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

As SpaceX Grows, So Do Complaints From Environmentalists, Indigenous Groups and Brownsville Residents

Elon Musk’s private space company has evolved into a sprawling industrial complex. But concerns are increasing about beach closures, noise and potential harm to threatened species.

By Aman Azhar

SpaceX's first orbital Starship SN20 is stacked atop its massive Super Heavy Booster 4 at the company's Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on Feb. 10, 2022. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
Power lines are seen as the New York City Skyline is in the background on Feb. 1, 2018 in Staten Island, New York. Credit: Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images

New York Is Facing a Pandemic-Fueled Home Energy Crisis, With No End in Sight

By Quratulain Tejani

Paint peels from the side of a home along 37th Avenue on Sunday, April 9, 2017, in Oakland, California. Credit: Aric Crabb/Bay Area News via Getty Images

Lead Poisonings of Children in Baltimore Are Down, but Lead Contamination Still Poses a Major Threat, a New Report Says

By Agya K. Aning

Commuters make their way along a street amid smoggy conditions early in the morning in Lahore, Pakistan on Dec. 17, 2021. Credit: Arif Ali/AFP via Getty Images

Study Identifies Outdoor Air Pollution as the ‘Largest Existential Threat to Human and Planetary Health’

By Victoria St. Martin

Two women shower amid destruction after Typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 14, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines. Credit: Chris McGrath/Getty Images

In the Philippines, a Landmark Finding Moves Fossil Fuel Companies’ Climate Liability into the Realm of Human Rights

By Nicholas Kusnetz

A pregnant woman receives an exam from her doctor. Biomonitoring studies have measured at least 43 chemicals from diverse classes of chemical compounds in 99-100% of pregnant women in the United States. Credit: Jason Connolly/AFP via Getty Images

Fossil Fuels Aren’t Just Harming the Planet. They’re Making Us Sick

By Liza Gross, Victoria St. Martin

People take picture beneath cherry blossoms near the national assembly on April 09, 2022 in Seoul, South Korea. Seoul's famous Yeouiseoro street is open for people to enjoy the cherry blossom season after two years of closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Credit: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images

Warming Trends: Nature and Health Studies Focused on the Privileged, $1B for Climate School and Old Tires Detour Into Concrete

By Katelyn Weisbrod

A man throws water on his face to cool off as the temperature exceeds 46 degrees in Islamabad, Pakistan on April 27, 2022. Temperatures above the seasonal norm have adversely affected daily life in Pakistan. Credit: Muhammed Semih Ugurlu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

An Unprecedented Heat Wave in India and Pakistan Is Putting the Lives of More Than a Billion People at Risk

By Zoha Tunio

A gas flare in a Total oil refining plant is seen near Port Arthur, Texas on Aug. 28, 2020. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Activists Laud Biden’s New Environmental Justice Appointee, But Concerns Linger Over Equity and Funding

By Kristoffer Tigue

The woodland at dawn in Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary on Nov. 19, 2009 in Kerala, India. Credit: Phil Clarke Hill/In Pictures via Getty Images

Indian Court Rules That Nature Has Legal Status on Par With Humans—and That Humans Are Required to Protect It

By Katie Surma

A Black Woman Fought for Her Community, and Her Life, Amidst Polluting Landfills and Vast ‘Borrow Pits’ Mined for Sand and Clay

By Agya K. Aning

Robert Taylor, executive director of the Concerned Citizens of St. John (right) speaks with EPA Administrator Michael Regan as he meets with members of the Concerned Citizens of St. John during his “Journey to Justice” tour. Photo courtesy of the EPA

EPA Opens Civil Rights Investigation Into Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’

By Victoria St. Martin

A family wears face masks as they walk through the smoke filled streets after the Thomas wildfire swept through Ventura, California on Dec. 6, 2017. Credit: Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images

The ‘State of the Air’ in America Is Unhealthy and Getting Worse, Especially for People of Color

By Kristoffer Tigue

Crew works on seepage of more than 900,000 gallons of oil and brine water oil from an abandoned well in Chevron Corps Cymric Oil Field that has transformed a dry creek bed into a black lagoon July 24, 2019 near McKittrick, California. Credit: Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

What Does Climate Justice in California Look Like?

By Liza Gross

Traffic in the rain on Jan. 5, 2022 in New Delhi, India. Credit: Arvind Yadav/Hindustan Times via Getty Images

In South Asia, Vehicle Exhaust, Agricultural Burning and In-Home Cooking Produce Some of the Most Toxic Air in the World

By Zoha Tunio

A concentrated animal feeding operation in North Carolina. Credit: Aman Azhar

North Carolina’s Bet on Biomass Energy Is Faltering, With Energy Targets Unmet and Concerns About Environmental Justice

By Aman Azhar

Rangers from Kahuzi-Biega National Park visit the devastated areas of the park on September 30, 2019. Credit: Alexis Huguet/AFP via Getty Images

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Unintended Consequences of ‘Fortress Conservation’

By Katie Surma

Residents walk in a flooded area of the 67-hectare Ankasina neighborhood in Antananarivo on Jan. 28, 2022 as Madagascar suffered flooding caused by a severe storm in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Ana. Credit: Rijasolo/AFP via Getty Images

Global Warming Drove a Deadly Burst of Indian Ocean Tropical Storms

By Bob Berwyn

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A Biomass Power Plant in Rural North Carolina Reignites Concerns Over Clean Energy and Environmental Justice

By Aman Azhar

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