Justice & Health
The systemic racial and economic inequalities that worsen the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities around the globe.
Biden and Tribal Leaders Celebrate Four Years of Accomplishments on Behalf of Native Americans
By Noel Lyn Smith
Alabama’s Public Service Commission Shuts the Public Out While Setting Utility Fuel Cost Rates
By Dennis Pillion
A Supreme Court Case About a Railway Could Have Widespread Impacts on U.S. Environmental Laws
By Wyatt Myskow
Rise in Avian Flu Cases Amplifies Concerns About Consolidation in Agriculture
By Georgina Gustin
How to Buy a Piece of a Lawsuit and Impoverish a Country
By Katie Surma, Nicholas Kusnetz
New York Isn’t Ready to Fight More Wildfires
By Nathan Porceng, New York Focus
Traditional Foods, and the Threats They Face, Take Center Stage at Navajo Summit
By Noel Lyn Smith
We All Agree There’s a Plastics Crisis. So Why Did the Global Plastics Treaty Stall Out?
Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth
Senate Democrats Push to Ease Process for Disaster Housing Aid
By Marianne Lavelle
A River in Washington State Now Has Enforceable Legal Rights
By Katie Surma
Texas Farmers Say Sewage-Based Fertilizer Tainted With ‘Forever Chemicals’ Poisoned Their Land and Killed Their Livestock
By Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune
New Jersey Is the Latest State to Consider Heat Protections for Workers
By Emilie Lounsberry
Can Recycled Oilfield Water Quench the Thirst of Drought-Stricken West Texas?
By Martha Pskowski
COP Climate Talks Could Benefit From More Feminist Values, Less Focus on Tech Solutions, Experts Say
By Bob Berwyn
Aspiring Applicants Worry EPA Environmental Justice Grant Funding Will Be Rescinded Before It’s Awarded
By Kristoffer Tigue, Dennis Pillion, Dylan Baddour, Marianne Lavelle
How COP29 Came Close to Collapse, as Developed and Developing Nations Clashed Under the Weak Azerbaijanis
Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth