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

A pipe discharges liquid waste from Tesla’s lithium refinery plant into a ditch on Feb. 13 in Robstown, Texas. Credit: Steve Ray/Nueces County Drainage District No. 2

South Texas Officials Didn’t Know Tesla Was Discharging Lithium Refinery Wastewater Into Local Ditch

By Arcelia Martin

Tim and Deborah Mabe are among the plaintiffs suing Stokes County. Their land, in the family for generations, abuts the data center property. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

In N.C., Stokes County Approves a Data Center Rezoning, Triggering a Citizens’ Lawsuit

By Lisa Sorg

A worker picks leaves from the conveyor belt of a harvester during grape harvest on a vineyard in Lodi, Calif., on Oct. 13, 2025. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

A New Wine Label Promotes Workers’ Rights

By Liza Gross

The industrial landscape of Newark’s Ironbound neighborhood. Credit: Michael Lofenfeld via Getty Images

The Fight Over New Jersey’s Tough Environmental Justice Law Is Now in the Courts

By Emilie Lounsberry

Corpus Christi City Manager Peter Zanoni speaks during a City Council meeting on Tuesday. Source: City of Corpus Christi livestream

Corpus Christi Cuts Timeline to Disaster as Abbott Issues Emergency Orders

By Dylan Baddour

Corpus Christi’s largest remaining reservoir, Lake Texana, is currently 55 percent full and projected to hit 30 percent this summer. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Water Shortage May Hit Corpus Christi Within Weeks

By Dylan Baddour

Curious Holstein dairy cows feed on silage in a freestall barn at a large California dairy.

There Are 10 Million Tons of Manure Missing in California

Seth Millstein, Sentient

Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, speaks during the Green Growth Summit in Brussels on Monday. Credit: Michael Chia/UNFCCC

Iran War Shows That Doubling Down on Fossil Fuels Is ‘Delusional,’ UN Climate Chief Says

By Keerti Gopal

South32’s Hermosa project is seen on March 3 just outside Patagonia, Ariz. Credit: EcoFlight

Nation’s First Critical Minerals Mine Nears Approval in Biodiversity Hotspot

By Wyatt Myskow

Faithful from across the state joined a trio of pilgrims with New Mexico Interfaith Power & Light during their 25-day journey advocating for the passage of the Clear Horizons Act. Credit: Desirée Bernard

A New Mexico Religious Pilgrimage Rode a Global Wave Hoping for Ripple Effects for the Environment

By Tina Deines

Upper Skagit Tribal members harvest Baker River sockeye salmon at the Skagit River confluence in Washington. Credit: Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission

Habitat Loss Is Eroding Tribal Sovereignty

By Johnny Sturgeon

U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on March 4 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Heather Diehl/Getty Images

The Latest Front in the Battle Over Climate Lawsuits: Bills Wiping Out Liability

By Dana Drugmand

The burned remains of a timber operation in Molalla, Ore., on Sept. 13, 2020, after the Riverside Fire swept through the area. Credit: Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

The Fight Over Logging on U.S. Public Lands Isn’t Done Yet

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

The Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill dominates the horizon in Belle Vernon, Pa. Credit: Scott Goldsmith/Inside Climate News

Pennsylvania Publishes Long-Awaited Study on Radioactivity in Landfill Runoff

By Kiley Bense

Native Hawaiian elder and activist, Solomon Pili Kahoʻohalahala, is calling for a ban on a prospective commercial deep sea mining industry. Credit: John Wolfsohn/Getty Images

‘We Live in One Ocean’: Native Hawaiian Activist Calls for Inclusion in Deep-Sea Mining Decisions

By Teresa Tomassoni

Cows wait to be milked at a dairy farm in Escalon, Calif. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

California Water Board Will Soon Release a New Rule to Limit Water Pollution From Dairies in the State

By Blanca Begert

A water desalination plant is seen in Ras al-Khair along the Gulf coast in eastern Saudi Arabia on March 30, 2023. Credit: Fayez Nureldine/AFP via Getty Images

Attacks on Middle East Desalination Plants Highlight Risks of Near-Total Dependence on ‘Fossil Fuel Water’

By Phil McKenna

Petroleum storage tanks reside next to the Ferry Village neighborhood near the South Portland waterfront. Credit: Derek Davis/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

There’s Something in the Air in South Portland, Maine

By Ryan Krugman, Inside Climate News, and Sabrina Shankman, Boston Globe

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