Justice & Health
The systemic racial and economic inequalities that worsen the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities around the globe.
In Northern Virginia, a Coming Data Center Boom Sounds a Community Alarm
By Aman Azhar
Q&A: Cancer Alley Is Real, And Louisiana Officials Helped Create It, Researchers Find
By James Bruggers
Twice as Much Land in Developing Nations Will be Swamped by Rising Seas than Previously Projected, New Research Shows
By Bob Berwyn
Q&A: California Drilling Setback Law Suspended by Oil Industry Ballot Maneuver. The Law’s Author Won’t Back Down
By Liza Gross
Study Documents a Halt to Deforestation in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest After Indigenous Communities Gain Title to Their Territories
By Katie Surma
Coal Ash Along the Shores of the Great Lakes Threatens Water Quality as Residents Rally for Change
By Grace van Deelen
In Louisiana, Climate Change Threatens the Preservation of History
By Kiley Bense
Gov. Moore Commits Funding for 67 Hires in Maryland’s Embattled Environment Department, Hoping to Fix Wastewater Treatment Woes
By Aman Azhar
Minnesota Is Poised to Pass an Ambitious 100 Percent Clean Energy Bill. Now About Those Incinerators…
By Aydali Campa
California Activists Redouble Efforts to Hold the Oil Industry Accountable on Neighborhood Drilling
By Liza Gross
The Poet Franny Choi Contemplates the End of the World (and What Comes Next)
By Kiley Bense
Six Environmental Justice Policy Fights to Watch in 2023
By Kristoffer Tigue, Aydali Campa, Darreonna Davis
In the Amazon, Indigenous and Locally Controlled Land Stores Carbon, but the Rest of the Rainforest Emits Greenhouse Gases
By Bob Berwyn, Katie Surma
After a Decade, Federal Officials Tighten Guidelines on Air Pollution
By Victoria St. Martin
The ‘Plant Daddy of Dallas’ Is Paving the Way for Clean, Profitable Urban Agriculture
By Autumn Jones
West Baltimore Residents, Students Have Mixed Feelings About Water Quality After E. Coli Contamination
By Darreonna Davis