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Justice & Health

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

The town of Princeton, Iowa, has shuttered two wells in two decades due to persistent nitrate contamination. Credit: Anika Jane Beamer/Inside Climate News

An Iowa Town Spent $800,000 on a New Well. It Pumps Undrinkable Water.

By Anika Jane Beamer

Muddy flood waters of the Catawba River pour over the Oxford Dam, threatening a highway bridge in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Sept. 28, 2024, in Hickory, N.C. Credit: Steve Exum/Getty Images

Supreme Court’s Limitation on Wetlands Protection Will Make Flooding Worse

By Lisa Sorg

An aerial view of Alligator Alcatraz in Ochopee, Fla. Credit: Alon Skuy/Getty Images

Alligator Alcatraz Emissions Threaten Human Health, Violate Clean Air Act, Lawsuit Claims

By Amy Green

Hikers walk along a trail in Montana’s Custer Gallatin National Forest. Credit: Jacob W. Frank/National Park Service

Logging Project Near Yellowstone Could Threaten Wildlife Habitat and Tourist-Dependent Businesses

By Mosabber Hossain

A school group tours the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: Ryan Krugman/Inside Climate News

A Georgia Wildlife Haven Forged by Fire and Peat Nears UNESCO Recognition

By Ryan Krugman

Workers strike at the JBS Beef Production Facility in Greeley, Colo., on March 16. Credit: Brice Tucker/MediaNews Group/Greeley Tribune via Getty Images

Greenpeace Plans to Sue JBS for Its Climate Impacts, Seeks Details About Major Plans in Nigeria

By Georgina Gustin

Andrea Belotti of S.L. Benfica pours water on his face to cool off during a FIFA Club World Cup match at Bank of America Stadium on June 28, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. Credit: Justin Setterfield/FIFA via Getty Images

The 2026 World Cup Will Feature a Villainous Player: Extreme Heat

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

A GKN Aerospace chemical tank became pressurized and threatened to explode in Orange County, California, ahead of Memorial Day weekend. Credit: Steven Rodas/Inside Climate News

Air Monitors Used in California Tank Crisis Were Inadequate in the Past, Leaving Returning Residents Uneasy

By Steven Rodas

A woman sweeps floodwater out of her home on Sept. 11, 2024, in Houma, La. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

As Seas Rise, Louisiana Faces a Choice: Plan for Movement or Let Crisis Decide

By Avery Schuyler Nunn

The Spiral Jetty, constructed by artist Robert Smithson in 1970, sits near the Great Salt Lake’s water on Aug. 1, 2021 in Utah. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Let Terry Tempest Williams Teach You How to Find Your Own Glorians

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

President Donald Trump is joined by grocery store owners and supermarket corporation executives as he announces regulatory rollbacks on chemical refrigerants at the White House on May 21. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

EPA Rollbacks Could Raise AC, Refrigeration Costs Despite Promise of Lower Prices

By Phil McKenna

An aerial view of a coal ash pond in Jefferson County, Alabama. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Environmentalists Turn Out in Force to Oppose Trump Coal Ash Rollbacks

By Arcelia Martin

Oil rigs on the shores of Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo in Cabimas. Credit: Maryorin Mendez/AFP via Getty Images

In Venezuela, Anxiety About Ramping Up Oil Production in the Heavily Polluted Lake Maracaibo Region

By Avril Silva

Many Indiantown residents opposed to data centers express frustration over what they describe as a lack of transparency regarding the proposals. Credit: Amy Green/Inside Climate News

In Florida, an Agricultural Town in Need of an Economic Boost Eyes Hyperscale Data Centers

By Amy Green

A view of a methane digester at Straus Dairy Farm in Marshall, Calif. Credit: Scott Strazzante/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

USDA Extends Pause on Loans for Controversial Digesters That Turn Manure Into Biogas

By Steven Rodas, Lisa Sorg

Researchers take samples from a male gray whale on a beach near Moclips, Wash., on April 11. Post-mortem showed cause of death as malnutrition and blunt force trauma, probably from colliding with a boat. Credit: Courtesy of Cascadia Research Collective

Malnourished Gray Whales of the Eastern North Pacific Are in ‘Serious Trouble’

By Blaine Harden

Pipes divert raw sewage into the C&O Canal around a broken section of the Potomac Interceptor on Feb. 16 in Cabin John, Md. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Sewage and Fuel Leaks Contaminate the Potomac River, Source of Drinking Water for More Than 5 Million People

By Aman Azhar

Santa Paula resident Ethan Higbee walks the area where an oil spill took place six months earlier in Ventura County. He smells residue he worries is oil remains. Credit: Steven Rodas/Inside Climate News

Six Months After Oil Spilled Into California Tributary, Families Worry the Cleanup Was Never Finished

By Steven Rodas

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