BY: Nina Joung When did climate change activism become something you associated with young people? Was it when 21 youth plaintiffs from the ages of 11 to 22 filed a lawsuit against the government for failing to protect its youngest constituents?…
By Nexus Media This is part of a series for Black History Month on Black scientists, activists and entrepreneurs who are tackling the greatest problem of our time. The mainstream environmental movement is overwhelmingly white — and it’s only getting whiter. Black people are a…
This is part of a series for Black History Month on Black scientists, activists and entrepreneurs who are tackling the greatest problem of our time. Black History Month is marked as much by a reflection on the past as a look to…
By: Elena Crete, Climate & Energy Manager, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Climate change is one of the world’s most complicated challenges, and nations are scrambling to organize around a common goal while maintaining their own interests. In 2015, the Paris…
By Dr. Robert D. Bullard I have spent my career fighting to show how environmental impacts adversely impact marginalized communities. How it uniquely hurts those who are already vulnerable, who feel the invisible hand of systemic racism and structural…
https://youtu.be/oFWOxTPBYDM By Jeremy Deaton from Nexus Media There is nothing particularly remarkable about the Dakota Access pipeline. Thousands of miles of pipelines stretch across the country, ferrying oil from drilling sites to ports and refineries. Each pipe threatens to leak,…
By Lynne Peskoe-Yang Editor’s Note: This story is part of a partnership between Peril and Promise and Rewire. The solarpunk environmental movement is for anyone who’s digitally inclined but unafraid of dirt. Think post-apocalyptic hacker aesthetics, but with a sunnier disposition. With origins…
By Carolyn Beeler, environmental reporter for PRI's The World [original article here] Billions of people all over the globe are already feeling the impacts of climate change — from the deserts of Somaliland to the peat bogs of northern Canada. Here are some…
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