The Lead Poisoning in Flint Points to a Nationwide Problem By SIERRA Staff July 2, 2018 Cities carefully monitor lead in the water supply, except when they don't In this story: environmental justice, clean water, toxics
Climate Deniers Are More Likely to Be Racist. Why? By Heather Smith June 18, 2018 A new study has a theory In this story: federal climate policy, politics, science, democracy, environmental justice
Gabriel Gonzalez Wants Renewable Energy for All By Wendy Becktold June 13, 2018 The Ready for 100 organizer sees an opportunity for a better, more just world In this story: ready for 100, renewable energy, clean energy, environmental justice
What It's Like to Be an Environmental Defender in the Philippines By Katherine Wei June 11, 2018 Indigenous people are murdered for trying to take back their ancestors’ land In this story: activism, environmental justice, international environmental justice
Time for Real Talk About Power, White Privilege, and Conservation By Jonathan Hahn May 26, 2018 PGM One wrestles with equity, inclusion, and justice in conservation and recreation In this story: hiking, racial justice, environmental justice
Entergy Gas Plant Evokes New Orleans Legacy of Environmental Racism By Christiana Botic and Leanna First-Arai May 9, 2018 New Orleans East has a long history of being the city’s dumping ground In this story: fracked gas, environmental justice
Queen Quet and the Gullah/Geechee Nation Say No to Offshore Drilling By Andrea Cooper February 28, 2018 The elected chieftess is mobilizing constituents against this environmental threat In this story: oil, drilling, environmental justice
Bid to Halt Bayou Bridge Pipeline Rejected Despite Habitat Threat By Katherine Wei February 13, 2018 If allowed to proceed, the pipeline will threaten a delicate wetland ecosystem In this story: pipelines, environmental justice, oil
Women in Ghana Battle a U.S.-Owned Gold Mine for Land and Livelihood By Sophia Jones December 14, 2017 Mining giant Newmont has been seizing farms and dumping cyanide into waterways In this story: environmental justice, gender, international environmental justice
Planning for the 100-Year Flood Applies to You Too, Chemical Company By Heather Smith August 31, 2017 Industry needs to start preparing for climate-change-related disasters In this story: federal climate policy, air, clean water, climate change, environmental justice