North Carolina: Smithfield project that converts hog waste to energy worries nearby residents
The N.C. Division of Air Quality granted Smithfield Foods and Dominion Energy one of the permits they need to move forward in completing a controversial...
Biden may cancel Keystone XL pipeline permit as soon as his first day in office
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is planning to cancel the permit for the $9 billion Keystone XL pipeline project as one of his first acts in...
Colorado: Polis climate plan offers more details, but critics want more on environmental justice
The plan includes the start of an “equity framework,” but one activist says, “there could be more focus on frontline communities.”
In Georgia Senate race, Warnock brings a history of Black faith leaders’ environmental activism
Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Martin Luther King Jr. once preached and Warnock is senior pastor, has been a leader in embracing climate action.
These cities are gaining praise for efforts to tackle climate change and inequality
Although the global pandemic of 2020 made for some somber headlines, one nonprofit believes cities around the world still managed to make achievements worth celebrating.
Fragile cities are being inundated with people fleeing the impacts of climate change. How can they cope?
Multi-stakeholder partnerships that include displaced people in the process show promise for helping overwhelmed communities deal with an influx of climate migrants from rural areas.
‘All-out offensive’ planned on climate bills in Massachusetts
With the time left to make a deal ticking away and other matters jockeying for attention, climate policy advocates are mounting an effort — one...
Dorceta E. Taylor: Environmental justice demands listening
The future of environmental justice is true equality.