Environmental Justice

President Trump Calls Disastrous Response to Hurricane Maria an ‘Unsung Success’

If there’s one thing you can count on Donald Trump to do, it is to take the most basic of presidential tasks and fuck it up. No, I’m not talking about the 9/11 photo. I’m talking about today’s Oval Office briefing on Hurricane Florence. Brock Long, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and…

Environmental Justice Brian Kahn

The Mayors of New York and London Just Called for Every City to Divest From Fossil Fuels

The argument for divesting from fossil fuel companies is simple. On a moral level, it is reprehensible to invest in companies that are making our planet less habitable. On a pure dollars and cents level, these companies are doomed to extinction by the laws of physics and economics. That does not make a Monday article in…

Environmental Justice Brian Kahn

National Prison Strike Spotlights Toxic Conditions in Jails

On August 21, people incarcerated in states across the U.S. stopped working, went on hunger strikes, and started boycotting prison stores as part of a nationwide strike that, organizers say, has now spread to at least 14 states. The prison strike, which is set to officially end on September 9, is an effort to highlight…

Environmental Justice Andrew Urevig

Civil Liberties Group Raises Concerns Over Potential Surveillance of Pipeline Protestors

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing the federal government over suspicions that it’ll be working closely with local police departments and private security agencies to keep protests to a minimum as the Keystone XL Pipeline inches closer to reality. The group launched the lawsuit Tuesday in the U.S. District Court of Montana against…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

First Nations and Farmers Are Marching Across Iowa to Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline

Many think that the fight to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline in the Midwest is long over. That couldn’t be further from the truth. On September 1, a group of 30 landowners, farmers, environmentalists, and indigenous peoples under the banner First Nation Farmer-Climate Unity March set out by foot on a 90-mile journey from Des…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Meet the Canadians in Oil Country Opposing a Huge Pipeline Project

Canada’s Trans Mountain Pipeline may have hit a snag Thursday, but that’s not stopping activists from taking action to raise awareness about the expansion project—and make sure it’s finished for good. What better form of activism than art? Activist group Climate Justice Edmonton announced its collaborative art project “People on the Path” earlier this month.…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

47,000 Detroit Students Can’t Drink Their School Water Because of Lead and Copper

Plenty of schools are back in session starting next week, but roughly 47,000 students in Detroit’s public schools won’t be able to turn on their water fountains. The city’s public school district announced Wednesday it’d be shutting off drinking water in its 106 schools after tests showed high levels of lead and copper in drinking…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Indigenous Activists Just Scored a Massive Victory in Canadian Pipeline Battle

The Canadian government has been on a mission to make the controversial Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project a reality. A federal appeals court, however, has now put a stop to that. The Federal Court of Appeal in Canada ruled Thursday that the National Energy Board failed to properly consult First Nations that lie along the…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

California’s New Climate Plan Tackles Systemic Racism

California is officially going to start targeting systemic racism, discrimination, and injustice as it addresses climate change. The state has been releasing climate change assessments roughly every three years since 2006 that lay out potential impacts from climate change and how it should respond. California’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment, released Monday, includes sections on climate…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Puerto Rican Government’s New Hurricane Maria Death Count Is Nearly 50 Times Higher Than Original

A long-awaited study the Puerto Rican government commissioned to determine the number of deaths attributable to Hurricane Maria is finally here. To no one’s surprise, Puerto Rico’s official death toll of 64 was a serious understatement. Researchers from George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health and University of Puerto Rico concluded the hurricane resulted in…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Dangerous Chemicals Found in Flint River Water Before the Lead Crisis Started [Updated]

More than four years since the water crisis began in Flint, Michigan, new information continues to trickle out. That the city’s water was heavily contaminated with lead is no secret now. Hell, even deadly pneumonia-causing bacteria aren’t a secret. Dangerous fluorinated substances, though, are something that’s slipped under the radar—until now. The state’s Department of…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Could Rising CO2 Levels Trigger a Nutritional Crisis?

A new analysis is reigniting a concern agricultural scientists have been voicing for years: That rising carbon dioxide could exacerbate malnutrition by reducing the nutrient content of staple crops. The study, published Monday in Nature Climate Change, projects that if atmospheric carbon dioxide levels rise to 550 parts per million (ppm)—a level conceivable by later…

Environmental Justice Maddie Stone

This Is What Happens When Bad Policies Meet

Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule that would, by its own admission, result in more Americans getting sick and dying. And the whole reason we know that is because of landmark public health studies the Trump administration is trying to limit access to. Buried deep down on page 172, Table 4-8 in…

Environmental Justice Brian Kahn

Haunting Photos Take Us Back to the Beginning of the Flint Water Crisis

Photographer Matthew Brandt traveled to Flint, Michigan, from Los Angeles back in 2016. The 35-year-old was there to take photos of the city for his own interest—and integrate Flint’s lead-contaminated water into his images, quite literally. He used that water to develop his film. Now, more than two years later, his work is getting a…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Puerto Rico’s Farmers Face a Long Road to Recovery

On the morning of September 21, 2017, Carlos Lago and Justina Díaz Bisbal emerged from their household into a post-apocalyptic world. Their once-lush five-acre fruit farm in southern Puerto Rico was entirely stripped of its foliage. Tree limbs were broken or twisted; pieces of metal from nearby homes, trash, and even a mattress were strewn…

Environmental Justice Paola Rosa-Aquino

Revived Keystone XL Pipeline Suffers a Major Setback in Court

Having been struck down by former President Barack Obama and revived by President Donald Trump, the embattled Keystone XL pipeline just suffered a new setback in court that has opponents cheering. A federal court ruled late Wednesday night that the proposed 1,179-mile long crude oil pipeline needs a supplemental environmental impact statement (EIS) for the…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

The Dakota Access Pipeline Wants to Ship Even More Oil Across Tribal Lands

As if the original Dakota Access Pipeline didn’t cause enough drama, its developer now wants to expand the crude oil pipeline, which is still pending a new federal environmental review. Energy Transfer Partners CEO Kelcy Warren spoke at an event Monday where he mentioned he’d be announcing an expansion of the 1,172-mile long pipeline soon,…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Federal Regulators Strike Down Controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline

A federal agency has stopped a major East Coast natural gas pipeline in its tracks—just a week after doing so to a similar project. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) decided late-night Friday to halt all construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, reports E&E News. This 600-mile long natural gas pipeline has met serious opposition…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Young People Are Convincing Politicians to Stop Taking Fossil Fuel Money

PHILADELPHIA—The temperature reached a sticky 92 degrees on Wednesday, and hadn’t cooled much by the time the climate action rally started at 5 o’clock. About 50 people gathered in the inner courtyard of City Hall, holding “No Fossil Fuel Money” and “Our Time to Lead” signs. The leaders of the rally, from a youth-led climate…

Environmental Justice Dave Levitan

A Pesticide Scott Pruitt Supported Just Got Struck Down in Court

Looks like the Environmental Protection Agency finally has to ban a certain pesticide. An appeals court ordered the agency Thursday to quit delaying the ban on chlorpyrifos, which advocates had been pushing the agency to do since 2007. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its ruling because chlorpyrifos is a pesticide…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

President Trump Calls Disastrous Response to Hurricane Maria an ‘Unsung Success’

The Mayors of New York and London Just Called for Every City to Divest From Fossil Fuels

National Prison Strike Spotlights Toxic Conditions in Jails

Civil Liberties Group Raises Concerns Over Potential Surveillance of Pipeline Protestors

First Nations and Farmers Are Marching Across Iowa to Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline

Meet the Canadians in Oil Country Opposing a Huge Pipeline Project

47,000 Detroit Students Can’t Drink Their School Water Because of Lead and Copper

Indigenous Activists Just Scored a Massive Victory in Canadian Pipeline Battle

California’s New Climate Plan Tackles Systemic Racism

Puerto Rican Government’s New Hurricane Maria Death Count Is Nearly 50 Times Higher Than Original

Dangerous Chemicals Found in Flint River Water Before the Lead Crisis Started [Updated]

Could Rising CO2 Levels Trigger a Nutritional Crisis?

This Is What Happens When Bad Policies Meet

Haunting Photos Take Us Back to the Beginning of the Flint Water Crisis

Puerto Rico’s Farmers Face a Long Road to Recovery

Revived Keystone XL Pipeline Suffers a Major Setback in Court

The Dakota Access Pipeline Wants to Ship Even More Oil Across Tribal Lands

Federal Regulators Strike Down Controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline

Young People Are Convincing Politicians to Stop Taking Fossil Fuel Money

A Pesticide Scott Pruitt Supported Just Got Struck Down in Court

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