Tipping Point
Residents Displaced by a Mega-Tsunami Can Never Go Home
For survivors of Greenland's 2017 mega-tsunami, the aftershocks of the disaster haven't finished.
Black People Have Been Saying 'We Can't Breathe' for Decades
At 73, Dr. Robert Bullard, widely recognized as the 'Father of Environmental Justice,' is now preparing the next generation of Black leaders to lead the movement.
Climate Change Is Making Women's Chores Deadlier
The job of collecting water during the dry season is sending women in northern Kenya farther and farther afield, even while pregnant. Some women don't make it back alive.
Trump Is About to Hand Over Sacred Apache Land to a Mining Company
Trump officials are rushing to hand over Oak Flat in Arizona to Resolution Copper by next month, a full year ahead of schedule—while they still can.
Some Ski Resorts Are Finally Starting to Reckon With Their Racist History
Resorts largely serve rich white people. But Indigenous communities are fighting to change that.
Trump's Environmental Rollbacks Are Racist. Here's How Biden Can Overturn Them Immediately.
A few executive actions from President-Elect Joe Biden could have real-world impacts for Black, Indigenous, and people of color at home.
The Climate Crisis Is Giving Children in Zimbabwe PTSD
Cyclone Idai ravaged parts of Zimbabwe in March 2019. But more than a year after the tragedy, some children affected by the disaster are still struggling psychologically.
It Looks Like AOC's Squad Will Double After Election Day
The progressive group calling for a Green New Deal and pushing the Democrats left is about to get a whole lot bigger.
A Fracked Gas Pipeline Is Coming to Brooklyn. Residents Are Invoking BLM to Fight It
Brownsville, the neighbourhood with the highest rates of asthma in New York City, is fighting to halt the construction of a fracked gas pipeline that could worsen its air quality even more.
Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining
Not only do Canadian mines in the Philippines degrade the environment and displace Indigenous communities, activists say, eco-defenders are targeted by the Philippine government for protesting them. A VICE World News investigation.
A Hedge Fund With Ties to Trump Is Polluting One of Brooklyn's Poorest Communities
Sunset Park residents breathe some of the worst air in New York, made worse in the summer when the city turns on a nearby natural gas plant owned by a hedge fund to help power all the air conditioners.
Expect Domestic Violence to Skyrocket After the California Fires End
Domestic violence reports shot up by almost 300 percent after the Fort McMurray fires in Alberta, one expert said. The climate crisis will only make bad situations worse.