Justice & Health
The systemic racial and economic inequalities that worsen the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities around the globe.
Will the Nation’s First Heat Protection Standard Safeguard the Most Vulnerable Workers?
By Liza Gross
‘Not Caused by an Act of God’: In a Rare Court Action, an Oregon County Seeks to Hold Fossil Fuel Companies Accountable for Extreme Temperatures
By Victoria St. Martin
New NOAA Initiative Will Provide $60 Million in Funding to Train Workers for Green Jobs
By Ruchi Shahagadkar
Facing Climate Gentrification, an Historic African American Community Outside Charleston, S.C., Embraces Conservation
By Daniel Shailer
Q&A: How a Land Purchase Inspired by an Unfulfilled Promise Aims to Make People of Color Feel Welcome in the Wilderness
Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth
First Heat Protection Standards for Workers Proposed by Biden Administration
By Marianne Lavelle
In New York’s Finger Lakes Region, Long-Haul Garbage Trucks Trigger Town Resolutions Against Landfill Expansion
By Peter Mantius
US Prisons and Jails Exposed to an Increasing Number of Hazardous Heat Days, Study Says
By Sarah Hopkins
California Communities Celebrate ‘Massive’ Victory as Oil Industry Drops Unpopular Referendum
By Liza Gross
Louisville Finally Takes Stock of Abandoned Waste Dump Inside a Preserved Forest
By James Bruggers
To Save the Amazon, What if We Listened to Those Living Within It?
By Katie Surma
How To Survive a Heat Wave on a Fixed Income
By Gautama Mehta, Grist
Supreme Court Overturns Chevron Doctrine: What it Means for Climate Change Policy
By Marianne Lavelle
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
