Environmental justice advocates generally agree the climate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act include positive and important elements, and also represent predictable and familiar disappointments. Advocates for communities of color, low income
In February 2020, professor Sheldon Pollock, 74, was recently widowed, approaching retirement from his tenured position at Columbia University and thinking about what would come next for him. His granddaughter Elea, a
The city of Chicago took an "unusually active" role violating the civil rights of its own citizens by pushing to relocate polluting industrial facilities from wealthy and white to predominantly Black and
Climate change protesters brought the Tour de France to a halt on Tuesday, temporarily halting stage 10. The group Dernière Rénovation, which has organized numerous protests across France, including at the Roland
If Rachel Lears’ award-winning 2020 documentary Knock Down the House was the story of idealistic young candidates on their way to Washington, her latest film, To The End, is about the political
Reactions to the Supreme Court's opinion in West Virginia v. EPA ranged from descriptions of a serious but surmountable setback to apocalyptic. President Biden pledged to "take action" following the "devastating decision
Women and femme-identifying people around the world are on the frontlines of climate change, often hurt first and worst by its impacts, and in the battle to curb and adapt to it.
British environmental journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous Brazilian activist Bruno Araújo Pereira have disappeared in a remote part of the Amazon after recent threats were made against them for their work with
The Trump administration finalized a rule Monday that would restrict the rights of states, tribes, and the public to object to gas pipelines and prohibit regulatory bodies from considering climate change in
This year's Goldman Environmental Prizes honor activists, many of them Indigenous, who took on major, entrenched, and powerful interests in their local contexts, and won. (The Guardian) In Los Angeles, Nalleli Cobo
The Biden administration, on Thursday, announced a new effort to crack down on the disproportionate polluting of poor communities and communities of color with the creation of a new office within DOJ.
The oil and gas industry has given heavily to senators who have voted to confirm the Supreme Court justices who signed onto draft majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
Another major reinsurer has refused to underwrite the East African Crude Oil Pipeline. Allianz informed activists working to stop the proposed 900-mile pipeline Monday it "is not providing direct insurance to the
The EPA is investigating whether the Louisiana state departments of Environmental Quality and Health illegally discriminated against black residents in permitting decisions regarding two chemical plants and a grain export terminal. Petitions
A fifth reinsurer has refused to underwrite the proposed East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), due to the project’s failure to meet ESG standards. Backed by Total and the China National Offshore
As a child, Leah Thomas dreamed of becoming a veterinarian. When she arrived at Chapman University in 2013, her fascination with the animal world expanded to studying ecology and declaring a major
In a speech that led with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, President Biden also touted his administration's efforts to address climate change in his first State of the Union address Tuesday night
For some climate activists, climate doom is the new climate denialism. Only about 10 percent of Americans deny human-made climate change is real, but many young people wonder if it’s too late to
More than a decade ago, Thomas Doherty and Susan Clayton published a paper describing the growing issues regarding anxiety about climate change, felt not just by those directly impacted but also those
Congress is broadening its investigation of the oil and gas industry's efforts to deceive the public about climate change. After hearing testimony from company and trade group executives in proceedings that drew