dashboard provides access to data on benzene emissions from petroleum refineries.

Tools on this site can be used to access air quality data collected at outdoor monitors across the U.S.