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Environmental Justice

Environmental Justice

There is no separating equality from ecology, which knows that no member of any natural system has more value than another. Translation? Social justice is environmental justice.

An orange, hazy sun sits in the dead center of a purply pink sky.

An orange, hazy sun sits in the dead center of a purply pink sky.

Society Leaves Disabled Communities Sweltering As temperatures break records across the globe, disabled people face unique risks and challenges.

Identity & Community Environmental Justice

Residents of al-Zeitouin amid the damage after the Israeli bombing of the city in December and January 2009.

Residents of al-Zeitouin amid the damage after the Israeli bombing of the city in December and January 2009.

From Gaza to LA, the Right to Remain Is Under Attack Across borders and crises, homes are being destroyed—by airstrikes, fire, and force. Climate justice requires naming this violence: domicide

Environmental Justice Identity & Community

A water colored oil spill filled with an array of blues, pinks, and yellows.

A water colored oil spill filled with an array of blues, pinks, and yellows.

Fossil Fuel Billionaires Are Bankrolling the Anti-Trans Movement An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.

Identity & Community Environmental Justice

Palestinian children stand next to the gate of a soccer field.

Palestinian children stand next to the gate of a soccer field.

Surviving Occupation in a Climate-Changed West Bank Climate change is causing strange rainfall patterns in Palestine. That compounds the devastation of Israel’s weaponization of water.

Environmental Justice Well Being

A herd of bison run.

A herd of bison run.

Indigenous Leaders Thwart Prison Plans with a Sacred Bison Revival This Kentucky mountaintop was earmarked for a maximum security prison—until a Native-led nonprofit bought the land to raise long-lost bison.

Indigeneity Environmental Justice

Australia’s Heat Is Rising. So Is Its Climate Inequality.

Australia’s Heat Is Rising. So Is Its Climate Inequality.

Australia’s Heat Is Rising. So Is Its Climate Inequality. In a desert town with increasing heat, some residents find refuge below ground while their neighbors are left to endure the heat above.

Indigeneity Environmental Justice

Wheat grows tall in front of a setting sun.

Wheat grows tall in front of a setting sun.

The Forced Sterilization of India’s Sugarcane Farmworkers Countless women have had their wombs removed under questionable medical advice—and climate change is making the situation worse.

Environmental Justice Well Being

A New Gold Rush Is Turning Ghana’s Water Into Poison

A New Gold Rush Is Turning Ghana’s Water Into Poison

A New Gold Rush Is Turning Ghana’s Water Into Poison Illegal gold mining has contaminated more than 60% of Ghana’s water sources. Now, one seaside town is speaking out.

Environmental Justice Identity & Community

Children in Gaza play in the water.

Children in Gaza play in the water.

Pioneering Virtual Reality Exhibit Immerses Users in a Liberated Gaza Phoenix of Gaza XR reimagines the city's future beyond Israel's bombings and besiegement, letting visitors relish in a hum of life.

Changemakers Environmental Justice

Two women in India sit together on a floor covered in blankets.

Two women in India sit together on a floor covered in blankets.

Meet The Women Survivors of the World’s Worst Industrial Disaster Forty years after a pesticide company leaked toxic chemicals into the air and water of Bhopal, these women are still fighting for justice.

Environmental Justice Changemakers

On the Anniversary of Wounded Knee, Leonard Peltier’s Release Sparks Reflection and Hope

On the Anniversary of Wounded Knee, Leonard Peltier’s Release Sparks Reflection and Hope

On the Anniversary of Wounded Knee, Leonard Peltier’s Release Sparks Reflection and Hope His release marks a rare victory in the fight for Native justice—and serves as a reminder to never surrender.

Indigeneity Environmental Justice

Black-led Climate Groups Won’t Yield to Trump’s Crusade on Wokeness

Black-led Climate Groups Won’t Yield to Trump’s Crusade on Wokeness

Black-led Climate Groups Won’t Yield to Trump’s Crusade on Wokeness Federal crackdowns on environmental justice have already begun to impact frontline communities. Black-led climate groups are pushing back.

Environmental Justice Changemakers

This 400-Mile Run Commemorates a Great Cheyenne Resistance

This 400-Mile Run Commemorates a Great Cheyenne Resistance

This 400-Mile Run Commemorates a Great Cheyenne Resistance In 1879, more than 100 Cheyenne broke out of a prison at Fort Robinson. Now, dozens of youth gather at the site and run home together.

Indigeneity Environmental Justice

West Bank’s Ancient Olive Trees Face Their Biggest Threat Yet

West Bank’s Ancient Olive Trees Face Their Biggest Threat Yet

West Bank’s Ancient Olive Trees Face Their Biggest Threat Yet As Israeli settler violence intensifies in the West Bank, the annual harvest of olive trees is becoming less profitable—and less safe.

Identity & Community Environmental Justice

The World’s Largest Solar Plant Is Greenwashing China’s Uyghur Genocide

The World’s Largest Solar Plant Is Greenwashing China’s Uyghur Genocide

The World’s Largest Solar Plant Is Greenwashing China’s Uyghur Genocide Renewable energy advocates have praised China’s record-breaking solar plant. The problem? It's built in Xinjiang, the Uyghur homeland.

Environmental Justice Identity & Community

The World Is Drowning In Plastic Pollution. Can a Global Treaty Fix It?

The World Is Drowning In Plastic Pollution. Can a Global Treaty Fix It?

The World Is Drowning In Plastic Pollution. Can a Global Treaty Fix It? People living on the frontline of the plastics crisis make clear why the Global Plastics Treaty’s is so crucial.

Environmental Justice Democracy

Black Churches Have Always Led Social Movements. Why Not Climate Justice?

Black Churches Have Always Led Social Movements. Why Not Climate Justice?

Black Churches Have Always Led Social Movements. Why Not Climate Justice? Grammy nominee and Climate Revival cofounder Antonique Smith takes us inside her Black church tour.

Points of View Environmental Justice

An image of a stick figure person using a wheelchair is drawn in yellow paint on a cement street.

An image of a stick figure person using a wheelchair is drawn in yellow paint on a cement street.

Hurricane Milton Confirmed What Disabled Citizens Feared Most America’s persistent shortcomings in disaster planning continue to disproportionately threaten the lives of disabled people.

Anthropocene Environmental Justice

Israel’s War Machine Needs Oil. Should the World Cut It Off?

Israel’s War Machine Needs Oil. Should the World Cut It Off?

Israel’s War Machine Needs Oil. Should the World Cut It Off? Activists accuse BP of being complicit in genocide for selling oil to Israel. Now, they’re calling for an energy embargo to end the crisis.

Environmental Justice Movement Building

After Generations in the Dark, This Group Is Bringing Solar Power to Tribal Lands

After Generations in the Dark, This Group Is Bringing Solar Power to Tribal Lands

After Generations in the Dark, This Group Is Bringing Solar Power to Tribal Lands Native Renewables is bringing off-grid solar to Navajo and Hopi homes that have gone generations without power.

Environmental Justice Indigeneity

For Black Archaeologists, the Atlantic Ocean is an Ancestral Graveyard

For Black Archaeologists, the Atlantic Ocean is an Ancestral Graveyard

For Black Archaeologists, the Atlantic Ocean is an Ancestral Graveyard For Black maritime archeologists the Atlantic Ocean presents an opportunity to excavate ancestral memory and pave future possibilities.

Environmental Justice Ocean Life

As the sun sets along the water, the sky turns purple.

As the sun sets along the water, the sky turns purple.

Transformation and Nostalgia in Europe’s Coal Mines In Germany and Poland, defunct coal mines are being converted into tourist attractions.

Environmental Justice Identity & Community