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Environmental Justice
April 15, 2020
Nick Martin
A New York Garbage Map Reveals the Virus of White Supremacy
Even in a pandemic, we are stuck in the same nightmarish feedback loop of racist policy. The results are predictable and deadly.
October 7, 2019
Nick Martin
The Next Standing Rock Is Everywhere
The fight to stave off pipeline projects across the country is being led by tribal nations and marginalized communities. It's time to listen to them before it's too late.
September 25, 2019
Osita Nwanevu
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Greta Thunberg
Many of the Swedish climate activist's putative allies aren't down for the cause. They're simply hoping to be absolved.
March 8, 2018
Emily Atkin
The EPA’s New Environmental Justice Adviser Has a Plutonium Problem
More than 40 people inhaled radioactive dust while working for a company whose vice president is now advising Scott Pruitt.
December 13, 2017
Emily Atkin
The Alabama election was a huge win for the environment, too.
August 21, 2017
Suzanne Monyak
Donald Trump fails Appalachia yet again.
April 20, 2017
Emily Atkin
Earth Day Is Too White and Out of Touch With Reality
Why is the annual event so benign and toothless when the threats to the planet—particularly to its most vulnerable populations—are so severe?
March 31, 2017
Emily Atkin
Black Lives Should Matter More to the Environmental Movement
Trump's attacks on EPA regulations don't just worsen climate change—they harm vulnerable communities, too.
April 13, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
How the Democratic primary is pulling Clinton to the left on environmental justice.
February 10, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Flint Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg
The Aliso Canyon gas leak shows that environmental disasters are happening across the country.
November 9, 2015
Stan Cox
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Paul Cox
A Rising Tide
Miami is sinking beneath the sea—but not without a fight.
September 30, 2015
Emma Foehringer Merchant
The EPA Is Finally Getting Serious About Protecting Poor Communities
September 25, 2015
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Pope Francis: Ruining the Environment Will Ruin Humanity
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