Climate Equity
All Stories
-
![Silhouette of the country Ukraine with a missile buried in the center and red circular lines surrounding the missile]()
![Silhouette of the country Ukraine with a missile buried in the center and red circular lines surrounding the missile]()
One year in, the toxic legacy of war in Ukraine comes into view
Forest fires, burst pipelines, and chemical waste are just some of the more than 800 instances of environmental degradation recorded since the war began.
-
![black and white photo of oil refinery, with binary text under photo on blue background]()
![black and white photo of oil refinery, with binary text under photo on blue background]()
Why the White House’s environmental justice tool is still disappointing advocates
New changes “ended up making the program less focused on people of color than it originally was,” one advocate said.
-
![A black smoke cloud can be seen in the distance on a sunny day. The focus shows a residential street with cars, two-story houses, powerlines, and trees without leaves.]()
![A black smoke cloud can be seen in the distance on a sunny day. The focus shows a residential street with cars, two-story houses, powerlines, and trees without leaves.]()
Can you tell if a ‘bomb train’ is coming to your town? It’s complicated.
In the wake of the Ohio train derailment, towns wonder how to avoid same fate.
-
![smoke billows from a coal fired power plant]()
![smoke billows from a coal fired power plant]()
Coal plant pollution can be deadly — even hundreds of miles downwind
The coal industry may be dying in the U.S., but its health impacts are not, report finds.
-
![Digital collage: historic map of Mobile Bay, sign to Africatown, photo of Cudjo Lewis, and illustration of a slave ship]()
![Digital collage: historic map of Mobile Bay, sign to Africatown, photo of Cudjo Lewis, and illustration of a slave ship]()
How the seeds of environmental racism were planted in the Progressive Era
Africatown, the only U.S. community established by West Africans who survived the Middle Passage, demonstrates the long roots of environmental injustice.
-
![Storm clouds gather behind a home that was destroyed by Hurricane Ida, in Pointe-aux-Chenes, Louisiana.]()
![Storm clouds gather behind a home that was destroyed by Hurricane Ida, in Pointe-aux-Chenes, Louisiana.]()
As Louisiana’s coast disappears, its historic communities are disappearing too
New levees are too late to stop the exodus for bayou villages like Pointe-aux-Chenes.
-
![a wide shot of a fisherman in the mud flats with fishing boats in the background]()
![a wide shot of a fisherman in the mud flats with fishing boats in the background]()
Mining law has barely changed since 1872. Can Congress agree on a fix?
Federal rules for mining haven't been updated since Ulysses S. Grant was president.
-
![Farm workers clear out hosing which was used to irrigate an okra field]()
![Farm workers clear out hosing which was used to irrigate an okra field]()
Even with legal protections, extreme heat and wildfire take a toll on farmworkers
Nearly half of workers in California say their farms are not in compliance with safety codes for extreme weather, survey finds.
-
![Protestors gather in Dillingham, Alaska for a rally against Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay.]()
![Protestors gather in Dillingham, Alaska for a rally against Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay.]()
EPA issues rare veto, halting Alaska’s Pebble mine
Mining waste would have jeopardized the world’s largest sockeye salmon run.
-
![Illustration of a scale balancing two homes, one with smoke coming out of the chimney and the other with a heart]()
![Illustration of a scale balancing two homes, one with smoke coming out of the chimney and the other with a heart]()
Ann Arbor’s big decarbonization bet
The Michigan city has ambitions to go carbon neutral, and they begin in one of its most frontline neighborhoods.
