Environmental Justice

Traffic in Berkeley

Here’s How States and Cities Can Fight Climate Change and Inequality in the Trump Era Here’s How States and Cities Can Fight Climate Change and Inequality in the Trump Era

Let’s make polluters pay for carbon reduction and invest the revenue in disadvantaged communities.

Dec 1, 2016 / Heather McGhee and Robert B. Reich

There’s a Right Way—and a Wrong Way—for Cities to Mitigate Climate Change

There’s a Right Way—and a Wrong Way—for Cities to Mitigate Climate Change There’s a Right Way—and a Wrong Way—for Cities to Mitigate Climate Change

In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, New Yorkers came together to initiate community-labor partnerships to decide on how they wanted their city to be made more resilient.

Nov 22, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Dakota Pipeline police

How You Can Stand With Standing Rock How You Can Stand With Standing Rock

Today’s #NoDAPL action targets the Army Corps of Engineers. Watch this video—then call them.

Nov 15, 2016 / Julia Mead

Donald Trump, Melania Trump, Mitch McConnell

Is This ‘Game Over’ for the Planet? Is This ‘Game Over’ for the Planet?

What Donald Trump’s victory means for climate change. 

Nov 10, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

Sunshine State Solar Woes

Will Florida Voters Be Duped Into Killing Solar Power? Will Florida Voters Be Duped Into Killing Solar Power?

A Florida ballot initiative is written in pro-solar language—but its actual meaning is far more sinister.

Nov 4, 2016 / Samantha Schuyler

coal fired power plant

With the Supreme Court at Stake, This Election Could Determine the Future of Our Environment With the Supreme Court at Stake, This Election Could Determine the Future of Our Environment

Trump thinks climate change is a “hoax”—don’t expect any better from his Supreme Court nominees

Nov 2, 2016 / Tom Steyer and Michael Keegan

Demonstrators displaying signs in German, French, English, and Russian near a future rocket range in Bavaria, Germany, 1961.

The United Nations Votes to Start Negotiations to Ban the Bomb The United Nations Votes to Start Negotiations to Ban the Bomb

One hundred and twenty-three nations voted to move forward with negotiations to prohibit nuclear weapons—just as the world has already done for biological and chemical weapons.

Nov 1, 2016 / Alice Slater

World Environment Day in El Salvador

El Salvador Ruling Offers a Reminder of Why the TPP Must Be Defeated El Salvador Ruling Offers a Reminder of Why the TPP Must Be Defeated

Obama is waging a full-court press to pass the unpopular trade treaty after the November elections.

Oct 19, 2016 / Robin Broad and John Cavanagh

Dakota Access protesters

It’s Time for Every Ally to Show Up in the Fight Against the Dakota Access Pipeline It’s Time for Every Ally to Show Up in the Fight Against the Dakota Access Pipeline

The temporary halt to the pipeline’s construction must be made permanent.

Sep 27, 2016 / Tom Goldtooth and Annie Leonard

Protest Fossil Fuel

When Schools Say No to Divestment When Schools Say No to Divestment

How do students find the power, passion, and courage to continue the climate fight after that emphatic “no”?

Sep 26, 2016 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin

x