Justice & Health
The systemic racial and economic inequalities that worsen the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities around the globe.
California Slashed Harmful Vehicle Emissions, but People of Color and Overburdened Communities Continue to Breathe the Worst Air
By Liza Gross
Fine Particulate Matter Air Pollutants, Known as PM2.5, Have Led to Disproportionately High Deaths Among Black Americans
By Caroline Marshall Reinhart
‘Appalling Figures’: At Least Three Environmental Defenders Killed Per Week in 2023
By Katie Surma
As the Planet Warms, Activists in North Carolina Mobilize to Stop a Gathering Storm
Story by Lisa Sorg, Inside Climate News and photos by Julia Wall, The Assembly
Ratepayers Have Had Enough Of Rising Energy Bills
By Keerti Gopal
Customers Sue an Arizona Water District Amid Drought and Surging Demand
By Wyatt Myskow
Group Therapy Sessions Proliferate for People Afflicted With ‘Eco-Distress’
By Nina Dietz
South Carolina Is Considered a Model for ‘Managed Retreat’ From Coastal Areas Threatened by Climate Change
By Daniel Shailer
The Rural Americans Too Poor for Federal Flood Protections
By Claire Carlson, The Daily Yonder and Elizabeth Miller, Climate Central
NYC Environmental Justice Activists Feel Ignored by the City and the Army Corps on Climate Projects
By Lauren Dalban
In Louisiana, Environmental Justice Advocates Ponder Next Steps After a Federal Judge Effectively Bars EPA Civil Rights Probes
By Victoria St. Martin
In the First Community Meeting Since a Fatal Home Explosion, Residents Grill Alabama Regulators, Politicians Over Coal Mining Destruction
By Lee Hedgepeth
Nonprofit Law Center Asks EPA to Take Over Water Permitting in N.C.
By Lisa Sorg
California Climate and Health Groups Urge Legislators to Pass Polluter Pays Bills
By Liza Gross
EPA Thought Industry-Funded Scientists Could Support Its Conclusion That a Long-Regulated Pesticide Is Not a Cancer Risk
By Liza Gross
New Lake Okeechobee Plan Aims for More Water for the Everglades, Less Toxic Algae
By Amy Green
