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A Black Woman Fought for Her Community, and Her Life, Amidst Polluting Landfills and Vast ‘Borrow Pits’ Mined for Sand and Clay

LaFanette Soles-Woods’ home outside Pensacola, Florida, has been called one of America’s most environmentally unjust communities. It has more cancer cases than anyone can keep track of.

By Agya K. Aning

A family wears face masks as they walk through the smoke filled streets after the Thomas wildfire swept through Ventura, California on Dec. 6, 2017. Credit: Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images

The ‘State of the Air’ in America Is Unhealthy and Getting Worse, Especially for People of Color

By Kristoffer Tigue

Researchers Say Science Skewed by Racism is Increasing the Threat of Global Warming to People of Color

By Bob Berwyn

Black American civil rights leader Martin Luther King addresses crowds during the March On Washington at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C, where he gave his 'I Have A Dream' speech. Credit: Central Press/Getty Images

Inspired by King’s Words, Experts Say the Fight for Climate Justice Anywhere is a Fight for Climate Justice Everywhere

By James Bruggers

In Three Predominantly Black North Birmingham Neighborhoods, Residents Live Inside an Environmental ‘Nightmare’

By Julia Benbrook, Augusta Saraiva

A coalition of NYC Black Lives Matter activists and environmental justice groups march on the 51st anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X in 2016 to demand justice for the people of Flint, Michigan. Credit: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images

The Biden Administration’s Embrace of Environmental Justice Has Made Wary Activists Willing to Believe

By Agya K. Aning

A bridge support pile for the Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge beside Interstate 37 in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Friday, April 2, 2021. Credit: Eddie Seal/Bloomberg via Getty Images

In Corpus Christi’s Hillcrest Neighborhood, Black Residents Feel Like They Are Living in a ‘Sacrifice Zone’

By Aman Azhar

With the downtown skyline in the background cars jam the northbound lanes of I-45 in Houston, Texas. Credit: Stan Honda/AFP via Getty Images

Expansion of I-45 in Downtown Houston Is on Hold, for Now, in a Traffic-Choked, Divided Region

By Aman Azhar

Johari Cole-Kweli feeds her chickens on her farm, Iyabo Farms, in Pembroke Township, Illinois on April 21, 2021. Credit: Pat Nabong/Sun-Times

Race, Poverty, Farming and a Natural Gas Pipeline Converge In a Rural Illinois Township

By Brett Chase

People walk down a flooded street as they evacuate their homes after the area was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 27, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

After Hurricane Harvey, a Heated Debate Over Flood Control Funds in Texas’ Harris County

By Aman Azhar

Joseph Owens sits for a portrait outside his home on an acre of land in Southwest Memphis. The Byhalia Connection Pipeline initially offered him $3,000 to obtain an easement on a portion of his property. Credit: Andrea Morales for MLK50

Eminent Domain Lets Pipeline Developers Take Land, Pay Little, Say Black Property Owners

By Carrington J. Tatum, MLK50

The capped site of the former Diamond Alkali factory on the Passaic River in Newark, New Jersey, which is part of one of the largest and most expensive cleanup projects in the EPA's Superfund program. The community surrounding the toxic site is primarily lower-income Black and brown residents. Credit: NBC News

Will 2021 Be the Year for Environmental Justice Legislation? States Are Already Leading the Way

By Kristoffer Tigue

Protesters march in Boston after President Trump claimed to have won reelection as officials continued counting ballots with neither the president nor Joe Biden having amassed the 270 electoral votes needed for victory. Credit: Phil McKenna/InsideClimate

Post Election, Climate and Racial Justice Protesters Gather in Boston Over Ballot Counting

By Phil McKenna

Ramón Cruz is the first Latino to serve as president of the Sierra Club in the 128-year history of the nation's largest environmental organization. Credit: International Transport Forum

Q&A: The Sierra Club Embraces Environmental Justice, Forcing a Difficult Internal Reckoning

By Evelyn Nieves

In this aerial view from a drone, search and rescue vehicles from the Jackson County Sheriff's Office are seen in a mobile home park that was destroyed by wildfire on Sept. 11, 2020 in Ashland, Oregon. Credit: David Ryder/Getty Images

Text: Joe Biden on Climate Change, ‘a Global Crisis That Requires American Leadership’

Moms United for Black Lives Matter march during a protest against racial injustice and police brutality on July 31, 2020 in Portland, Oregon. Credit: Nathan Howard/Getty Images

With Tactics Honed on Climate Change, Ken Cuccinelli Turned to the Portland Streets

By Marianne Lavelle

Sen. Kamala Harris, along with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, introduced climate equity legislation on Thursday. Credit: Alexander Drago/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

Harris and Ocasio-Cortez Team up on a Climate ‘Equity’ Bill, Leaving Activists Hoping for Unity

By Ilana Cohen

An oil pipeline stretches across the landscape outside Prudhoe Bay in North Slope Borough, Alaska on May 25, 2019. Credit: Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Fossil Fuel Advocates’ New Tactic: Calling Opposition to Arctic Drilling ‘Racist’

By Ilana Cohen

A construction worker stops to cool off in the water fountains at Canal Park, on July 19, 2019 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

A Pandemic and Surging Summer Heat Leave Thousands Struggling to Pay Utility Bills

By Maddie Kornfeld

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