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

Residents gather in a public cooling shelter set up at the Oregon Convention Center during a heatwave in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday, June 26, 2021. Credit: Maranie Staab/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A Deadly Summer in the Pacific Northwest Augurs More Heat Waves, and More Deaths to Come

By Bob Berwyn, James Bruggers, Liza Gross

Austun Wilde rests with her two dogs at a cooling center in the Oregon Convention Center on June 27, 2021 in Portland, Oregon. Record breaking temperatures lingered over the Northwest during a historic heatwave this weekend. Credit: Nathan Howard/Getty Images

Global Warming Cauldron Boils Over in the Northwest in One of the Most Intense Heat Waves on Record Worldwide

By Judy Fahys, Bob Berwyn

Long time coal miner Billy Griffith pauses while working at a coal prep plant on May 19, 2017 outside the city of Welch, West Virginia. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

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

Phil Harrison views a uranium loading bin left behind from the mining era, which stretched from the 1940s to the 1980s. Credit: Cheyanne M. Daniels/MNS

The US Nuclear Weapons Program Left ‘a Horrible Legacy’ of Environmental Destruction and Death Across the Navajo Nation

By Cheyanne M. Daniels

A Guambiano man harvests potatoes in the mountains outside Silvia, Cauca, Columbia. Credit: Ann Johansson/Corbis via Getty Images

Incursions Into Indigenous Lands Not Only Threaten Tribal Food Systems, But the Planet’s Well-Being

By Georgina Gustin

A detour sign is seen at East 20th Street and Avenue C in Lower Manhattan as the first phase of major construction is underway. Credit: Brahmjot Kaur/Inside Climate News

New York Embarks on a Massive Climate Resiliency Project to Protect Manhattan’s Lower East Side From Sea Level Rise

By Brahmjot Kaur

Activists hold up a banner of Jair Bolsonaro as they gather in front of the Brazilian Embassy during a demonstration organized by Extinction Rebellion activists on Aug. 26, 2019 in Brussels, Belgium. Credit: Thierry Monasse/Getty Images

Indigenous Leaders and Human Rights Groups in Brazil Want Bolsonaro Prosecuted for Crimes Against Humanity

By Katie Surma

Farmers in Kenya. Credit: Geoffrey Omondi/Climate Visuals Countdown

Without ‘Transformative Adaptation’ Climate Change May Threaten the Survival of Millions of Small Scale Farmers

By Georgina Gustin

This picture taken on Aug. 11, 2015 shows Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong province. Credit: STR/AFP via Getty Images

Is the Controlled Shrinking of Economies a Better Bet to Slow Climate Change Than Unproven Technologies?

By Bob Berwyn

A Citgo oil refinery stands in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016. Credit: Eddie Seal/Bloomberg via Getty Images

13 Refineries Emit Dangerous Benzene Emissions That Exceed the EPA’s ‘Action Level,’ a Study Finds

By Aman Azhar

The twin towers of the coker at the sprawling Limetree Bay refinery in St. Croix. Since February when the refinery restarted after an eight-year hiatus, problems with the coker and other processing units have created massive amounts of pressure inside the refinery, causing flares of oil and toxic emissions that have sickened downwind neighbors within seven miles. Credit: Patricia Borns

As Harsh Financial Realities Emerge, St. Croix’s Limetree Bay Refinery Could Be Facing Bankruptcy

By Kristoffer Tigue

Butch Segura and his son Stew Segura salvage what they can from their store named Mattress Doctor after it was destroyed as Hurricane Laura passed through the area on Aug. 28, 2020 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The hurricane hit with powerful winds causing extensive damage in the area. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Q&A: With Climate Change-Fueled Hurricanes and Wildfire on the Horizon, a Trauma Expert Offers Ways to Protect Your Mental Health

By James Bruggers

Demonstrators are detained at an Enbridge Inc. Line 3 pump station during a 'Treaty People Gathering' protest in Hubbard County, Minnesota, on Monday, June 7, 2021. Credit: Nicole Neri/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Thousands Came to Minnesota to Protest New Construction on the Line 3 Pipeline. Hundreds Left in Handcuffs but More Vowed to Fight on.

By Sam Palca, Kristoffer Tigue, Phil McKenna

Winona LaDuke welcomes a group of interfaith climate activists to Minnesota on Saturday night at the Northern Pines Camp near Park Rapids. "Thank you for coming," she said. "It doesn't matter what color you are, you have to drink water." Credit: Audrey Gray

Dawn Goodwin and 300 Environmental Groups Consider the new Line 3 Pipeline a Danger to All Forms of Life

By Audrey Gray

Activists gathered outside the White House in May to demand that President Joe Biden refuse to compromise on election promises regarding climate change and social justice. (Credit: Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Green New Deal Network)

With Trump Gone, Old Fault Lines in the Climate Movement Reopen, Complicating Biden’s Path Forward

By Marianne Lavelle

Flared natural gas is burned off at Apache Corporations operations at the Deadwood natural gas plant in the Permian Basin on Feb. 5, 2015 in Garden City, Texas. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

With the World Focused on Reducing Methane Emissions, Even Texas Signals a Crackdown on ‘Flaring’

By Jonathan Moens

Birds nest on an island in Lavaca Bay, close to Dredge Island and its mercury contamination. Credit: Spike Johnson

‘Suezmax’ Oil Tankers Could Soon Be Plying the Poisoned Waters of Texas’ Lavaca Bay

By Aman Azhar

The paint chipping from a windowsill contains amounts of lead that are dangerous to children. Credit: MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images

For the Second Time in Four Years, the Ninth Circuit Has Ordered the EPA to Set New Lead Paint and Dust Standards

By Agya K. Aning

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