Justice & Health
The systemic racial and economic inequalities that worsen the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities around the globe.
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
Trump Administration Severs ‘Lifeline’ for Families Struggling to Pay Utility Bills
By Kiley Bense
Oak Flat is Sacred to Western Apache. The Trump Administration Intends to Approve a Plan to Destroy It
By Wyatt Myskow
Federal Judge Orders Florida to Address Pollution That Led to Manatee Deaths
By Amy Green
A Father of Environmental Justice Rebukes Sierra Club, Ben Jealous Over Treatment of Black Alabamians
By Lee Hedgepeth
How the Trump Administration’s Interpretation of One Word—‘Harm’—Could Gut Habitat Protections for Endangered Species
By Kiley Price, Wyatt Myskow
Half the World’s People Depend on Rice. New Research Says Climate Change Will Make it Toxic
By Georgina Gustin
Texas Oilfield Company and Executive Plead Guilty in Hydrogen Sulfide Deaths
By Martha Pskowski
EPA Weighs N.C. Environmental Harms From Sewage Sludge Used as Fertilizer
By Lisa Sorg
Trump Official Visits, Touts Alabama Coal Mine With Thousands of Federal Safety Violations
By Lee Hedgepeth
‘Bayer Bill’ Granting Legal Protections to Pesticide Companies Fizzles Out in the Iowa Legislature Again
By Anika Jane Beamer
