CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS WOMEN’S LIVES AROUND THE WORLD
Climate change impacts everyone on the planet. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has placed additional stress on our communities and our economies, making both increasingly brittle with...
OPINION: Global climate policy needs to tackle its racist roots
While much of the world was focused on responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, developing countries continued to grapple with climate change impacts. Days after the...
Climate change: ‘Environmental racism’ in Detroit’s ‘most polluted’ neighbourhood
In a corner of southwest Detroit, there's a community that's spent years grappling with the air they're breathing in. The 48217 district has become known...
Why the Black community must take action on climate change
Climate change is real. Almost all climate scientists agree that the trend of warming temperatures over the last century is related to human activity. There...
New toxic plant in Chicago minority neighborhood sparks hunger strike
A metal recycling plant is due to open on the polluted Southeast Side months after the same firm shut a metal scrapyard in a white,...
I represent children in Flint, Michigan. Here’s what I’m asking Biden to do
In his first 100 days, President Biden is racing to secure comprehensive reforms that both address the immediate challenges of today’s concurrent crises and make...
Back of the Line
Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood sits on a scant 4 square miles on the southwest side of the city, but it packs a lot into that...
Climate Leaders Make a To-Do List for the White House
President Joe Biden is aiming to green the country’s electrical grids by 2035 and everything else by 2050, ambitions requiring thousands of specific federal actions...