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

An aerial view of the Pattison Co. quarry in Garnavillo, Iowa. Credit: Pattison Co.

As an Eastern Iowa Quarry Seeks to Quadruple Its Water Use, Residents Urge the State to Intervene

By Anika Jane Beamer

Jennifer Allen, a Pima County supervisor who represents the district containing Ironwood Forest National Monument, speaks at a rally to protect the area on June 7. Credit: Kathleen Dreier Photography/Friends of Ironwood Forest

Across the Country, Locals Rally to Protect National Monuments Threatened by the Trump Administration

By Wyatt Myskow

An aerial view of Oak Flat, a site sacred to the Western Apache, near Superior, Ariz. Credit: EcoFlight

US District Court Ruling Keeps Fight Against Mining of Site Sacred to Western Apache Alive

By Wyatt Myskow

Workers handle a fishing net next to a commercial trawler docked at the port of Nea Michaniona in northern Greece on May 22. Credit: Sakis Mitrolidis/AFP via Getty Images

UN Ocean Conference Opens With a Call to Defend the Deep Sea

By Teresa Tomassoni

An industrialized swine farm in Wayne County, N.C., is covered in flood water during Hurricane Matthew in 2016. Credit: Rick Dove

Funding Shortfalls Hamper North Carolina’s Program to Buy Out Hog Farms in or Near Floodplains

By Lisa Sorg

A view of the area where the local nonprofit Rockaway Initiative for Sustainability and Equity is working in Far Rockaway, a neighborhood in Queens, New York City. Credit: Lauren Dalban/Inside Climate News

Rockaway is a New York Coastal Community Trying to Fight Erosion–and Then EPA Cancelled Funding

By Lauren Dalban

The majority-Black residents of north Birmingham continue to face the impacts of the idled Bluestone Coke facility. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

In One of the Nation’s Most Polluted Communities, Trump Terminates Funding for Air Monitoring

By Lee Hedgepeth

Visitors stand atop a large mound of salt byproduct from lithium production at a mine in the Atacama Desert of Chile. Credit: John Moore/Getty Images

UN Scientists Propose a Plan to Meet Global Demand for Critical Minerals

By Carrie Klein

Credit: Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat

Lifeblood for Pacific Islands Threatened as Warming Ocean Drives Tuna East

By Nathan Eagle, Honolulu Civil Beat

Every two weeks at the beach of Costa del Este, in Panama City, marine biology students descend about five meters in the sea to take care of a coral nursery of the staghorn species in Portobelo, Panama, with which they aim to restore reefs damaged by climate change and pollution. Credit: Luis Acosta/AFP via Getty Images

Global Scientific Community Urges World Leaders to Transform Research Into Policy Ahead of UN Ocean Conference

By Teresa Tomassoni

A helicopter overflies the area of a collapsed dam as rescue workers search for victims near the town of Brumadinho in southeastern Brazil on Jan. 25, 2019. Credit: Douglas Magno/AFP via Getty Images

Rich Countries’ Energy Transitions Threaten Indigenous Peoples and the Environment

By Katie Surma

Firefighters with the New York City Fire Department investigate a possible natural gas leak at an apartment building in Brooklyn on July 14, 2020. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Gas Leaks Can Have Significant Spillover Impacts on Neighboring States, Study Finds

By Lauren Dalban

A microscopic view of a female Daphnia magna, or water flea, with a clutch of cloned eggs. Credit: Dieter Ebert/Bethesda/National Library of Medicine/National Center for Biotechnology Information

Heat Waves Are Changing Disease Dynamics in Unpredictable Ways, New Research Finds

By Liza Gross

Hundreds of Alabamians flock to the Cahaba River each year during peak blooming season. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

A Song for the Cahaba River

By Lee Hedgepeth

Fishermen sort their catch from a trawl fishery on a fishing boat in the Port of Molfetta on Dec. 1, 2023. Credit: Davide Pischettola/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Top Ocean Experts Sound the Alarm Over Growing Marine Crisis Due To Climate Change

By Teresa Tomassoni

Members of CEASRA, a local environmental group, demonstrate in front of the Tri-County Landfill in September 2023 in Grove City, Pa. Credit: Courtesy of Jane Cleary

Fearing Radioactive Waste, a Western Pennsylvania Community Fights to Stop a Landfill’s Re-Opening

By Kiley Bense

A Florida manatee is seen at the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: Keith Ramos/USFWS

Trump Administration Faces Legal Action Over Federal Cuts’ Impact on Manatees

By Amy Green

From left: Water experts Ivonne Rychwa from Citizens Utility Board, Oliver Ciciora from Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation, Anna-Lisa Gonzales Castle from Elevate, and Iyana Simba from the Illinois Environmental Council discuss water affordability issues at the Water Matters Town Hall in Chicago. Credit: Christiana Freitag/Inside Climate News

As Chicagoans Brace for Higher Water Bills, Groups Push for Affordability Reforms

By Christiana Freitag

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