climate justice

123 posts

Why does ‘the first climate president’ fear a group of kids pushing for climate justice?

President Biden and preceding administrations have stopped Juliana v. United States of America from going to court because the evidence in the climate case could upend our reliance on oil and gas

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5 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

Environmental racism seeps through Mississippi’s Yazoo Pumps

The potential construction of a pumping system along the banks of the Yazoo Backwater Area in Mississippi signals a larger fight between political power and environmental justice

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11 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

NYC climate activists say the city isn’t doing enough to fight for green schools

As students at New York City schools increasingly experience the impact of environmental injustice, climate activists are urging Mayor Eric Adams to electrify, ventilate, and retrofit hundreds of public school buildings in the city by 2030. Schools in New York City have long lacked resilience to environmental challenges, particularly in

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5 Min
By: Sravya Tadepalli

‘They just abandoned us’

The EPA’s civil rights investigation into environmental racism in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley was halted. Frontline communities are wondering why

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3 Min
By: People over Plastic

‘Manifesting a great life for myself’

Louisiana Green Corps equips young workers with the tools needed to improve their lives and their communities

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7 Min
By: People over Plastic

Sugar harvesting pollution hits Black Florida residents hardest

Permitting laws allow sugar cane burns to blow west toward majority-Black communities, but mechanical harvesting offers a greener solution

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9 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

In the afterlife of slavery

The descendants in Louisiana’s River Parishes confront a new era of discrimination and environmental injustice, but they’re not backing down

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6 Min
By: People over Plastic

In ‘Can’t Stop Change,’ queer climate stories from Florida’s front lines take center stage

A new documentary encourages viewers to challenge dominant narratives regarding climate change and who or what is rendered disposable

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5 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

5 movements that mobilized you in 2023

From abolition to climate justice, communities and collective action sustain movements for a better world

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7 Min
By: Caitlin Gaffin

California’s plan to rebrand prisons doesn’t consider climate change

At a time when the window to mitigate the worst effects of climate change is closing, Gov. Gavin Newsom is placing political goals ahead of data-based policy proposals

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14 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

Possible chemical hazards undermine safety at Brooklyn’s migrant tent city 

“It really sends a message that there are some lives that are not as valuable in our country”

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6 Min
By: Sana Khan

Local groups voice frustrations over massive oil spill cleanup on the Monongahela River

Community organizers are struggling to clean up large-scale pollution and say they shouldn’t have to

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6 Min
By: Sakshi Udavant

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