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
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
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
The Biden Administration’s Embrace of Environmental Justice Has Made Wary Activists Willing to Believe By Agya K. Aning
In Corpus Christi’s Hillcrest Neighborhood, Black Residents Feel Like They Are Living in a ‘Sacrifice Zone’ By Aman Azhar
Expansion of I-45 in Downtown Houston Is on Hold, for Now, in a Traffic-Choked, Divided Region By Aman Azhar
Race, Poverty, Farming and a Natural Gas Pipeline Converge In a Rural Illinois Township By Brett Chase
After Hurricane Harvey, a Heated Debate Over Flood Control Funds in Texas’ Harris County By Aman Azhar
Eminent Domain Lets Pipeline Developers Take Land, Pay Little, Say Black Property Owners By Carrington J. Tatum, MLK50
Will 2021 Be the Year for Environmental Justice Legislation? States Are Already Leading the Way By Kristoffer Tigue
Post Election, Climate and Racial Justice Protesters Gather in Boston Over Ballot Counting By Phil McKenna
Q&A: The Sierra Club Embraces Environmental Justice, Forcing a Difficult Internal Reckoning By Evelyn Nieves
With Tactics Honed on Climate Change, Ken Cuccinelli Turned to the Portland Streets By Marianne Lavelle
Harris and Ocasio-Cortez Team up on a Climate ‘Equity’ Bill, Leaving Activists Hoping for Unity By Ilana Cohen
A Pandemic and Surging Summer Heat Leave Thousands Struggling to Pay Utility Bills By Maddie Kornfeld