Environment

One in 3 adults in rural America has a disability. Here’s what’s needed to advance equitable climate outcomes for them.

Black women, particularly mothers, are leading efforts to treat people currently harmed by toxic neighborhoods and prevent future damage.

For years, we’ve heard the calls for more diversity in the environmental movement. It’s certainly true that the “big green” groups — and their boards — remain mostly white. But the…

A new cohort of cities is set to benefit from additional funding and technical support to fight pollution, as the $30 million Breathe Cities clean air initiative expands.

Here are two tales of the energy transition unfolding in coal country, USA. In late 2019, Pacificorp, an electric utility that operates in six Western states, told Wyoming regulators it…

The vast majority of the technology needed to realize a full decarbonization of the U.S. economy exists, and most of the technology is more cost effective than fossil fueled alternatives,…

Green 2.0, a watchdog organization advocating for diversity in the environmental sector, in late February convened a panel of Black environmental justice leaders to discuss what it will take to…

No, those photos you saw from past Climate Week NYC events and similar gatherings over the years weren’t washed out: They were just overall very white. Despite the data confirming…

COP28 holds its first Health Day as concern grows about the effects of climate change – from disease outbreaks to air pollution.

Over the past decade, many health foundations have shifted from funding specific programs to addressing social determinants of health by supporting policy and systems change strategies Abundant research has demonstrated that low-income communities of color face structural barriers to health that…

To save lives, communities need the resources to move from reactive to proactive approaches in response to these health threats. However, they face large hurdles in accessing money. More than 90…

Climate refugees are predominantly from formerly colonized countries that aren’t responsible, in large part, for the factors that exacerbate climate change.