Justice & Health
The systemic racial and economic inequalities that worsen the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities around the globe.
‘There Are No Winners Here’: Drought in the Klamath Basin Inflames a Decades-Old War Over Water and Fish
By Anne Marshall-Chalmers
Houston’s Mayor Asks EPA to Probe Contaminants at Rail Site Associated With Nearby Cancer Clusters
By Aman Azhar
For Farmworkers, Heat Too Often Means Needless Death
By Liza Gross
An Indigenous Group’s Objection to Geoengineering Spurs a Debate About Social Justice in Climate Science
By Haley Dunleavy
Two Years After a Huge Refinery Fire in Philadelphia, a New Day Has Come for its Long-Suffering Neighbors
By Daelin Brown
In Corpus Christi’s Hillcrest Neighborhood, Black Residents Feel Like They Are Living in a ‘Sacrifice Zone’
By Aman Azhar
A Deadly Summer in the Pacific Northwest Augurs More Heat Waves, and More Deaths to Come
By Bob Berwyn, James Bruggers, Liza Gross
Global Warming Cauldron Boils Over in the Northwest in One of the Most Intense Heat Waves on Record Worldwide
By Judy Fahys, Bob Berwyn
As the US Pursues Clean Energy and the Climate Goals of the Paris Agreement, Communities Dependent on the Fossil Fuel Economy Look for a Just Transition
By Judy Fahys
The US Nuclear Weapons Program Left ‘a Horrible Legacy’ of Environmental Destruction and Death Across the Navajo Nation
By Cheyanne M. Daniels
Incursions Into Indigenous Lands Not Only Threaten Tribal Food Systems, But the Planet’s Well-Being
By Georgina Gustin
New York Embarks on a Massive Climate Resiliency Project to Protect Manhattan’s Lower East Side From Sea Level Rise
By Brahmjot Kaur
Indigenous Leaders and Human Rights Groups in Brazil Want Bolsonaro Prosecuted for Crimes Against Humanity
By Katie Surma
Without ‘Transformative Adaptation’ Climate Change May Threaten the Survival of Millions of Small Scale Farmers
By Georgina Gustin
Is the Controlled Shrinking of Economies a Better Bet to Slow Climate Change Than Unproven Technologies?
By Bob Berwyn
13 Refineries Emit Dangerous Benzene Emissions That Exceed the EPA’s ‘Action Level,’ a Study Finds
By Aman Azhar
