Equity
Minnesota judge throws out charges against Line 3 pipeline protesters
Citing a rarely used statute, the court dismissed Line 3 protest charges in the name of climate justice.
Read MoreBiden’s top environmental justice official just left the White House. What now?
Cecilia Martinez was the “heart, soul, and mind” of Biden’s ambitious environmental justice plans.
Read MoreThink apartment-hunting is frustrating? Try doing it with an electric car.
As the US switches to EVs, apartment-dwellers struggle to plug in.
Read MoreThe wealthiest people on the planet are responsible for almost half of carbon emissions
Yet climate policies disproportionally affect the middle and lower class.
Read More‘It doesn’t have to be this way’: Lessons from the slow death of Louisiana’s oil industry
The Gulf Coast is bleeding oil jobs. Here’s what it tells us about a just transition.
Read MoreStudy: People of color breathe more polluted air, regardless of income
U.S. air quality has gotten better, but disparities remain
Read MoreGreen incentives usually help the rich. Here’s how the Build Back Better Act could change that.
The reconciliation bill could shake up the tradition of green handouts to the wealthy.
Read MoreBlack and Latino neighborhoods pay more for energy despite far lower emissions
A new study explores the rift between who gets energy benefits and who bears energy burdens.
Read MoreA freeway ripped the heart out of Black life in Detroit. Now Michigan wants to tear it down.
Highway removal is the easy part. Making reparations is where it gets complicated.
Read MoreEnergy company cancels $2.5 billion oil export terminal in Louisiana
The project faced stiff opposition from residents, who argued it would have destroyed a historic slave burial site.
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