Justice & Health
The systemic racial and economic inequalities that worsen the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities around the globe.
In North Carolina, a Legal Fight Over Wetlands Protections
By Lisa Sorg
NTSB Says Norfolk Southern Threatened Staff as They Investigated the East Palestine Derailment
By Kiley Bense
Is This Palm Oil Company Operating on Protected Forestland?
By Jenaye Johnson
EPA Urges US Army to Test for PFAS in Creeks Flowing Out of Former Seneca Army Depot
By Peter Mantius
For Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley,’ Study Shows An Even Graver Risk From Toxic Gases
By Victoria St. Martin
The Chesapeake Bay Program Isn’t Likely to Hit Its 2025 Cleanup Goals. What Happens Next?
By Aman Azhar
As a Longwall Coal Mine Grows Beneath an Alabama Town, Neighbors of an Explosion Victim Feel Undermined and Unheard
By Lee Hedgepeth
Declaring an Epidemic of ‘Toxic Litter,’ Baltimore Targets Plastic Makers and Packaging in the Latest Example of Plastics Litigation
By James Bruggers
Alabama Family to Add Wrongful Death Claim Against Mine Operator in Lawsuit Over Home Explosion
By Lee Hedgepeth
Climate Activists Blockade Citigroup’s Doors with Model Pipeline and Protest Bank’s Ties to Israel
By Keerti Gopal
Effort to Save a Historic Water Tower Put Lead in this North Carolina Town’s Soil
By Lisa Sorg
California’s Bay Area is Heating Up. Its Infrastructure Isn’t Designed For It
By Ruchi Shahagadkar
With Heat Waves, an Increased Risk for Heart Problems, New Research Shows
By Victoria St. Martin
Developing Countries Say Their Access Difficulties at Bonn Climate Talks Show Justice Issues Obstruct Climate Progress
By Bob Berwyn
Q&A: The U.N.’s New Special Rapporteur for Human Rights and Environment Previously Won a Landmark Case in Peru
By Katie Surma
Q&A: Choked by Diesel Pollution From Generators, Cancer Rates in Beirut Surge by 30 Percent
Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth
