Justice

The Fires That Raged on This Greek Island Are Out. Now Northern Evia Faces a Long Road to Recovery

The flames, fueled by the worst heatwave in 30 years, devoured a third of the island’s pine forests and olive groves. Residents worry about their livelihoods, and many blame the Greek government.

By Moira Lavelle

A Friday for the Future: The Global Climate Strike May Help the Youth Movement Rebound From the Pandemic

By Bob Berwyn, Delger Erdenesanaa

Fires Fuel New Risks to California Farmworkers

By Liza Gross

Biden Administration Unveils Plan to Protect Workers and Communities from Extreme Heat

By Liza Gross

Does Nature Have Rights? A Burgeoning Legal Movement Says Rivers, Forests and Wildlife Have Standing, Too

By Katie Surma

Illinois Now Boasts the ‘Most Equitable’ Climate Law in America. So What Will That Mean?

By Brett Chase, Dan Gearino

Killings of Environmental Advocates Around the World Hit a Record High in 2020

By Georgina Gustin

Indigenous Tribes Facing Displacement in Alaska and Louisiana Say the U.S. Is Ignoring Climate Threats

By Dalia Faheid

Farming Without a Net

By Liza Gross

Baltimore Aspires to ‘Zero Waste’ But Recycles Only a Tiny Fraction of its Residential Plastic

By Agya K. Aning

North Carolina’s New Farm Bill Speeds the Way for Smithfield’s Massive Biogas Plan for Hog Farms

By Aman Azhar

Berta Cáceres’ Murder Shocked the World in 2016, But the Killing of Environmental Activists Continues

By Katie Livingstone

Charting a Course to Shrink the Heat Gap Between New York City Neighborhoods

By Delger Erdenesanaa

Timeline: Early Landmark Events in the Environmental Justice Movement

By Agya K. Aning

Line 3 Drew Thousands of Protesters to Minnesota This Summer. Last Week, Enbridge Declared the Pipeline Almost Finished

By Kristoffer Tigue

Are Bolsonaro’s Attacks on the Amazon and Indigenous Tribes International Crimes? A Third Court Plea Says They Are

By Katie Surma

Can California Reduce Dairy Methane Emissions Equitably?

By Liza Gross

A Crisis Of Water And Power On The Colorado River

In Three Predominantly Black North Birmingham Neighborhoods, Residents Live Inside an Environmental ‘Nightmare’

By Julia Benbrook, Augusta Saraiva