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In a first, the Justice Department will investigate whether Alabama’s sewage crisis violates civil rights
The investigation into Alabama's wastewater crisis marks a first-of-its-kind environmental justice probe.
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![There women using red and bule saris walk on a pavement road in india. on the background, against a pale blue sky, several wind energy mills sprout from the earth.]()
![There women using red and bule saris walk on a pavement road in india. on the background, against a pale blue sky, several wind energy mills sprout from the earth.]()
Report: The renewable future is being built on exploitation, too
Fossil fuel companies have long been criticized for violating human rights. Turns out the renewable energy industry is just as bad.
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Report: Poor countries need 5 to 10 times more funding to adapt to climate risks they did not create
Without it, there will be even worse "loss and damage" costs down the line.
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![Rose Auger, a Cree spiritual elder, opened the summit asking for spiritual union to all participants. With her, left to right: Benjamin Chavis, Jr., Gail Small, Toney Anaya, Syngman Rhee.]()
![Rose Auger, a Cree spiritual elder, opened the summit asking for spiritual union to all participants. With her, left to right: Benjamin Chavis, Jr., Gail Small, Toney Anaya, Syngman Rhee.]()
The event that changed the environmental justice movement forever
Thirty years later, organizers reflect on the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit.
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Study: Indigenous tribes lost 99% of land to colonization
Settlers pushed tribes into land more at risk from climate change
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![Daranda Hinkey, a member of the Fort McDermitt Paiute Shoshone tribe, stands in a field of sage brush]()
![Daranda Hinkey, a member of the Fort McDermitt Paiute Shoshone tribe, stands in a field of sage brush]()
Native opposition to Nevada lithium mine grows
"Annihilating old growth sagebrush, Indigenous peoples’ medicines, food, and ceremonial grounds for electric vehicles isn’t very climate conscious."
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Why developing countries say net-zero is ‘against climate justice’
Without faster decarbonization and more funding, rich nations risk losing the developing world’s trust.
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![Migrants, most from Haiti, trek through the Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama, on their journey towards the United States]()
![Migrants, most from Haiti, trek through the Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama, on their journey towards the United States]()
‘Disappointing’: The US’s first climate migration report falls flat
“We went from a bold call and vision to, well, nothing.”
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EPA finally has an action plan to improve water infrastructure and sanitation for US tribes
Indigenous leaders push for increased tribal consultation and funding
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A California law gave the people power to cut pollution. Why isn’t it working?
AB 617 has created a long-winded, bureaucratic process but resulted in little regulation — a design flaw that may be intentional.
