At a moment of political polarization, funding uncertainty, and limited public understanding of environmental justice, ...

Society has to confront a multitude of existential challenges all at once: political instability, the digital divide, climate and environmental justice. Historically, Black communities have been left ...

From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by host Steve Curwood with the Rev. Ben Chavis, an environmental justice pioneer. In 1981, ...

Environmental hazards disproportionately impact low-income communities and people of color, but there are moves happening in our own back yard to foster change. We’re talking with local experts and ...

Theologian, author and activist Benjamin Chavis spoke Wednesday at Wake Forest University's environmental justice summit in Winston-Salem. Chavis was wrongfully imprisoned in 1972 as a member of the ...

Elon Musk and Donald Trump have gutted federal environmental justice programs. Here’s what's at stake and how we’re fighting back. Elon Musk and Donald Trump have gutted federal environmental justice ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Monica Sanders covers climate justice and sustainability from the DMV. A Juneteenth flag flies on a float during the 45th annual ...

A climate resilience center in southwest Denver. A tree-planting project along Interstate 70. A constellation of urban gardens. Those are just some of the Colorado projects on life support after the U ...

Shortly after being elected president, Joe Biden made a sweeping promise on environmental justice: With a 2021 executive order, he vowed that a full 40 percent of the benefits of certain federal ...

Tucked inside the Altgeld Gardens public housing project on Chicago’s far South Side, there’s a yellow brick wall filled with hundreds of names. It stands as a memorial to the friends and family ...