Justice & Health
The systemic racial and economic inequalities that worsen the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities around the globe.
EPA Says It Will Act on PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals.’ Advocates Raise Red Flags
By Keerti Gopal
In Montana, Republican State Legislators Fight Back After Successful Youth Climate Lawsuit
By Nick Mott
Who Has the Right to Decide What Happens on Indigenous Lands?
By Katie Surma
In Booming Central Texas, Wastewater Is Polluting Rivers and Streams
By Dylan Baddour
She Galvanized Her Community After a Company Contaminated It With ‘Forever Chemicals’
Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth
‘We Are Nature’: Indigenous Women Come Together at the United Nations
By Lauren Dalban
The World’s Biggest Meat Company Gets the Greenlight to Go Public on the New York Stock Exchange
By Georgina Gustin
Trump’s Latest USDA Cuts Undermine His Plan to ‘Make America Healthy Again’
By Ayurella Horn-Muller, Grist
N.C. Farm Bureau Asks State Supreme Court to Strike Environmental Protections From Hog Farm Permits
By Lisa Sorg
Judge Asks Trump Administration for More Evidence That Funding Freeze Is Constitutional
By Amy Green
New Jersey Cut Back on Prescribed Burns in the Pine Barrens—and Faces a Wildfire That Charred Thousands of Acres
By Anna Mattson
Virginia College Students Want More Climate Action on Earth Day
By Charles Paullin
Nearly Half of Americans Are Breathing Unhealthy Air as Pollution Exposure Numbers Reach Decade High
By Keerti Gopal
EPA Continues to Dismantle Environmental Justice Office, Announces Plans to Terminate Nearly 300 Employees
By Georgina Gustin
‘The Earth Loses a Defender’: Pope Francis Fought for the Poor and the Planet
By Kiley Bense
Rights of Nature Defender Wins Goldman Prize for Precedent-Setting Work Protecting an Imperiled River
By Katie Surma