Justice & Health
The systemic racial and economic inequalities that worsen the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities around the globe.
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
Maryland Thought Deregulating Utilities Would Lower Rates. It’s Cost the State’s Residents Hundreds of Millions of Dollars.
By Agya K. Aning
Environmental Justice Plays a Key Role in Biden’s Covid-19 Stimulus Package
By Marianne Lavelle
Video: In California, the Northfork Mono Tribe Brings ‘Good Fire’ to Overgrown Woodlands
Video By Adam Sings in the Timber; Text By Michael Kodas
Baltimore Continues Incinerating Trash, Despite Opposition from its New Mayor and City Council
By Agya K. Aning
Urging Biden to Stop Line 3, Indigenous-Led Resistance Camps Ramp Up Efforts to Slow Construction
By Kristoffer Tigue
Why the Poor in Baltimore Face Such Crushing ‘Energy Burdens’
By Agya K. Aning
Mary Nichols Was the Early Favorite to Run Biden’s EPA, Before She Became a ‘Casualty’
By Katie Surma
Coal Communities Across the Nation Want Biden to Fund an Economic Transition to Clean Power
By James Bruggers
