Environment

For more than two years, Indigenous water protectors, Black residents of “Cancer Alley,” Atchafalaya Basin landowners and others have been protesting, suing and, in some cases, doing felony-level direct action, to halt the completion of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline in Louisiana. Here’s the harsh reality of fighting the inevitable in the bayou.

Energy Dominion has offered Union Hill, Virginia, millions of dollars to buy support for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

The Supreme Court will not hear a challenge brought by groups that say construction would pose a serious threat.

As the federal government doubles down on denying climate change, the nation’s capital is moving toward using 100 percent renewable energy.  

Produced by 300 scientists, it shows that global warming—which disproportionately impacts people of color—will wreak havoc on the United States’ economy, public health, coastlines and infrastructure.

The head of the Water and Sewage department has a bold solution to the city’s population problems.

Examining news coverage following Hurricane Florence illustrates how post-disaster narratives can compound and perpetuate deep histories of racial and economic oppression.

Activists says residents and wildlife along the wall’s proposed route are in danger.

Federal courts halted moves by the Trump administration that would have contaminated water sources and destroyed Native cultural artifacts.