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Justice & Health

The systemic racial and economic inequalities that worsen the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities around the globe.

‘Post-Disaster Gentrification’ Proliferates in Florida Towns as Costs Soar Following Hurricanes

Million-dollar homes increasingly replace small-town beach vibes, pushing out longtime residents and transforming oceanfront communities.

By Mike Schneider

 Workers rebuild a home destroyed by Hurricane Michael on May 9, 2019, in Mexico Beach, Fla. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images
In 2024, farmers in Zambia struggled with El Nino-driven drought, which created severe food and water shortages. This year, the government is spending 60 percent of its budget on debt repayment, with only .32 percent going toward climate adaptation and resilience. Credit: Lusaka Province, Zambia

For Climate-Vulnerable Countries, Debt Costs 25 Times More Than Climate Action

By Alissa de Chassey
Several people are visible in the photo holding signs. One reads: "You emitted the carbon: we suffered the destruction. You caused the emissions: We lost our lives."

What Happens When Earth Passes 1.5 Degrees of Warming?

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth
A construction crew from Sargent Corporation and engineers from Inter-Fluve work on the “nature-like fishway” that’s replacing a former ice-control dam on the Narraguagus River in Cherryfield. Credit: Katherine Emery/The Maine Monitor

Endangered Salmon May Soon Swim Freely up a Maine River. But as the Climate Changes, a Comeback Isn’t Guaranteed.

By Delger Erdenesanaa, The Maine Monitor
A child plays on a scooter in the park, with the cooling tower looming in the background.

Environmental and Public Health Groups Sue Over the Trump EPA’s Latest Attempt to Bolster Fossil Fuels

By Keerti Gopal
Cattle at a Porterville dairy farm in California’s Central Valley. Credit: David Swanson/AFP via Getty Images

California Adopts New Limits to Rein in Dairy Manure Pollution and Its ‘Outsized’ Groundwater Impacts

By Steven Rodas
People gather at Wekiwa Springs State Park on Sept. 7, 2020, in Apopka, Fla. Credit: Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Nine Florida Springs Will Get New Cleanup Plans Under Legal Settlement

By Amy Green
Construction at Denver Water’s Gross Reservoir expansion is seen on April 9, 2025, in Boulder County, Colorado. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Court Rules in Favor of Feds and Denver Water on Dam Expansion

By Jake Bolster, Wyatt Myskow
An 813 Hood Garden space in East Tampa. Credit: Courtesy of Dee Morales

In Tampa, Community Gardeners Say They Need More Funding, Not More Information, to Feed Neighbors in Need

By Kate Waxman
Pataxo and Tupinamba Indigenous people demand justice for the murder of Vitor Braz during a protest in front of the Ministry of Justice in Brasília, Brazil, on March 12, 2025. Credit: Mateus Bonomi/Anadolu via Getty Images

An Environmental Defender Is Murdered Every Three Days

By Katie Surma
In the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers in New York on Sept. 11, 2001. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

The Dust Settled. The Health Effects of 9/11 Didn’t.

By Alissa de Chassey
Volunteers unload sacks of wheat flour from USAID at a camp for internally displaced people on Dec. 17, 2021, in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Credit: J. Countess/Getty Images

How the End of USAID Eroded Global Environmental Goals

By Nicholas Kusnetz
Cassandra Becerra, the Arizona State Director for Mountain Mamas, speaks at a press conference on Saturday kickstarting Latino Conservation Week and highlighting the threats facing Ironwood Forest National Monument. Credit: Wyatt Myskow/Inside Climate News

Latino Conservation Week Kicks Off at Threatened Arizona National Monument

By Wyatt Myskow
Pam Benton, 59, a mother and grandmother, works as a painter and cleaner in Winston County. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

An Overdue Trash Bill Left This Alabama Woman in Handcuffs. She’s Not Alone.

By Lee Hedgepeth
A view of Ottawa National Forest in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Credit: U.S. Forest Service

Formal Repeal of Roadless Rule Directly Threatens Midwest Wilderness

By Sarah Mattalian
A swath of coal is visible in front of the J.H. Campbell coal power plant in an aerial photo.

Court Rules Against Trump Order to Keep Costly Michigan Coal Plant Running

By Dan Gearino, Keerti Gopal, Marianne Lavelle
Police and firefighters run away from a toxic dust cloud caused by the World Trade Center’s Tower One collapse in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. Credit: Jose Jimenez/Primera Hora/Getty Images

25 Years After 9/11, the Health Toll Is Still Unfolding

By Lauren Dalban
A beach is seen adjacent to the Freeport LNG facility in Freeport, Texas. Credit: Kirk Sides/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

A Texas LNG Plant Pumps Out Chronic, Unpermitted Pollution, a Watchdog Finds

By Dylan Baddour
The construction site of a 49.5-megawatt three-level data center on July 8 in Vernon, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Data Center Boom Brings Health Hazards, Former EPA Officials Warn

By Keerti Gopal

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