Justice

Diesel Emissions in Major US Cities Disproportionately Harm Communities of Color, New Studies Confirm

Diesel vehicles represented 5 percent of traffic through the urban areas but emitted up to half of all nitrogen dioxide pollution. One solution: electrify freight trucks, school buses and other heavy-duty vehicles.

By Kristoffer Tigue

Plagued by Daily Blackouts, Puerto Ricans Are Calling for an Energy Revolution. Will the Biden Administration Listen?

By Kristoffer Tigue

To Stop Line 3 Across Minnesota, an Indigenous Tribe Is Asserting the Legal Rights of Wild Rice

By Katie Surma

Long Concerned About Air Pollution, Baltimore Experienced Elevated Levels on 43 Days in 2020

By Agya K. Aning

Video: Carolina Tribe Fighting Big Poultry Joined Activists Pushing Administration to Act on Climate and Justice

Story and Video by Aman Azhar

Indigenous Climate Activists Arrested After ‘Occupying’ US Department of Interior

By Phil McKenna, Video by Aman Azhar

Pollution from N.C.’s Commercial Poultry Farms Disproportionately Harms Communities of Color

By Aman Azhar

The UN’s Top Human Rights Panel Votes to Recognize the Right to a Clean and Sustainable Environment

By Katie Surma

Is it Time for the World Court to Weigh in on Climate Change?

By Katie Surma

Civil Rights Groups in North Carolina Say ‘Biogas’ From Hog Waste Will Harm Communities of Color

By Aman Azhar

In Baltimore Schools, Cutting Food Waste as a Lesson in Climate Awareness and Environmental Literacy

By Agya K. Aning

Dangerous Air: As California Burns, America Breathes Toxic Smoke

By Alison Saldanha, Farida Jhabvala Romero, Caleigh Wells and Aaron Glantz

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

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