Justice & Health
The systemic racial and economic inequalities that worsen the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities around the globe.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Unintended Consequences of ‘Fortress Conservation’
By Katie Surma
Global Warming Drove a Deadly Burst of Indian Ocean Tropical Storms
By Bob Berwyn
A Biomass Power Plant in Rural North Carolina Reignites Concerns Over Clean Energy and Environmental Justice
By Aman Azhar
Environmentalists in Chile Are Hoping to Replace the Country’s Pinochet-Era Legal Framework With an ‘Ecological Constitution’
By Katie Surma
Ecuador’s High Court Rules That Wild Animals Have Legal Rights
By Katie Surma
Complex Models Now Gauge the Impact of Climate Change on Global Food Production. The Results Are ‘Alarming’
By Georgina Gustin
With Biden in Europe Promising to Expedite U.S. LNG Exports, Environmentalists on the Gulf Coast Say, Not So Fast
By James Bruggers
Hurricane Michael Hit the Florida Panhandle in 2018 With 155 MPH Winds. Some Black and Low-Income Neighborhoods Still Haven’t Recovered
By Jonathan Moens
Puerto Rico Is Struggling to Meet Its Clean Energy Goals, Despite Biden’s Support
By Kristoffer Tigue
In the San Francisco Bay Area, the Pandemic Connects Rural Farmers and Urban Communities
By Kiley Bense
Latest IPCC Report Marks Progress on Climate Justice
By Bob Berwyn
North Carolina Hurricanes Linked to Increases in Gastrointestinal Illnesses in Marginalized Communities
By Leah Campbell
Activists Deplore the Human Toll and Environmental Devastation from Russia’s Unprovoked War of Aggression in Ukraine
By Katie Surma
‘Delay is Death,’ said UN Chief António Guterres of the New IPCC Report Showing Climate Impacts Are Outpacing Adaptation Efforts
By Bob Berwyn
Why Do Environmental Justice Advocates Oppose Carbon Markets? Look at California, They Say
By Kristoffer Tigue
Chicago Mayor Slow to Act on Promises to Build Green Economy by Repurposing Polluted Industrial Sites
By Brett Chase