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

Plastic pellets, known as nurdles, coat the ground at the site of a train derailment near ExxonMobil’s Baytown facility in Texas on Dec. 6, 2024. Credit: Rebekah F. Ward/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Communities Around the World Find Plastic Pellets in Their Local Waterways

By Lauren Dalban

Near Moku, Haut-Uélé province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an Indigenous Mbuti woman points to a flooded, abandoned mine where her young relative drowned. Credit: Courtesy of PAX

Chinese Miners Accused of Gold Pillage, Environmental Destruction in DRC

By Katie Surma

Madrid’s Emergency Medical Service workers transfer a prisoner from Valdemoro prison to Infanta Elena Hospital after he suffered heat stroke amid a heat wave in Spain. Credit: Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP via Getty Images

Human-Caused Warming Tripled the Death Toll of European Heat Waves This Summer, New Report Shows

By Bob Berwyn

People gather for a protest against the disappearance of Mapuche leader and environmental defender Julia Chuñil in front of La Moneda Palace on April 8 in Santiago, Chile. Credit: Lucas Aguayo Araos/Anadolu via Getty Images

An Average Week in 2024: Three Environmental Defenders Murdered or Disappeared

By Katie Surma

Boaters cruise across Lake Powell in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area on July 10 in Page, Ariz. Credit: Rebecca Noble/Getty Images

‘No One Comes Out of This Unscathed’: Experts Warn That Colorado River Use Needs Cutting Immediately

By Wyatt Myskow

Okeechobee Mayor Dowling Watford stands in front of Florida’s Lake Okeechobee in May. Credit: Amy Green/Inside Climate News

In the Midst of Florida’s Insurance Crisis, What Recourse Do Residents Have?

By Amy Green

A child sits on the shoulders of a rescue worker, who is wading through the water near other people. The water is reaching the adults' upper thighs. Buildings rise on either side of them.

Climate Change-Driven Floods Continue to Displace Millions in Pakistan

By Keerti Gopal

A woman sits along with her daughter suffering from dengue fever at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital on Nov. 4, 2024, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Credit: Abdul Goni/AFP via Getty Images

Global Warming Is Fueling Dengue Fever Outbreaks

By Anika Jane Beamer

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. appears before the Senate Finance Committee on Sept. 4 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

RFK Jr. Is Making America Safe for Debilitating ‘Neglected’ Tropical Diseases

By Liza Gross

The Beaver Creek Wild and Scenic River runs through federal land near the White Mountains National Recreation Area in Alaska. Credit: Bob Wick/BLM

House Republicans’ Use of Little-Known Law to Strike Down Public Land Plans Could Be Pandora’s Box Moment

By Zoë Rom

Colton Wyatt muestra el kit de prueba de agua para plomo en su hogar en Lincoln Square, el viernes 18 de julio de 2025.

Las tuberías de plomo están en todas partes en Chicago; conoce cómo puedes protegerte

Por Sophia Kalakailo, City Bureau

Gina Ramirez, like many Chicago residents, has a lead service line at her home on the Southeast Side (address has been blurred). Credit: Keerti Gopal/Inside Climate News

¿Dónde se encuentra la tubería de agua con plomo en Chicago?

Por Keerti Gopal, Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Peter Aldhous, Clayton Aldern, Amy Qin

A Wayana Indigenous man sits on the embankment of the Maroni River in Southern French Guiana. Credit: Benoit Virginie

Deforestation Threatens Public Health. Securing Indigenous Land Rights Can Help, Researchers Find

By Katie Surma

Kavone Little stands outside the New Jersey Reentry Corporation’s Kearny facility after graduating from its solar panel installation program. Credit: Rambo Talabong/Inside Climate News

Solar Power Gave Hope to Former Prisoners in NJ. Federal Cuts Are Taking It Back

By Rambo Talabong

A thick haze blankets New York City as smoke from Canadian wildfires impacts air quality on August 5. Credit: Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images

‘It’s Never Good!’: A Street-Level Look at New York City’s Air Quality

By Lauren Dalban

A view of the Des Moines River from Prospect Park in Des Moines, Iowa. Credit: Anika Jane Beamer/Inside Climate News

House Bill Amending the Clean Water Act Could Mean Dirtier Water Nationwide—And Especially in Iowa

By Anika Jane Beamer

A natural gas well pad is seen in southwest Pennsylvania. Credit: Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images

Two Pennsylvania Towns Seek Public Funding for Water Systems Amid Claims That Gas Industry Contaminated Wells

By Jon Hurdle

Commercial shrimper Ray Mallet aboard his boat, Cajun Memories, on the Calcasieu River near Cameron, La. Credit: Phil McKenna/Inside Climate News

Fishermen in Southwest Louisiana Say LNG Terminals Are to Blame for Shrimp Harvest Decline

By Phil McKenna

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