Justice & Health
The systemic racial and economic inequalities that worsen the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities around the globe.
As East Harlem Waits for Infrastructure Projects to Mitigate Flood Risk, Residents Are Creating Their Own Solutions
By Juanita Gordon
As Texas Cranks Up the AC, Congested Transmission Lines Cause Renewable Power to Go to Waste
By Keaton Peters
Alabama Black Belt Becomes Environmental Justice Test Case: Is Sanitation a Civil Right?
By Dennis Pillion, AL.com
An Ohio Strip Mine’s Mineral Rights Are Under Unusual New Ownership
By Dani Kington and Keri Johnson, Athens County Independent
In a Montana Courtroom, Debate Over Whether States Can Make a Difference on Climate Change, and if They Have a Responsibility to Try
By Richard Forbes
Emergency Room Visits and 911 Calls for Heat Illness Spike During Texas Heat Wave
By Martha Pskowski, Gina Jiménez
‘Profit Over the Public’s Health’: Study Details Efforts by Makers of Forever Chemicals to Hide Their Harms
By Victoria St. Martin
Q&A: Heather McTeer Toney Reflects on the Ongoing Struggle for Environmental Justice in America
Maryland Urged to Cut Emissions By Swiftly Adopting Rules Electrifying Cars and Trucks
By Aman Azhar
Texas Cities Set Temperature Records in Unremitting Heat Wave
By Dylan Baddour
The ‘Sisyphus of Trash’ Struggles to Clean Relentless Waves of Plastic From a New York Island’s Beaches
By Devin Speak
Secretive State Climate Talks Stir Discontent With Pennsylvania Governor
By Kiley Bense
On Chicago’s South Side, Naomi Davis Planted the Seeds of Green Solutions to Help Black Communities
By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times and Aydali Campa, Inside Climate News
Activist Group ‘Names and Shames’ Cargill and Its Heirs to Keep Deforestation Promises
By Georgina Gustin
Wildfire Haze Adds To New York’s Climate Change Planning Needs
By Juanita Gordon
Love of the Land and Community Inspired the Montana Youths Whose Climate Lawsuit Against the State Goes to Court This Week
By Richard Forbes