COVID left Portland’s homeless population in crisis mode. Then the heat wave hit

Advocates say cities need to dedicate more resources during extreme weather events to help those without…

Car culture disproportionately kills Black Americans. The pandemic made things worse.

The number of Black people who died in traffic accidents rose by nearly a quarter last…

A new way to protect the Amazon: COVID vaccines

How a team of physicians, nurses, and volunteers undertook a three-week journey to vaccinate land protectors…

Here’s how Biden is spending his first big environmental justice investment

The EPA has detailed how it will spend $50 million authorized by the American Rescue Plan.

Your city is more segregated than it was in 1990, new study shows

The consequences for environmental justice are stark.

Decades after Watts revolted, the Black neighborhood is being ‘revitalized’ — but the cost is steep

Residents wonder how the most environmentally burdened place in California became one of the most vied-for…

Kamala Harris told migrants ‘do not come’ but didn’t address the biggest cause of displacement

The government’s plan to tackle immigration has a hurricane-sized hole in it.

From pollution to policing, this Asian-American group is expanding environmental justice in the Bay Area

"Environmental justice is about who we can call community, and what access we have to the…

From pollution to policing, this Asian-American group is expanding environmental justice in the Bay Area

"Environmental justice is about who we can call community, and what access we have to the…

Biden made this city a poster child for climate change. Then it flooded again.

Lake Charles, Louisiana, was wrecked by another storm just two weeks after President Joe Biden pledged…