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

Bessemer City Council member Cleo King explains his vote against rezoning for Project Marvel in a November meeting. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

An Alabama City Council Approves Rezoning for a Massive Data Center, Dividing a Community

By Lee Hedgepeth

Kayakers paddle near a group of manatees on March 22 in Crystal River, Fla. Credit: Thomas Simonetti for The Washington Post via Getty Images

In Florida, Manatee Deaths Edge Up Slightly in 2025

By Amy Green

Pictures of trees in the halls of the COP30 venue aren’t helping much with the extreme heat. U.N. officials sent a sharp letter to Brazil, asking the host country to immediately address the concerns. Credit: Bob Berwyn/Inside Climate News

Extreme Heat, Leaks and Security Issues Roil COP30

By Bob Berwyn

Members of the International Court of Justice arrive to issue an advisory opinion on states’ legal obligations to address climate change in The Hague on July 23. Credit: John Thys/AFP via Getty Images

A Landmark Court Ruling Looms Over U.S. Absence at COP30

By Dana Drugmand

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin (center) signs a proposed rule in Washington, D.C., on Monday that would revise the definition of “waters of the United States,” scaling back which bodies of water are subject to federal protections. Credit: Aidan Hughes/Inside Climate News

Trump Administration Moves to Weaken Federal Protections for Waterways and Wetlands

By Aidan Hughes

An Indigenous Guna scientist monitors a nesting leatherback sea turtle on a beach in Armila, Panama. Credit: Teresa Tomassoni/Inside Climate News

Deadly in Small Doses: New Research Shows the Lethal Effects of Ingested Plastic on Marine Animals

By Teresa Tomassoni

Ecuadoreans gather at a polling center in Manglaralto on Sunday to vote on a referendum proposed by President Daniel Noboa to overhaul Ecuador’s constitution. Credit: Marcos Pin/AFP via Getty Images

Ecuador’s Voters Protect Rights of Nature, Reject Proposal to Rewrite Constitution

By Katie Surma

Deborah Linn lives near the construction site of a new McBride waste facility for oil and gas disposal in Elysian Fields, Texas. Credit: Shelby Tauber

Pitted Against Waste

By Martha Pskowski, Lise Olsen

Chicago’s Historic Boulevards are identified by these distinctive signs found across the system. Credit: Yiannis Mastoras/Inside Climate News

What Chicago’s Boulevards Reveal about Community, Climate Change and Inequality

By Yiannis Mastoras

Zuly Rivera, defensora del agua y coordinadora juvenil del pueblo Nasa, en el río Caliyacu en Mocoa, Colombia.

La Fiebre del Cobre Llega al Amazonas

Por Dylan Baddour, fotos por Tom Laffay

The sun bears down on the Walk of Champions outside Bryant-Denny Stadium at the University of Alabama. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Scorching Saturdays: The Rising Heat Threat Inside Football Stadiums

By Olivia McMurrey, Lee Hedgepeth

Zuly Rivera, a water defender and youth coordinator for the Nasa pueblo, stands at the Caliyacu River in Mocoa, Colombia.

Global Rush for Copper Hits the Amazon

Story by Dylan Baddour, photos by Tom Laffay

Pamela Rayane Fernandes holding a tombstone of her 5-year-old daughter Emanuelle, who died in Bento Rodriguez, Brazil, following the collapse of the Fundão mine dam in the mountains of southeast Brazil nine years ago. Credit: Douglas Magno/AFP via Getty Images

Australian Company BHP Found Liable for Damages in One of Brazil’s Worst Mining Disasters

By Blanca Begert

The Johnson Tract is a private parcel with a worker camp and airstrip, surrounded by the vast Lake Clark National Park in Alaska. Credit: Max Graham/Northern Journal

A Patch of Indigenous Land, Rich in Metals, Pits Prominent Miner and Native Owners Against Conservationists

By Max Graham, Northern Journal

The photo show workers in hard hats and reflective vests in a trench with equipment.

Lawmakers Press EPA for $3B in Stalled Lead Pipe Replacement Funds

By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco

A specimen of the Birmingham darter documented by Yale biologist Thomas Near and his research team. Credit: Konstantinos Andriotis

A Proposed Alabama Data Center Faces New Hurdles: A ‘Road to Nowhere’ and the Birmingham Darter

By Lee Hedgepeth, Dennis Pillion

Expert marine mammal researchers used high-powered binoculars called “big eyes” to search for the vaquita porpoises, which are typically hard to see due to their small size and shy nature. Credit: Paula Mosa

Rare Sightings of Critically Endangered Vaquita Spark Cautious Optimism About the Species’ Ability to Recover

By Teresa Tomassoni

Andrea Crosta, executive director of Earth League International, has been investigating the illegal totoaba trade since 2018 as part of his organization’s Operation Fake Gold. Credit: Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Inside the Fight to Stop the Illegal Trade Driving the Vaquita Porpoise Toward Extinction

By Teresa Tomassoni

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