Justice & Health
The systemic racial and economic inequalities that worsen the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities around the globe.
‘A Really Monumental Day’ for Chicago River: Clean Enough for Hundreds to Swim In
By Leigh Giangreco
Fracking’s Broken Promise to Pennsylvania
By Kiley Bense, Dan Gearino
Nicholas Spada Spent Months Analyzing Smoke From the LA Fires. He Thinks People Have a Right to Know, and ‘Air Is Everything.’
Story and photos by Nina Dietz
Toxic Plumes from Aliso Canyon Gas Blowout Harmed Babies, Study Shows
By Liza Gross
Climate Activists Disrupt Fossil Fuel Executive at Harvard University Symposium
By Phil McKenna
Children Plead With U.S. Lawmakers to Protect EPA’s Endangerment Finding
By Carl David Goette-Luciak
One of the First to Benefit From Trump’s Cuts to Environmental Review: a Nevada Gold Mine
By Wyatt Myskow
North Carolina Cattle Farmer to Pay $92,000 for Damaging Mountain Streams
By Lisa Sorg
Buffalo Tests Its Status as a Climate Refuge
By Finya Swai, Erin Drumm
Smoke From Wildfires Caused by Climate Change Will Fuel Many More Premature Deaths in the U.S., a New Study Warns
By Phil McKenna
Dominion’s Proposed Peaker Plant Flouts Environmental Justice, Community Says
By Charles Paullin
Environmentalists and Local Governments Appeal Dismissal of Case Over Trump’s Cancellation of Justice Grants
By Charles Paullin
Communities Around the World Find Plastic Pellets in Their Local Waterways
By Lauren Dalban
Chinese Miners Accused of Gold Pillage, Environmental Destruction in DRC
By Katie Surma
Human-Caused Warming Tripled the Death Toll of European Heat Waves This Summer, New Report Shows
By Bob Berwyn
An Average Week in 2024: Three Environmental Defenders Murdered or Disappeared
By Katie Surma