Justice & Health
The systemic racial and economic inequalities that worsen the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities around the globe.
A New Program Like FDR’s Civilian Conservation Corps Could Help the Nation Fight Climate Change and Transition to Renewable Energy
By Judy Fahys
The EPA Calls an Old Creosote Works in Pensacola an Uncontrolled Threat to Human Health. Why Is There No Money to Clean it Up?
By Agya K. Aning, Katie Surma, Kristoffer Tigue
Race, Poverty, Farming and a Natural Gas Pipeline Converge In a Rural Illinois Township
By Brett Chase
Will a Recent Emergency Methane Release Be the Third Strike for Weymouth’s New Natural Gas Compressor?
By Phil McKenna
The EPA Is Asking a Virgin Islands Refinery for Information on its Spattering of Neighbors With Oil
By Kristoffer Tigue
The First Native American Cabinet Secretary Visits the Land of Her Ancestors and Sees Firsthand the Obstacles to Compromise
By Judy Fahys
As the Climate Crisis Grows, a Movement Gathers to Make ‘Ecocide’ an International Crime Against the Environment
By Nicholas Kusnetz, Katie Surma, Yuliya Talmazan
Ecocide: Should Destruction of the Planet Be a Crime?
By David Sassoon
After Hurricane Harvey, a Heated Debate Over Flood Control Funds in Texas’ Harris County
By Aman Azhar
When an Oil Company Profits From a Pipeline Running Beneath Tribal Land Without Consent, What’s Fair Compensation?
By Judy Fahys
The Biden EPA Withdraws a Key Permit for an Oil Refinery on St. Croix, Citing ‘Environmental Justice’ Concerns
By Kristoffer Tigue
Does Another Plastics Plant in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ Make Sense? A New Report Says No
By James Bruggers
Lands Grabs and Other Destructive Environmental Practices in Cambodia Test the International Criminal Court
By Katie Surma
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
