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The systemic racial and economic inequalities that worsen the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities around the globe.

A pedestrians walks by trash bags piled on a street in Manhattan. High Acres gets about 90 percent of its waste by train from New York City. Credit: Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images

In New York, a Legal Debate Over the State’s New Green Amendment

By Peter Mantius

Environmental justice scholar Dr. Robert Bullard speaks at the Hip Hop Caucus' inaugural A. Donald McEachin Environmental Justice Award reception on April 20, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Shannon Finney/Getty Images

Q&A: Robert Bullard Says 2024 Is the Year of Environmental Justice for an Inundated Shiloh, Alabama

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Trabajadores agrícolas en un campo cerca de Bakersfield, California. Crédito: Citizen of the Planet/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

A medida que aumentan las temperaturas, más trabajadores mueren en el campo

By Liza Gross, Peter Aldhous

The site of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio on Feb. 14, 2023. Credit: Rebecca Kiger/The Washington Post via Getty Images

One Year Later, Pennsylvanians Living Near the East Palestine Train Derailment Site Say They’re Still Sick

By Kiley Bense

The health of farmworkers is put at risk as growers continue to apply toxic fumigants around Watsonville, Calif. Credit: Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

California Pesticide Regulators’ Lax Oversight Violates Civil Rights Laws, Coalition Charges

By Liza Gross

Chicago is suing big fossil fuel companies, alleging the impact of flooding and other climate-related events has caused great damage. Credit: Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Chicago Sues 5 Oil Companies, Accusing Them of Climate Change Destruction, Fraud

By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times

The Kakagon and Bad River Sloughs located on the Bad River Reservation. Credit: Richard Schultz/Courtesy of 50 Eggs Films

Enbridge Wants Line 5 Shutdown Order Overturned on Tribal Land in Northern Wisconsin

By Phil McKenna, Noel Lyn Smith

Sonya Sanders poses for a portrait outside her home in Philadelphia on Dec. 19, 2023. Credit: Caroline Gutman/Inside Climate News

To Live and Die in Philadelphia: Sonya Sanders Grew Up Next Door to a Giant Refinery. She’s Still Suffering From Environmental Trauma

By Victoria St. Martin

A view of the Colorado River from the Navajo Bridge in Marble Canyon, Ariz. Credit: Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

Feds Deny Permits for Hydro Projects on Navajo Land, Citing Lack of Consultation With Tribes

By Noel Lyn Smith, Wyatt Myskow

After they were removed from the building, Sunrise Movement members continued to demonstrate outside President Joe Biden’s campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Del. on Feb. 12. Credit: Adah Crandall

‘Lead or Lose!’ Young People Arrested at Biden’s Campaign Headquarters Call for Climate Action and a Ceasefire

By Keerti Gopal

U.S. President Joe Biden and Catherine Coleman Flowers, founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice, arrive for an event at the White House on April 21, 2023. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Some Americans Don’t Have the Ability to Flush Their Toilets. A Federal Program Aimed at Helping Solve That Problem Is Expanding

By Lee Hedgepeth

The Francis Scott Key Bridge crosses Bear Creek and the Patapsco River. Credit: Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images

The Proposed Cleanup of a Baltimore County Superfund Site Stirs Questions and Concerns in a Historical, Disinvested Community

By Aman Azhar

Mobile city workers shovel pounds of Mardi Gras beads into the back of a truck. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

During Mardi Gras, Tons of Fun Comes With Tons of Toxic Beads

By Lee Hedgepeth

The Motiva oil refinery, the largest in the United States, looms over a residential neighborhood in Port Arthur, Texas. Credit: James Bruggers/Inside Climate News

 ‘A Dream Deferred:’ 30 Years of U.S. Environmental Justice in Port Arthur, Texas

By James Bruggers

Climate scientist Michael Mann is seen outside of the H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse on Feb. 5 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Pete Kiehart for The Washington Post via Getty Images

Michael Mann’s $1 Million Defamation Verdict Resonates in a Still-Contentious Climate Science World

By Marianne Lavelle

An aerial view of the Tijuana River crossing the Mexico-U.S. border on March 14, 2020. Credit: Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images

Sewage Across Borders: The Tijuana River Is Spewing Wastewater Into San Diego Amid Historic Storms, Which Could Threaten Public Health

By Kiley Price

U.S. Forest Service firefighters conduct prescribed burning within Oregon's Gilchrist State Forest in May 2023. Credit: U.S. Forest Service

Indictment of US Forest Service ‘Burn Boss’ in Oregon Could Chill ‘Good Fires’ Across the Country

By Grant Stringer

A large detention pond (bottom center) often overflows onto residents' properties, even in moderate rain. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

How Racism Flooded Alabama’s Historically Black Shiloh Community

By Lee Hedgepeth

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