Environmental Justice
From Heat Waves to Hurricanes, Climate Hazards Often Hit Renters the Hardest
By Kiley Price
International Human Rights Commission Condemns ‘Fortress Conservation’
By Katie Surma
California Still Has No Plan to Phase Out Oil Refineries
By Liza Gross
Feds Contradict Scientific Research, Say the Salton Sea’s Exposed Lakebed Is Not a Significant Source of Pollution for Disadvantaged Communities
By Sarah Hopkins
Following Cancer Alley Decision, States Pit Themselves Against Environmental Justice Efforts
Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth
UN Expert on Climate Change and Human Rights Sees ‘Crucial and Urgent Demand’ to Clarify Governments’ Obligations
By Katie Surma
Will the Nation’s First Heat Protection Standard Safeguard the Most Vulnerable Workers?
By Liza Gross
‘Not Caused by an Act of God’: In a Rare Court Action, an Oregon County Seeks to Hold Fossil Fuel Companies Accountable for Extreme Temperatures
By Victoria St. Martin
Facing Climate Gentrification, an Historic African American Community Outside Charleston, S.C., Embraces Conservation
By Daniel Shailer
Q&A: How a Land Purchase Inspired by an Unfulfilled Promise Aims to Make People of Color Feel Welcome in the Wilderness
Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth
California Communities Celebrate ‘Massive’ Victory as Oil Industry Drops Unpopular Referendum
By Liza Gross
As a Longwall Coal Mine Grows Beneath an Alabama Town, Neighbors of an Explosion Victim Feel Undermined and Unheard
By Lee Hedgepeth
Alabama Family to Add Wrongful Death Claim Against Mine Operator in Lawsuit Over Home Explosion
By Lee Hedgepeth
Climate Activists Blockade Citigroup’s Doors with Model Pipeline and Protest Bank’s Ties to Israel
By Keerti Gopal
Developing Countries Say Their Access Difficulties at Bonn Climate Talks Show Justice Issues Obstruct Climate Progress
By Bob Berwyn
A ‘Rights of Nature’ Tribunal Puts the Mountain Valley Pipeline on Trial
By Hannah Chanatry
