Environment

Issues related to climate justice and environmental racism.

Year in Review: Environmental Justice for All
An aerial shot of wind turbines on fields with clouds partial covering the land.

Year in Review: Environmental Justice for All
Dominique Stewart
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The need for environmental justice is ever present as global institutions and governments fuel a climate crisis on track to upend our survival.

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Environment Year in Review
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An “Unacceptable Escalation” Against Peaceful Protestors
A group of people in a forest with their faces blurred out pose next to a cloth sign that says, "Atlanta Forest to Strefi Hill and the squats of Athens Greece defend free spaces."

An “Unacceptable Escalation” Against Peaceful Protestors
Andrew Lee
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A protest movement to stop Cop City and protect an Atlanta forest continues despite a brutal police raid on the protest encampment.

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Environment Politics
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The Fight Against Pesticides in Communities of Color
A closed-off outdoor playground with a swing set and train locomotive followed by a walkway.

The Fight Against Pesticides in Communities of Color
Renée Cherez
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Pesticides have a long history in communities of color in the United States, and like most issues that affect these communities, it is rooted in institutional racism.

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Environment Health
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Protecting the Water Rights of Indigenous People
A person cups hands out as water from an outdoor spigot pours into it.

Protecting the Water Rights of Indigenous People
Tiffany Onyejiaka
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Historically, the United States government has stripped, ignored, and infringed on the water rights of Indigenous communities.

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Environment Health Politics Social Justice
2400 1600 Tiffany Onyejiaka
Why Some People Don’t Follow Evacuation Orders
An abandoned silver car is partly submerged in floodwater in a neighborhood.

Why Some People Don’t Follow Evacuation Orders
Dominique Stewart
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The process of evacuating climate disasters is more complex than picking up and going, often leaving some with a difficult choice against an unpredictable force.

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Environment
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Extreme Heat and the Push to Get Air Conditioning into Schools
An empty hallway in a school. Posters line the walls and some wall hooks are holding bags.

Extreme Heat and the Push to Get Air Conditioning into Schools
Nicole Cardoza
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Teachers are fundraising to get air conditioning into their classrooms due to record heat waves and inadequate educational infrastructure.

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Education Environment
2400 1611 Nicole Cardoza
A Water Emergency Downstream from a National Crisis
Nine rows of plastic water bottles that only show the tops are lined up in a checkerboard pattern.

A Water Emergency Downstream from a National Crisis
Andrew Lee
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Nationwide, numerous U.S. cities are dealing with some form of water contamination, lack of drinkable water, and outdated infrastructure, similar to the water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi.

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Environment Health Neighborhoods
2400 1600 Andrew Lee
Countering the Racist Roots of Evironmentalism with Climate Justice
A hand holding a sign that reads, Climate Justice Now!" in all caps. The "I" in "climate" is in the shape of a thermometer and the "o" in "now" is an image of the earth.

Countering the Racist Roots of Evironmentalism with Climate Justice
Jami Nakamura Lin
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Climate justice centers on marginalized communities most affected by climate change yet have been historically ignored by environmentalism.

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Environment Social Justice
2400 1600 Jami Nakamura Lin
Unsustainable: The Greenwashing of Climate Action
A close up of a person holding plastic cups that say "Eco" in green lettering and covered in sand.

Unsustainable: The Greenwashing of Climate Action
Sydney Cobb
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The environment is rapidly worsening as companies continue contributing to the climate crisis while pushing a greenwashing facade.

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Environment
2400 1600 Sydney Cobb
Marginalized Communities at Risk with Record Heat Waves
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Marginalized Communities at Risk with Record Heat Waves
Andrew Lee
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Climate change and environmental degradation disproportionately impact marginalized communities of color around the globe.

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Environment
2400 1600 Andrew Lee
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