Justice & Health
The systemic racial and economic inequalities that worsen the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities around the globe.
New York Is Facing a Pandemic-Fueled Home Energy Crisis, With No End in Sight
By Quratulain Tejani
Lead Poisonings of Children in Baltimore Are Down, but Lead Contamination Still Poses a Major Threat, a New Report Says
By Agya K. Aning
Study Identifies Outdoor Air Pollution as the ‘Largest Existential Threat to Human and Planetary Health’
By Victoria St. Martin
In the Philippines, a Landmark Finding Moves Fossil Fuel Companies’ Climate Liability into the Realm of Human Rights
By Nicholas Kusnetz
Fossil Fuels Aren’t Just Harming the Planet. They’re Making Us Sick
By Liza Gross, Victoria St. Martin
Warming Trends: Nature and Health Studies Focused on the Privileged, $1B for Climate School and Old Tires Detour Into Concrete
By Katelyn Weisbrod
An Unprecedented Heat Wave in India and Pakistan Is Putting the Lives of More Than a Billion People at Risk
By Zoha Tunio
Activists Laud Biden’s New Environmental Justice Appointee, But Concerns Linger Over Equity and Funding
By Kristoffer Tigue
Indian Court Rules That Nature Has Legal Status on Par With Humans—and That Humans Are Required to Protect It
By Katie Surma
A Black Woman Fought for Her Community, and Her Life, Amidst Polluting Landfills and Vast ‘Borrow Pits’ Mined for Sand and Clay
By Agya K. Aning
EPA Opens Civil Rights Investigation Into Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
By Victoria St. Martin
The ‘State of the Air’ in America Is Unhealthy and Getting Worse, Especially for People of Color
By Kristoffer Tigue
What Does Climate Justice in California Look Like?
By Liza Gross
In South Asia, Vehicle Exhaust, Agricultural Burning and In-Home Cooking Produce Some of the Most Toxic Air in the World
By Zoha Tunio
North Carolina’s Bet on Biomass Energy Is Faltering, With Energy Targets Unmet and Concerns About Environmental Justice
By Aman Azhar
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Unintended Consequences of ‘Fortress Conservation’
By Katie Surma
