environmental justice
How Does Throwing Soup Get Us to Climate Policy Changes?
The latest soup-throwing incident is part of a long tradition of direct action.
By Dana R. Fisher
Young People Are Demanding an End to Oil and Gas Drilling, but the US and UK Aren’t Delivering
In this op-ed, Zanagee Artis and Elijah McKenzie-Jackson of the Natural Resources Defense argue that when it comes to fossil fuels, there is a discrepancy between what people are demanding and what leaders are doing.
By Zanagee Artis and Elijah McKenzie-Jackson
Anxious About Climate Change? Talk About It.
Climate talking circles are spreading as a way for people to deal with their feelings around the climate crisis.
By Katherine Rapin
Youth Climate Activists Are Finally Getting Their Day in Court
This will be the first time a youth-led climate lawsuit actually goes to trial.
By Katie Myers
The Climate Emergencies We’re Not Paying Attention To
“We must talk about these more difficult stories, too.”
By Vanessa Nakate
Young Workers Are Bridging the Climate and Labor Movements
"We don’t have to trade off the environment for good jobs."
By Leanna First-Arai
How Patriarchy Has Contributed to the Climate Crisis
“Ecofeminism” explains the connection.
By Leah Thomas
The Mainstream Climate Movement Suppresses Black Voices
That’s why we’re organizing a different kind of climate conference.
By Destiny Hodges
Recapturing the Radical Spirit of the Original Earth Day
Social justice was once at the core of the environmental movement.
By Molly Taft
‘Love & Rage’: The New Faces of Climate Activism
This striking photography project features the activists on the frontlines.
By Anna Betts
9 Climate Activists of Color You Should Know
From water protector Autumn Peltier to the indigenous youth behind Guardians of the Forest.
By Rachel Janfaza
I Don't Want to Be a Climate Statistic
I want people to know how climate change is hurting people like me.
By Marinel Sumook Ubaldo
This Japanese Island Wants the U.S. Military Off Its Land
A high school senior’s film shines a light on the Marines’ controversial presence in Okinawa.
By Delilah Friedler
I Believe in Elizabeth Warren’s Environmental Justice Plan
Warren centers marginalized communities again and again.
UN Secretary General: Youth Climate Strikers Who Said We're Failing Them Are "Right"
"We have a long way to go. But the movement has begun."
By António Guterres
My Home Is Already Being Destroyed by Climate Change
The U.S. Virgin Islands are on the frontlines of the climate crisis. Alone, I can never do enough to save it.
By Kaylah Brathwaite
What You Can Do to Help Hurricane Survivors Right Now
Hurricane Dorian has caused catastrophic damage in the Bahamas. And it’s only the first major storm of the season.
By Samantha Montano
The MAJOR Kind of Racism That People Aren’t Talking Enough About
The poisoning of Flint’s water supply wasn’t an accident.
By Lincoln Anthony Blades