Climate Equity
All Stories
-
![DAPL protestors wading in a creek confront police in riot gear]()
![DAPL protestors wading in a creek confront police in riot gear]()
How the fossil fuel industry drives climate change and police brutality
A new report says that "fighting to end environmental racism goes hand in hand with defunding the police"
-
![]()
![]()
6,000 acres of Minneapolis parks have their own police force
“It becomes a question of who gets to access the land, and the water, and take up space, who gets to congregate, and who gets to decide.”
-
![]()
![]()
What New Jersey’s new environmental justice law will and won’t achieve
New Jersey’s new law will shield poor communities from new sources of pollution. What about existing ones?
-
![]()
![]()
Why are farmworkers joining the strike for Black lives? Shared roots.
"The farmworker movement and the civil rights movement has always stood together."
-
![]()
![]()
As COVID surges in Puerto Rico, thousands have lost steady access to running water
140,000 residents are subject to government-mandated water rationing and lose access to their faucets every other day.
-
![A gas mask on top of two tampons in the style of a skull and crossbones]()
![A gas mask on top of two tampons in the style of a skull and crossbones]()
Can tear gas mess with your period?
Tear gas is bad for you, period. But is it bad for your period?
-
![]()
![]()
There’s no roadmap to the other side of the natural gas bridge. These states are making one.
States are confronting the future of gas in buildings — and facing a set of high-stakes questions.
-
![Relatives cry during the funeral of Kokama Chief Messias Martins Moreira, who died of COVID-19]()
![Relatives cry during the funeral of Kokama Chief Messias Martins Moreira, who died of COVID-19]()
Already fighting for their lands and lives, Indigenous communities in Brazil slammed by COVID-19
Indigenous leaders are speaking out about the government's neglect, calling it "an authorized genocide.”
-
![A protester wearing a mask around their neck holds a sign with a picture of George Floyd and saying We Cant Breathe and Black Lives Matter.]()
![A protester wearing a mask around their neck holds a sign with a picture of George Floyd and saying We Cant Breathe and Black Lives Matter.]()
The BREATHE Act would defund police — and fund environmental justice
This week the Movement for Black Lives released a new legislative proposal that has gained the support of Representatives Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley.
-
![An air conditioning unit with a gift bow and a tag saying]()
![An air conditioning unit with a gift bow and a tag saying]()
It’s getting hot in here: Can NYC keep seniors cool during COVID?
The city has installed about 18,000 of the 74,000 free AC units it plans to distribute this summer.
