La pandemia del coronavirus ha transformado el mundo casi instantáneamente, a la vez que expone injusticias sistemáticas de larga data que también están presentes en una creciente crisis climática. Sin embargo, hay un camino justo que nos ayuda a encarar ambos fenómenos.
The coronavirus pandemic has upended the world almost instantly, exposing longstanding, systemic injustices that are just as present in the slower-motion climate crisis. There is a just path forward in both cases.
Residentes de todo el estado de Texas y la región del Golfo siguen sintiendo los efectos devastadores del huracán Harvey, concentrando más de 50 pulgadas de lluvia en algunas zonas esta semana, desplazando a miles de personas y matando a un número aún por confirmar.
Según la Asociación Pulmonar Americana, Bakersfield es el lugar con mayor polución de partículas a corto plazo en Estados Unidos y con los peores niveles de polución de ozono. Ambas formas de contaminación están relacionadas con enfermedades pulmonares, como el asma, y enfermedades del corazón.
Pam Nixon vive en una zona de West Virginia que llaman "Valle Químico", rodeada de industrias que manejan químicos tóxicos e inflamables. Durante los 65 años que ha vivido allí, Pam ha tenido que refugiarse en casa y sellar sus ventanas repetidas veces por alertas de fugas químicas.
While the president whips up Category 4 tweetstorms, serious issues like the ongoing lead crisis in Flint, Michigan, and other cities remain unaddressed.
The incoming Trump administration could try to roll back recent progress toward environmental justice, but these visionary community leaders are ready to resist.
At a convention of black and Hispanic journalists, environmental justice advocates talk about the lasting impacts of discrimination. (English language version available.)
Trains loaded with crude oil rumble past the Ezra Prentice Homes in Albany, New York, bringing air and noise pollution along for the ride. (Spanish language version available.)
The EPA’s Office of Civil Rights is trying to weaken civil rights protections through a new proposal that will negatively impact communities that suffer environmental discrimination.
The oil industry has hit a new low in cooking the numbers to stir up unwarranted fears that tighter ozone standards will negatively impact the economy.
Gretchen Dahlkemper, a mom turned national organizer, talks about her daughter’s struggles with asthma and the need for everyone to fight for better protection from air pollution.
Black Lives Matter leaders brilliantly reframed Black History Month to use each day in February to focus on a separate cultural or political issue facing African Americans.
Earthjustice's Keith Rushing profiles the influential founder of the environmental justice movement, Dr. Robert Bullard, in honor of Black History Month.
Cherise Udell, founder of Utah Moms for Clean Air, describes why, despite efforts to make change happen, fixing the air pollution problem is a herculean task.
