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

New Jersey environmental activists protest in August against Transco’s 32,000-horsepower compressor station proposed for Somerset County’s Franklin Township, New Jersey, part of the Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline. Courtesy Charlie Kratovil.

Will New Jersey’s Environmental Regulators Approve Transco’s NESE Pipeline After Rejecting it Twice?

By Raeanne Raccagno

Yvonne Sorovacu (right), Hannah Hohman (center) and Jay Beal monitor a creek for signs of contamination from the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Belle Vernon, Pa.

The ‘Toxic Cocktail’ Brewing in Pennsylvania’s Waterways

Story by Kiley Bense, photos by Scott Goldsmith

An Ecuadorian squirrel monkey in the trees of Yasuni National Park in Ecuador. Credit: Jon G. Fuller/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Countries Want Debt Relief for Conservation. Is China Ready to Play a Role?

By Katie Surma, Georgina Gustin

A truck for Noble Environmental, the parent company of Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Belle Vernon, Pa., drives down a road on a rainy day. Credit: Scott Goldsmith/Inside Climate News

Twenty Years Into Fracking, Pennsylvania Has Yet to Reckon With Its Radioactive Waste

By Kiley Bense, Peter Aldhous

White whooping cranes in Aransas County, Texas, in January 2025. Credit: Pu Ying Huang / Texas Tribune

The World’s Last Flock of Wild Whooping Cranes Gets More Living Space

By Dylan Baddour

Diane Wilson outside the Formosa Plastics plant in Point Comfort, Texas, in November 2021. Credit: Mark Felix/AFP ia Getty Images

Diane Wilson Takes on Another Plastics Plant in Texas

By Dylan Baddour

A view of the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Belle Vernon, visible from a strip mall parking lot. Credit: Scott Goldsmith/Inside Climate News

Tracking Oil and Gas Waste in Pennsylvania Is Still a ‘Logistical Mess’

By Kiley Bense, Peter Aldhous

A Long Wait for Flooding Help in Chicago May Be Nearing an End

By Leigh Giangreco

The construction site for Chinese battery giant CATL’s plant near Debrecen, Hungary, is seen on May 5, 2024. Credit: Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images

China’s Clean Energy Investments Abroad Are a Boon for Climate, but Human Rights and the Environment Are a Different Story

By Nicholas Kusnetz

People wade through floodwater in the aftermath of flash floods on Dec. 2 in Central Tapanuli, North Sumatra. Credit: Yt Hariono/AFP via Getty Images

Sumatra’s Deadly Floods May Have Pushed a Rare Ape Closer to the Brink of Extinction

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Firefighters with the U.S. Forest Service prepare a hoselay on a hillside during the Park Fire in Tehama County, Calif., on July 27, 2024. Credit: Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

Hope—and Many Fears—Follow in the Wake of Trump’s Plan to Transform Wildland Firefighting

By Kiley Price

Disaster survivors traveled to Washington, D.C., to call for a stronger federal disaster response system, not the much-reduced agency proposed by a Trump-appointed council. Credit: Ralph Alswang

Disaster Survivors Denounce Proposed FEMA Downsizing

By Anika Jane Beamer

The sun sets behind wind turbines and rows of solar panels at a renewable energy farm in Qingyang, China. Credit: Chen Kun/VCG via Getty Images

One Big, Shining Beacon for Climate Hope

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Costa Rican border patrol roam the waters of Térraba-Sierpe National Wetland. In the last decade, authorities have arrested 159 subsidized vessels for illegal infractions ranging from illegal fishing to narco-trafficking. Credit: Ministry of Public Security

How a Nation Famous for Marine Conservation Is Bankrolling Its Own Destruction

By Johnny Sturgeon

A view of Forest Park in Queens, New York City. The Natural Areas Conservancy will partner with the Forest Park Trust to enhance the area. Credit: Lauren Dalban/Inside Climate News

New York City’s Forests Are Ailing. New Funding May Get at the Root of the Problem

By Lauren Dalban

The Salinas River flows through California’s San Ardo Oil Field. Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

Green California’s Big Oil Problem

By Liza Gross

Oceanic whitetip sharks just received the highest of protections offered by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. All international trade of the species is now strictly prohibited. Credit: Renata Romeo

Sharks and Rays Gain Landmark Protections as Nations Move to Curb International Trade

By Teresa Tomassoni

A displaced Palestinian woman pushes water away from her tent after heavy rainfall at a makeshift camp inside Gaza’s port on Nov. 14. Credit: Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Gaza Faces Another Catastrophic Winter as Environmental and Humanitarian Devastation Mount

By Keerti Gopal

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