Justice & Health
The systemic racial and economic inequalities that worsen the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities around the globe.
Donald Trump’s Parting Gift to the People of St. Croix: The Reopening of One of America’s Largest Oil Refineries
By Kristoffer Tigue
Q&A: Al Gore Describes a ‘Well-Known Playbook’ That Fossil Fuel Companies Employ to Win Community Support
By Carrington J. Tatum, MLK50
During February’s Freeze in Texas, Refineries and Petrochemical Plants Released Almost 4 Million Pounds of Extra Pollutants
By Aman Azhar
Maryland Thought Deregulating Utilities Would Lower Rates. It’s Cost the State’s Residents Hundreds of Millions of Dollars.
By Agya K. Aning
Environmental Justice Plays a Key Role in Biden’s Covid-19 Stimulus Package
By Marianne Lavelle
Video: In California, the Northfork Mono Tribe Brings ‘Good Fire’ to Overgrown Woodlands
Video By Adam Sings in the Timber; Text By Michael Kodas
Baltimore Continues Incinerating Trash, Despite Opposition from its New Mayor and City Council
By Agya K. Aning
Urging Biden to Stop Line 3, Indigenous-Led Resistance Camps Ramp Up Efforts to Slow Construction
By Kristoffer Tigue
Why the Poor in Baltimore Face Such Crushing ‘Energy Burdens’
By Agya K. Aning
Mary Nichols Was the Early Favorite to Run Biden’s EPA, Before She Became a ‘Casualty’
By Katie Surma
Coal Communities Across the Nation Want Biden to Fund an Economic Transition to Clean Power
By James Bruggers
Eminent Domain Lets Pipeline Developers Take Land, Pay Little, Say Black Property Owners
By Carrington J. Tatum, MLK50
Activists See Biden’s Day One Focus on Environmental Justice as a Critical Campaign Promise Kept
By Kristoffer Tigue, Agya K. Aning, Judy Fahys, Katie Surma
The South’s Communication Infrastructure Can’t Withstand Climate Change
By Bailey Basham
Global Efforts to Adapt to the Impacts of Climate Are Lagging as Much as Efforts to Slow Emissions
By Bob Berwyn
Will 2021 Be the Year for Environmental Justice Legislation? States Are Already Leading the Way
By Kristoffer Tigue
