Tag: Environmental justice
Empowering Women in Climate Adaptation: Key Strategies and Initiatives
Women are at the forefront of climate adaptation efforts, facing the unequal impacts of the climate crisis head-on. The United Nations reports that 80% of those displaced by climate change are women and girls,...
Trump DOJ Sues States Blocking Fossil Fuel Accountability – EcoWatch
So, like, the U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi was talking at the White House on April 30, 2025. Cool, right? I mean, who doesn't love a good Cabinet meeting? And, you know, she had...
Hurricane Season Risks for Undocumented People: What to Expect
With hurricane season looming in the Atlantic, experts are sounding the alarm on how the Trump administration's anti-immigration policies are worsening the risks for undocumented individuals facing disasters in the United States. The states...
Triumph and Tragedy in Fight for Water Rights: PBS Documentary Coverage
Water For Life kicked off its journey when filmmaker Will Parrinello and his crew tagged along with environmental activist Francisco Pineda over 14 years ago. Pineda, a recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize, was...
Imagining a Prison and Hazard-Free World in Chicago – Inside Climate News
A scorching heat wave hit the Stateville Correctional Center in Illinois last June, leaving inmates, including Darrell Fair, sweltering in their cells. The lack of air conditioning and the sealed windows made the situation...
Protecting Human Rights vs. Defending Nature: Which is Riskier?
Alright, so picture this: one chilly evening in January 2023, Indigenous leader Antonio Díaz Valencia and human rights lawyer Ricardo Arturo Lagunes Gasca decided to pull a vanishing act. Yep, they straight up disappeared...
Federal Judge Orders Restoration of Environmental Grant Funding by Trump Administration
A federal judge on Monday announced that he would make the Trump administration return $176 million in funding to 13 nonprofit groups and six municipalities across the country. This decision, made by Judge Richard...
Hydrogen Pipeline Change on Navajo Nation: Community Impact and Concerns
Alright, so check this out - there's this big project happening in New Mexico and Arizona that's causing quite a stir. Originally, the plan was to use this pipeline to carry some environmentally friendly...
Ensuring Climate Justice for Global Security
Nicola Sturgeon, an MSP (Member of the Scottish Parliament) and former First Minister of Scotland, and Ben Wilson, the International Policy Lead for Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, are sounding the alarm about the critical...
Workers Demand Climate Action on May Day
Anabella Rosemberg, who is a senior advisor on Just Transition at Climate Action Network International (CAN-I), is really passionate about workers' rights and climate justice. She believes that these two important issues need to...
