Minority communities suffer from storms as GOP and Trump admin promote oil and gas
“People are going to die from cancer and have mold for the chaser.”
New study shows oak trees’ positive increase of carbon capture ‘essential to guide climate...
“Our work adds to the small body of results from laboratories-in-the-forest that are essential to guide climate policy.”
U.S. and China announce surprise climate agreement at COP26
The agreement was light on details but significant nonetheless.
House passes farm bill – ‘rewards mega-agribusinesses and Wall Street,’ not the people or...
"The GOP Farm Bill is a disaster for people and the planet."
Climate defenders mobilizing for 3rd People’s Climate March
"We're making sure that politicians see what diverse climate leadership must look like, to successfully serve the entire population of people who are actually affected by climate change."
‘We don’t trust Enbridge’: Indigenous women push Biden to block line 5 expansion
"The construction of this pipeline will bring massive risk and destruction. We do not want to see irreversible damage to our land, water, and wild rice. We do not want our lifeways destroyed."
Flint residents return to court after city misses deadline to replace lead pipes
"The people of Flint won't tolerate any more broken promises from the city, which is under a federal court order to get the lead pipes out of the ground and somehow still can't get the job done."
School strike for climate: Meet 15-year-old activist Greta Thunberg, who inspired a global movement
“We need to change ourselves now, because tomorrow it might be too late.”
NAACP reveals tactics fossil fuel industry uses to manipulate communities of color
The report describes at length the health and financial harms that coal, oil, and gas bring to the communities they cross, and how these harms are disproportionately impacting people of color.
Historic agreement on plastic pollution reached by 180+ countries without the US
"This is a crucial first step towards stopping the use of developing countries as a dumping ground for the world's plastic waste, especially those coming from rich nations."