Environmental Justice

Big Oil Is Scared Shitless

Big Oil has spent decades perfecting the art of lying and pursuing a strategy to divide the public so it can continue its polluting ways. It’s been a successful model that has run into a brick wall that is the new climate movement. An increasingly diverse, young, and angry coalition is done with the bullshit.…

Environmental Justice Brian Kahn

Disaster Fatigue Is Real—and the Coronavirus Could Make It Worse

Hurricane season has begun with a roar. The West is threatened by wildfires. Arizona is blanketed in a heat wave. Rains overwhelmed unmaintained dams in Michigan. At the same time, we are living through a combined health, political, economic, racial, and climate crisis. The U.S. disaster management system is strained. Disaster management experts have questioned…

Environmental Justice Samantha Montano

Pollution Is Racial Violence

Today, Black families are most likely to live surrounded by toxic air pollutants extractive industries discharge into their backyards. Black people face a more immediate threat whenever they leave their homes: the police. To disconnect the two is irresponsible. Polluting industries don’t wind up in Black communities by accident. Neither do police. It’s all by…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Why Black Birdwatchers Want to ‘Change the Whole Face of the Outdoors’

After a racist white lady called the cops on a black man who was birdwatching in Central Park last week, the black birding community came together to launch the first-ever Black Birders Week. The celebration kicked off Sunday and will end Friday, but this definitely won’t be the last time this group of scientists, birders,…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

‘We Belong Here’: Racist Central Park Video Shows Why We Need Diversity Outdoors

The outdoors were never made for people of color. Since the forced removal of indigenous people to create today’s national parks, white people have dominated outdoor activities in the U.S. While the racist history around who has access to parks and wilderness has contributed to the current lack of diversity in green spaces and environmental…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

China’s Air Pollution Is Now Worse Than Pre-Coronavirus Levels

Last month, China finally ended its coronavirus lockdown. While air quality improved dramatically during The Quiet Time, new data shows it was short-lived. What’s more, air pollution is coming back at higher levels than during the same period last year. A report out Monday from the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air, an…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Coronavirus, Summer Heat, and Poverty Could Create a ‘Triple Whammy’

More people in the U.S. die a year due to heat than all other forms of weather. As we approach this summer, the risk is even more dangerous due to the coronavirus pandemic. Not everyone has access to air conditioning or cooling at home during heat waves. That’s especially true for low-income families or communities…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

New York City Plan to Close Streets Is Weak As Hell

New York City is finally rolling out its open streets initiative with a vision of eventually closing off 100 miles to vehicles to help promote health and access to the outdoors amid the coronavirus pandemic. Its first phase kicks off Monday, but few of the streets being closed are actually, well, streets. Rather, 4.5 miles…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

The Time to Fix Our Broken Water System Is Now

In the interim stimulus bill the Senate passed on Tuesday evening, federal lawmakers failed to include any relief for customers struggling with their water bills. As a result, millions of Americans who are being told to stay in their homes and wash their hands as often as possible could face impossible choices, such as whether…

Environmental Justice Dharna Noor

Our First Evidence People Exposed to Pollution Are More Likely to Die From Coronavirus

Health experts had suspected the coronavirus pandemic would kill more people in areas where there’s higher air pollution. Now, they have preliminary data to back it up. A new study released on Saturday but not yet peer reviewed is the first to look at the impact of the novel coronavirus on highly polluted parts of…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

‘Creating Our Legacies’: The Elders Fighting for Climate Justice

Last October, Jane Fonda received the 2019 Stanley Kubrick award for excellence in film, a prestigious honor from the British Academy of Television Film and Arts. Regrettably, the then-81-year-old actress was too busy getting arrested on Capitol Hill to accept the award in person. “Thank you, BAFTA!” she shouted as police led her away in…

Environmental Justice Alex Schwartz

Hurricane Season on Top of a Pandemic Will Be a Nightmare

Trying to evacuate your home before a hurricane hits is hard enough. Now imagine doing it against the backdrop of the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. Hurricane season is two months away. And the latest forecast for the 2020 hurricane season shows that the Atlantic is likely to see an above-average number of hurricanes. Meanwhile, the coronavirus…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Is the Covid-19 Lockdown Really Decreasing Air Pollution In India?

When I saw reports that Indian cities had seen major improvements in air pollution amid the covid-19 lockdown, I WhatsApped my family members in New Delhi to ask about their experience. Did it seem like the air was cleaner? “Certainly. Since there are no vehicles on the road,” my uncle responded. “There is a massive difference!!”…

Environmental Justice Dharna Noor

The Coronavirus Is Forcing the Climate Movement to Reimagine Itself

Earth Day was supposed to be part of a week of mass mobilizations in late April. Protestors were going to rally in the streets. Students were going to gather on their university campuses to demand they divest from fossil fuels. Those too young to vote were planning to knock on doors and educate voters about…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Fracked Up: Drilling Pollutant Could Mess With Testosterone

New research offers another potential downside of fracking: an increased risk of impotence and fertility problems in men, at least according to findings from cells in the lab. This research, which is still being peer-reviewed ahead of publication, was set to be presented during the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting, which would have ended Tuesday if…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

‘It’s Like Bringing Smallpox Blankets In’: Tribes Fight Keystone XL Amid Covid-19

The threat of an unfamiliar virus devastating Native American communities is as old as colonialism itself. When European empires sailed to North American shores in the 15th century, settlers arrived with death as a companion. Diseases such as smallpox and influenza decimated tribal numbers, pushing some to the brink of extinction. Germs were the first…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

To Fight Covid-19, Trump’s EPA Will Bravely Allow Companies to Pollute with Impunity

As covid-19 continues to ravage all corners of the world, the Trump administration has a plan to protect the real victims: polluting companies. On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a sweeping suspension on its enforcement of environmental laws, telling companies they can decide for themselves if they’re capable of meeting legal requirements on reporting…

Environmental Justice Dharna Noor

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Just Won a Major Court Victory Over the Dakota Access Pipeline

A federal court ruled Wednesday that the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline was built in violation of key environmental laws. To that effect, the Army Corps of Engineers will have to conduct a full environmental impact statement for the 1,172-mile-long crude oil pipeline. That’s what the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe wanted all along. And finally, the…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

‘I’m Just Praying’: Miners Fear the Impacts Covid-19 Could Have in Coal Country

Jimmy Moore barely leaves the house. When he does, the 74-year-old is usually parked outside his local pharmacy in Dorton, Kentucky, until someone brings out his regular meds. As soon as Moore arrives home, he changes his clothes and washes his hands. Religiously. This wasn’t his routine before, but Moore can’t take any chances with…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

The U.S. Should Stop Water Shutoffs During the Covid-19 Pandemic—and Forever

There’s very little clarity about the current pandemic—how long it will last, when a vaccine could arrive—but medical experts all seem to agree that one of the few things we can do to significantly stop the spread of covid-19 is washing our hands frequently. I’ve been washing mine so much that my knuckles are starting…

Environmental Justice Dharna Noor

Big Oil Is Scared Shitless

Disaster Fatigue Is Real—and the Coronavirus Could Make It Worse

Pollution Is Racial Violence

Why Black Birdwatchers Want to ‘Change the Whole Face of the Outdoors’

‘We Belong Here’: Racist Central Park Video Shows Why We Need Diversity Outdoors

China’s Air Pollution Is Now Worse Than Pre-Coronavirus Levels

Coronavirus, Summer Heat, and Poverty Could Create a ‘Triple Whammy’

New York City Plan to Close Streets Is Weak As Hell

The Time to Fix Our Broken Water System Is Now

Our First Evidence People Exposed to Pollution Are More Likely to Die From Coronavirus

‘Creating Our Legacies’: The Elders Fighting for Climate Justice

Hurricane Season on Top of a Pandemic Will Be a Nightmare

Is the Covid-19 Lockdown Really Decreasing Air Pollution In India?

The Coronavirus Is Forcing the Climate Movement to Reimagine Itself

Fracked Up: Drilling Pollutant Could Mess With Testosterone

‘It’s Like Bringing Smallpox Blankets In’: Tribes Fight Keystone XL Amid Covid-19

To Fight Covid-19, Trump’s EPA Will Bravely Allow Companies to Pollute with Impunity

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Just Won a Major Court Victory Over the Dakota Access Pipeline

‘I’m Just Praying’: Miners Fear the Impacts Covid-19 Could Have in Coal Country

The U.S. Should Stop Water Shutoffs During the Covid-19 Pandemic—and Forever

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