Justice & Health
The systemic racial and economic inequalities that worsen the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities around the globe.
Illinois Now Boasts the ‘Most Equitable’ Climate Law in America. So What Will That Mean?
By Brett Chase, Dan Gearino
Killings of Environmental Advocates Around the World Hit a Record High in 2020
By Georgina Gustin
Indigenous Tribes Facing Displacement in Alaska and Louisiana Say the U.S. Is Ignoring Climate Threats
By Dalia Faheid
Farming Without a Net
By Liza Gross
Baltimore Aspires to ‘Zero Waste’ But Recycles Only a Tiny Fraction of its Residential Plastic
By Agya K. Aning
North Carolina’s New Farm Bill Speeds the Way for Smithfield’s Massive Biogas Plan for Hog Farms
By Aman Azhar
Berta Cáceres’ Murder Shocked the World in 2016, But the Killing of Environmental Activists Continues
By Katie Livingstone
Charting a Course to Shrink the Heat Gap Between New York City Neighborhoods
By Delger Erdenesanaa
Timeline: Early Landmark Events in the Environmental Justice Movement
By Agya K. Aning
Line 3 Drew Thousands of Protesters to Minnesota This Summer. Last Week, Enbridge Declared the Pipeline Almost Finished
By Kristoffer Tigue
Are Bolsonaro’s Attacks on the Amazon and Indigenous Tribes International Crimes? A Third Court Plea Says They Are
By Katie Surma
Can California Reduce Dairy Methane Emissions Equitably?
By Liza Gross
A Crisis Of Water And Power On The Colorado River
In Three Predominantly Black North Birmingham Neighborhoods, Residents Live Inside an Environmental ‘Nightmare’
By Julia Benbrook, Augusta Saraiva
The Biden Administration’s Embrace of Environmental Justice Has Made Wary Activists Willing to Believe
By Agya K. Aning
Climate Activists Target a Retrofitted ‘Peaker Plant’ in Queens, Decrying New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure
By Kristoffer Tigue