Tipping Point
Natural Disasters Made Worse by COVID-19 Are Already Here
Cyclone Amphan has ripped through Bangladesh and India, leaving up to 10 million people homeless. The pandemic makes it a dual crisis that the rest of the world ignores at its own peril.
People of Colour Experience Climate Grief More Deeply Than White People
We are not only disproportionately affected by the climate crisis, but we carry a pain that comes from a long history of racial terror.
A Debate Over Racism Has Split One of the World's Most Famous Climate Groups
Extinction Rebellion US promised to prioritize communities of color. That was a problem for some of its activists.
Racist Housing Policies Have Created Dangerous 'Heat Islands' in Cities
On any given day east Portland is 18 F hotter than the city's west side. Coronavirus orders will make it even harder to escape.
'Cancer Alley' Has Some of the Highest Coronavirus Death Rates in the Country
As predominately Black communities in the polluted areas along the Mississippi from New Orleans to Baton Rouge face heightened risks from COVID-19, the EPA has suspended enforcement of the environmental rules designed to protect them.
First Nations Call For Massive Resource Projects to Be Shut Down During Pandemic
The coronavirus "actually reminded me of first contact when we didn't have disease and it was brought to us—like smallpox."
Coronavirus Has Caused a Drop in Emissions. Don't Celebrate Yet
Even though air pollution over China, the world’s largest emitter, has dropped substantially, anything that causes human death is counterproductive to climate justice.
The Most Critical Fight Against Trump's Border Wall You've Never Heard Of
The Esto'k Gna tribe is reviving ancestral villages along the length of the Rio Grande that stand squarely in the pathway of Trump's proposed border wall expansion.
Volunteers Are Fighting Brazil's Devastating Fires Because the Government Won't
"We don't wait for the government. We just do our job."
The New York Water Crisis That Nobody's Talking About
For years, "forever chemicals" flowed into Newburgh's drinking water. It turns out they came from a nearby air base.
The Climate Crisis Isn't Just Taking Pacific Islanders' Homes, It's Taking Our Identities
As Indigenous Pacific Islanders, climate adaptation plans cannot override our fight for sovereignty and self-determination.