Justice & Health
The systemic racial and economic inequalities that worsen the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities around the globe.
‘Relief from the Nightmare’: Alabama Judge Halts Operations at a Quarry Residents Say Is Ruining Their Community
By Dennis Pillion
The Chinese Coal Offer Pakistan Couldn’t Afford But Didn’t Refuse
By Aman Azhar
‘Unbelievably Vulnerable’: The Climate Challenges Facing Mamdani’s New York City
By Lauren Dalban
The Cost of Ignoring Fossil Fuel Pollution’s Health Impacts
Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth
Stretched Thin, Iowa Agency Issues Few Fines for Manure Pollution
By Nina B. Elkadi, Anika Jane Beamer
Peaceful Protest Against Whaling in Iceland Lands Two Activists in Court
By Teresa Tomassoni
Decades-Old Rule that Allowed Logging on Vast Swaths of US Land Ruled Unlawful by Oregon Court
By Gloria Dickie
A California Climate Expert Is Working to Restore Climate Risk Scores Deleted by Zillow
By Claire Barber
A Small Oil Company Polluted Midland’s Water Reserve. The Cleanup Has Dragged on for Years.
By Martha Pskowski
As Artificial Stone Countertops Kill Workers, House Republicans Discuss Protections—for Manufacturers
By Liza Gross
An Alabama Mayor Signed an NDA With a Data Center Developer. Read It Here.
By Lee Hedgepeth
Cleaner Water a Hope, Not a Given, for Iowa in 2026
By Anika Jane Beamer
As Data Centers Jostle to Get on Texas’ Grid, ERCOT Promises New Rules for ‘Batch Zero’
By Arcelia Martin
Ocean Damage Nearly Doubles the Cost of Climate Change
By Johnny Sturgeon
In Hurricane-Prone Florida, Legislators Reconsider New Growth and Development Law
By Amy Green
Bessemer Data Center Developer to Request Rezoning for Additional 900 Acres
By Lee Hedgepeth