Climate Justice

Purple solar panels on a huge white board
Denise Fairchild  Jan 11, 2018 3:12PM EST

Energy Democracy: People Power for a Cleaner Planet [OPINION]

By putting power—literally—in the hands of the people, “energy democracy” could have potentially game-changing benefits for low-income people and communities of color. 
Black man stands among his family's ruined possessions
Kenrya Rankin  Oct 5, 2017 12:04PM EDT

Climate Justice Roundup: Methane Rule Reinstated, Disaster Relief Aid Requested, Clean Power Plan in Trouble

Two steps forward, one step back.
People march from the U.S. Capitol to the White House for the People's Climate Movement to protest President Donald Trump's environmental policies April 29, 2017, in Washington, D.C.
Ayana Byrd  Jul 28, 2017 10:58AM EDT

STUDY: There May Be Less Time to Fight Global Warming Than We Think

Researchers believe the Paris climate agreement may not have considered all relevant data.
Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, 16, speaks at a rally for the federal climate lawsuit, of which is a plaintiff, on February 20, 2017, in Denver.
Ayana Byrd  Jul 27, 2017 2:36PM EDT

Appeals Court Temporarily Halts Youth-Led Climate Lawsuit Against Trump Administration

The decision will give the court a chance to review a rare petition for dismissal filed by the federal government. 
Scott Pruitt heads the Environmental Protection Agency under President Donald Trump.
Ayana Byrd  Jul 26, 2017 11:43AM EDT

READ: Inside the Fight to Advance Environmental Justice in the Time of Trump

A ProPublica article asks if it is too late to save the Office of Environmental Justice, which was created to advocate for climate justice for communities of color.
Protesters demonstrate against the G-20 economic summit during a protest march on July 08, 2017, in Hamburg, Germany.
Yessenia Funes  Jul 10, 2017 2:28PM EDT

U.S. Further Isolated As Result of G-20 Anti-Climate Change Decisions

The rest of the leading economies vowed their commitment to the Paris Agreement—and to aiding the developing world with climate change impacts.
Earth as seen from a distance of 1 million miles by a NASA scientific camera aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory spacecraft on July 6, 2015.
Yessenia Funes  Jul 6, 2017 1:24PM EDT

New Climate Change Study Shuts Down Climate Deniers

The peer-reviewed research shows that future global warming may be worse than scientists had previously projected.
An abandoned lighthouse is seen surrounded by water in Plaquemines Parish August 3, 2006, near Venice, Louisiana.
Yessenia Funes  Jul 5, 2017 12:11PM EDT

READ: In Southern Louisiana, A Question of Whether to Stay or Go

Climate change has hit the region hard, and residents must answer an urgent question.
Yailin Melissa Turcios, who was born about 20 minutes prior, lies in the arms of her mother, Rosa Turcios, on a bed at the Birthing Center of South Florida October 16, 2006, in Florida City, Florida.
Yessenia Funes  Jun 30, 2017 12:38PM EDT

Black and Latina Moms Are Most Concerned With Climate Change

Most surveyed agreed that not enough was being done to keep children safe.  
A street floods as a powerful storm moves across Southern California on February 17, 2017, in Sun Valley, California. After years of severe drought, heavy winter rains came to the state.
Yessenia Funes  Jun 30, 2017 12:12PM EDT

STUDY: 3 Ways Climate Change Will Have Unequal Economic Impacts Across US

Poor people of color will experience the worst of it.
Carolyn Kinney speaks about her book, "Black Faces, White Spaces: African Americans and the Great Outdoors," on April 12, 2012, at the University of San Francisco in California.
Yessenia Funes  Jun 29, 2017 2:17PM EDT

5 Questions With the Woman Keynoting a POC-Only Environmental Gathering

Carolyn Finney speaks on the land, privilege and the environmental sector’s White dominance.
Indigenous children at the L'eau Est La Vie (Water is Life) Camp on June 24, 2017, in southern Louisiana.
Yessenia Funes  Jun 28, 2017 3:00PM EDT

New Louisiana Anti-Pipeline Camp Increases Security by Requiring Water Protector Application

The vetting process is intended to keep out infiltrators and protect camp occupiers.
Coal has become a hot topic again in the Northern Cheyenne Reservation now that President Donald Trump is advocating for the dying fuel source.
Yessenia Funes  Jun 27, 2017 3:12PM EDT

ICYMI: The Montana Tribe Torn Between Coal and Culture

The Northern Cheyenne Reservation sits atop the Powder River Basin, which holds 40 percent of the U.S. coal supply.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti joins fellow Climate Mayors at the U.S. Conference of Mayors on June 24, 2017, in Miami Beach.
Yessenia Funes  Jun 27, 2017 11:28AM EDT

U.S. Mayors Take Hard Pro-Environment and Clean Energy Stance at Annual Conference

Mayors adopted all 16 of the conference’s proposed resolutions on energy and the environment.
Indigenous leaders open the L'eau Est La Vie (Water Is Life) Camp in ceremony June 24, 2017, in southern Louisiana.
Yessenia Funes  Jun 26, 2017 12:39PM EDT

ICYMI: Prayer and Resistance Camp Launches in Louisiana to Challenge Pipeline Connected to DAPL

The Bayou Bridge Pipeline would transport North Dakota’s crude oil to refineries and facilities in Louisiana.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image of the storm at 12:48 p.m. Central Time (17:48 Universal Time) on June 20, 2017. (Caption by Adam Voiland)
Yessenia Funes  Jun 22, 2017 12:49PM EDT

What the Numbers Tell Us About Tropical Storm Cindy

It’s hitting an area with a high concentration of Black people.
Joe Gratz via Flickr Creative Commons
Yessenia Funes  Jun 21, 2017 2:04PM EDT

UPDATE: Judge Likely to Make Decision on DAPL Operations in September

A U.S. District Court judge will hear arguments from both sides throughout the summer.
Image courtesy of Rainforest Action Network
Yessenia Funes  Jun 21, 2017 12:09PM EDT

REPORT: Bank Investments in Fossil Fuels Threaten Climate Change Goals

A new report finds that with $87 billion going toward the fossil fuel industry last year, banks are funding the possible failure of the Paris Agreement.
Buildings are seen near the ocean as reports indicate that Miami-Dade County will be one of the most at-risk places for rising water levels due to climate change on March 14, 2012, in North Miami, Florida.
Yessenia Funes  Jun 20, 2017 2:53PM EDT

This #WorldRefugeeDay, Let's Remember the Victims of Climate Change

By 2050, we could see up to 350 million climate refugees.
Natural gas is flared off at a plant outside of the town of Cuero, Texas, on March 26, 2015. The Bureau of Land Management has postponed regulations on these methane-emitting flares.
Yessenia Funes  Jun 15, 2017 2:09PM EDT

The Trump Administration Postpones Regulation on Methane and, Subsequently, Toxic Pollutants

It is the second attempt this week to repeal Obama-era rules on lowering methane emissions.