Justice & Health
The systemic racial and economic inequalities that worsen the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities around the globe.
World Leaders Failed to Bend the Emissions Curve for 30 Years. Some Climate Experts Say Bottom-Up Change May Work Better
By Bob Berwyn
Diesel Emissions in Major US Cities Disproportionately Harm Communities of Color, New Studies Confirm
By Kristoffer Tigue
Plagued by Daily Blackouts, Puerto Ricans Are Calling for an Energy Revolution. Will the Biden Administration Listen?
By Kristoffer Tigue
To Stop Line 3 Across Minnesota, an Indigenous Tribe Is Asserting the Legal Rights of Wild Rice
By Katie Surma
Video: Carolina Tribe Fighting Big Poultry Joined Activists Pushing Administration to Act on Climate and Justice
Story and Video by Aman Azhar
Long Concerned About Air Pollution, Baltimore Experienced Elevated Levels on 43 Days in 2020
By Agya K. Aning
Indigenous Climate Activists Arrested After ‘Occupying’ US Department of Interior
By Phil McKenna, Video by Aman Azhar
Pollution from N.C.’s Commercial Poultry Farms Disproportionately Harms Communities of Color
By Aman Azhar
The UN’s Top Human Rights Panel Votes to Recognize the Right to a Clean and Sustainable Environment
By Katie Surma
Is it Time for the World Court to Weigh in on Climate Change?
By Katie Surma
Civil Rights Groups in North Carolina Say ‘Biogas’ From Hog Waste Will Harm Communities of Color
By Aman Azhar
In Baltimore Schools, Cutting Food Waste as a Lesson in Climate Awareness and Environmental Literacy
By Agya K. Aning
Dangerous Air: As California Burns, America Breathes Toxic Smoke
By Alison Saldanha, Farida Jhabvala Romero, Caleigh Wells and Aaron Glantz
The Fires That Raged on This Greek Island Are Out. Now Northern Evia Faces a Long Road to Recovery
By Moira Lavelle
A Friday for the Future: The Global Climate Strike May Help the Youth Movement Rebound From the Pandemic
By Bob Berwyn, Delger Erdenesanaa
Fires Fuel New Risks to California Farmworkers
By Liza Gross
