Justice & Health
The systemic racial and economic inequalities that worsen the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities around the globe.
What’s in That Bottle?
Interview by Ainsely O’Neill and Steve Curwood, “Living on Earth”
The Toad and the Geothermal Plant
By Henry Carnell, Mother Jones
A Plant Proposed in Youngstown, Ohio, Would Have Turned Tons of Tires Into Synthetic Gas. Local Officials Said Not So Fast
By James Bruggers
Environmental Justice Advocates in Virginia Fear Recent Legal Gains Could Be Thwarted by Politics in Richmond
By Hannah Chanatry
Ireland Could Become the Next Nation to Recognize the Rights of Nature and a Human Right to a Clean Environment
By Katie Surma
Dying in the Fields as Temperatures Soar
By Liza Gross, Peter Aldhous
2023 in Climate News: Did Renewable Energy’s Surge Keep Pace With a Radically Warming Climate?
By ICN Staff
The Climate Treadmill Speeds Up At COP28, But Critics Say It’s Still Not Going Anywhere
By Bob Berwyn
For One Environmentalist, Warning Black Women About Dangerous Beauty Products Allows Them to Own Their Health
By Victoria St. Martin
Moving South, Black Americans Are Weathering Climate Change
By Adam Mahoney, Capital B
Q&A: Catherine Coleman Flowers Talks COP28, Rural Alabama, and the Path Toward a ‘Just Transition’
By Lee Hedgepeth
With $25 Million and Community Collaboration, Baltimore Is Becoming a Living Climate Lab
By Aman Azhar
Texas Court Strikes Down Air Pollution Permit for Gulf Coast Oil Terminal
By Dylan Baddour
Spanning Two Worlds, Judith Kimerling Explores Ecuador’s Rainforest and the Rule of Law That Might Save Those Who Live There
By Katie Surma
Judith Kimerling’s 1991 ‘Amazon Crude’ Exposed the Devastation of Oil Exploration in Ecuador. If Only She Could Make it Stop
By Katie Surma
Indigenous Leaders Urge COP28 Negotiators to Focus on Preventing Loss and Damage and Drastically Reducing Emissions
By Liza Gross