U.S. Climate Equity Office Debuts, But With a Tiny Budget
It aims to help communities become more resilient to climate change, particularly its health impacts
Nevada Groups Focus on Climate Impact on Diverse Communities
Several organizations in Nevada led by women of color have banded together to shed light on the ways the state’s low income and diverse communities are...
Postcard From Thermal: Surviving the Climate Gap in Eastern Coachella Valley
The first thing to know about Thermal, California, is: It’s really damn hot. Already, at this early date in our planetary crisis, 139 days a...
Biden wants an electric vehicle revolution. Will communities of color be left behind?
Bill Williams, a real estate developer on Chicago's West Side, was an early adopter of electric vehicles, at first leasing a Tesla Model S before...
How to cut carbon emissions while advancing environmental justice in the US West
Cutting carbon emissions is a must to combat climate change. But policies aimed at cutting carbon emissions as quickly as possible aren’t always aligned with...
Booker, Carper, Duckworth Reiterate Call for Environmental Justice Priorities in Reconciliation
Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) founders and co-chairs of the Senate Environmental Justice Caucus, today issued the following...
Gas projects reveal FERC’s environmental justice conundrum
Two liquefied natural gas terminals under development at the tip of Texas’ Gulf Coast could either lift low-income residents out of poverty or destroy local...
Indigenous resistance against carbon
Indigenous Resistance Against Carbon seeks to uplift the work of countless Tribal Nations, Indigenous water protectors, land defenders, pipeline fighters, and many other grassroots formations...