Justice & Health
The systemic racial and economic inequalities that worsen the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities around the globe.
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
Researchers Say Science Skewed by Racism is Increasing the Threat of Global Warming to People of Color
By Bob Berwyn
Activists Take Aim at an Expressway Project in Karachi, Saying it Will Only Heighten Climate Threats
By Zoha Tunio
Conservation has a Human Rights Problem. Can the New UN Biodiversity Plan Solve it?
By Katie Surma
Nature’s Say: How Voices from Hawai’i Are Reframing the Climate Conversation
By Audrey Gray
New Mexico Could Be the Fourth State to Add a Green Amendment to Its Constitution, But Time Is Short
By Aydali Campa
Is the California Coalition Fighting Subsidies For Rooftop Solar a Fake Grassroots Group?
By Anne Marshall-Chalmers, Dan Gearino
As States Move to Electrify Their Fleets, Activists Demand Greater Environmental Justice Focus
By Kristoffer Tigue
Inspired by King’s Words, Experts Say the Fight for Climate Justice Anywhere is a Fight for Climate Justice Everywhere
By James Bruggers
In the Latest Rights of Nature Case, a Tribe Is Suing Seattle on Behalf of Salmon in the Skagit River
By Katie Surma
Amid Delayed Action and White House Staff Resignations, Activists Wonder What’s Next for Biden’s Environmental Agenda
By Kristoffer Tigue, Ariel Gans
Video: Aerial Detectives Dive Deep Into North Carolina’s Hog and Poultry Waste Problem
By Aman Azhar
Is a State Program to Foster Sustainable Farming Leaving Out Small-Scale Growers and Farmers of Color?
By Anne Marshall-Chalmers
An African American Community in Florida Blocked Two Proposed Solar Farms. Then the Florida Legislature Stepped In.
By Aman Azhar
In San Francisco’s Most Polluted Neighborhood, the Polluters Operate Without Proper Permits, Reports Say
By Elena Shao