Environmental Justice

California Should Fight Inequality to Fight Climate Change

California announced a sweeping rooftop solar mandate earlier this month. The first-in-the-nation policy will require all newly-constructed homes and small apartments to have solar panels on their roofs starting in 2020. It’s a radical move that amounts to save the planet, screw the poor. Things don’t have to be this way, though. There are climate…

Environmental Justice Brian Kahn

Congress Demands Release of ‘Public Relations Nightmare’ Health Study EPA and White House Blocked

The Environmental Protection Agency cares more about its image than public health—and Republicans and Democrats ain’t having it. Emails released last week show the agency, along with the White House, intervened to block the release of a health study earlier this year that would have led to a “public relations nightmare,” as one unidentified White…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Nine African Cities Plan to Go Zero Carbon by 2050

African cities are stepping up to the plate on climate action. Cities throughout the massive continent know how far-reaching and severe the impacts of rising temperatures will be, so they’re not standing down. Nine cities—including Tshwane, South Africa; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; and Lagos, Nigeria—pledged this week to achieve “zero carbon” economies by 2050, according…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Canada Is Ready to Pay Big Oil to Stick With Controversial Pipeline

The Canadian government is in a race against the clock to secure the expansion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline. They’re gunning so hard for this archaic crude oil project that Finance Minister Bill Morneau promised Wednesday in a press conference the federal government would cover the dollars developer Kinder Morgan has lost during the current…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Incredible Art Exhibit Turns Flint’s Water Crisis Into Sustainable Fashion

Political art doesn’t always involve the people it represents, but artist Mel Chin isn’t one to let them take a back seat in his pieces. He immerses himself in the communities that inspire him—like Flint, Michigan. One of his latest pieces, “Flint Fit,” took that city’s environmental crisis and turned it into sustainable fashion. On…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Judges Rule Against Controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline Because Wildlife Matters

A controversial natural gas pipeline in the South met an obstacle Tuesday in the form of a court order on the side of wildlife. Dun dun dun. Three judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals issued a decision that canceled a key permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a 600-mile long project that would travel…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Investors Worth $2.5 Trillion Don’t Want Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

The people with money have spoken, and we know money talks. Investors behind more than $2.52 trillion in assets don’t want oil and gas companies wasting any time, energy, or money drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska. These investors—which include the New York State Common Retirement Fund and many Switzerland-based firms—wrote…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Scott Pruitt’s Plan to Bring Economics Into the Clean Air Act Is Dangerous

Here we go again: The Environmental Protection Agency wants to sacrifice clean air for—you guessed it—money. Last week, administrator Scott Pruitt released a “Back-to-Basics” memorandum to reform the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) review process under the Clean Air Act. This is pretty common practice; every five years, the agency is supposed to review…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

These Badass Moms Are Raising Kids to Save the Planet

Happy Mother’s Day, Eartherlings. I’m no mom yet, but you know what? Moms are amazing—especially those raising the kids who will turn this world around and stop our governments from burning fossil fuels past the point of no return. And some young people are really dedicated. From all around the world—in Colombia, India, and the…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

After Public Backlash, Nestlé Will Give Flint More Water

Some residents of Flint, Michigan, were not happy when they found out last month Nestlé was going to pump more water out of a nearby spring and pay close to nothing—especially given that just a few days later, the state ended the city’s free water distribution program. Well, maybe they’ll be a little more warm…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Costa Rica Plans to Be the World’s First Fossil Fuel-Free Country

If you’re looking for a beacon of climate hope in our dark, wretched world, look to Costa Rica. The country accounts for a fraction of the world’s carbon emissions, but something like 99 percent of global ambition to address climate change. Case in point: this week, its new president announced he plans to make the…

Environmental Justice Brian Kahn

California’s New Solar Mandate Is For Rich White People

California just became the first state in the U.S. to require all new buildings feature solar panels come 2020. The state’s Energy Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to update building standards and add this provision to help the state meet its emission targets. Sounds great, right? After all, the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions will amount…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Judge Withdraws Key Permit for Bayou Bridge Pipeline in Win to Black Community

In St. James, Louisiana, folks are celebrating. A district judge ruled, in a judgment made public Monday, that the state Department of Natural Resources broke the law when it issued a key permit to Energy Transfer Partners for its Bayou Bridge Pipeline. Now, the state is requiring that the company come up with environmental protection…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

China Is Cornering the Renewable Energy Job Market

Sun, wind, and water aren’t just powering homes, they’re powering the job market. A new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency shows that there are now 10.3 million people employed in renewable energy. That’s a 31 percent jump from just five years ago. Of that total, an overwhelming number are working in China, adding…

Environmental Justice Brian Kahn

If Trees Could Talk, They’d Probably Tell Us to Eat Shit

If a tree could talk, she might tell us that she gives zero shits about the mess we’ve made of the world—not after our kind has spent centuries chopping down forests without a second thought. At least, that’s one artistic interpretation. A video released last week gives one “bitter, suicidal” tree’s perspective on just a…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Winter Athletes Aren’t Going to Let Snow Vanish Without a Fight

April is Colorado’s last chance for big snow. That’s why Alan Henceroth, chief operating officer of Arapahoe Basin, a popular ski area in Summit County, Colorado, lost sleep over a forecast of rain for the first Saturday of the month. Bordering the steep and rocky Continental Divide, the peaks of Arapahoe Basin—called A-Basin for short—soar…

Environmental Justice Zachary Siegel

Puerto Rican City Tells Trash-Burning Power Plant to Fuck Off

ARECIBO, PUERTO RICO—Carlos Garcia lives in a tiny trailer right along Puerto Rico’s northern coast. A long-time community activist and avid environmentalist, Garcia keeps his door open during the day to let in the sun and breeze. He shuts it at night to protect his solar setup and the few appliances it powers. He shows…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

North Carolina’s New Environmental Justice Board Is a Big Deal

Marian Johnson-Thompson is an environmental health scientist. She’s also a resident of North Carolina. She retired from the National Institutes of Health in 2008, marking an end to a career spent actively protecting human lives—or so it seemed at the time. Now, she’s fighting for racial equity and better environmental health protections on a new…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Keystone XL Wants Montana Tribes to Know It’s Coming

The Keystone XL Pipeline is coming to a Montana neighborhood near you. Developer TransCanada will begin the necessary work, like clearing plants and shit, in fall 2018 to prepare for the beginning of construction in early 2019, according to Reuters. The Department of State’s Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs sent a…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Deadly Dust Storms Are Smothering India

Intense weather has battered South Asia this week. After what was likely the hottest April temperature recorded in the world struck Pakistan at the start of the week, violent dust storms swept across Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, states in northwest India, on Wednesday. The storms left at least 100 dead and toppled 8,000 electricity poles.…

Environmental Justice Brian Kahn

California Should Fight Inequality to Fight Climate Change

Congress Demands Release of ‘Public Relations Nightmare’ Health Study EPA and White House Blocked

Nine African Cities Plan to Go Zero Carbon by 2050

Canada Is Ready to Pay Big Oil to Stick With Controversial Pipeline

Incredible Art Exhibit Turns Flint’s Water Crisis Into Sustainable Fashion

Judges Rule Against Controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline Because Wildlife Matters

Investors Worth $2.5 Trillion Don’t Want Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Scott Pruitt’s Plan to Bring Economics Into the Clean Air Act Is Dangerous

These Badass Moms Are Raising Kids to Save the Planet

After Public Backlash, Nestlé Will Give Flint More Water

Costa Rica Plans to Be the World’s First Fossil Fuel-Free Country

California’s New Solar Mandate Is For Rich White People

Judge Withdraws Key Permit for Bayou Bridge Pipeline in Win to Black Community

China Is Cornering the Renewable Energy Job Market

If Trees Could Talk, They’d Probably Tell Us to Eat Shit

Winter Athletes Aren’t Going to Let Snow Vanish Without a Fight

Puerto Rican City Tells Trash-Burning Power Plant to Fuck Off

North Carolina’s New Environmental Justice Board Is a Big Deal

Keystone XL Wants Montana Tribes to Know It’s Coming

Deadly Dust Storms Are Smothering India

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