Alannah Acaq Hurley’s Watershed Moment An Alaska Native receives the Goldman Prize for her efforts to protect Bristol Bay from mining By Linnea Harris April 20, 2026 In this story: environmental justice, activism, climate change, salmon, women
How Americans Could Lose Their Voice in the Push to Build Big Projects Efforts to update the National Environmental Policy Act put its future in doubt By Hannah Story Brown April 21, 2026 In this story: federal policy, environmental law, environmental justice, public health, Trump
One Year After Trump’s Inauguration, the Damage to Environmental Policy Is Unprecedented The administration has taken a wrecking ball to everything from clean energy policy to chemical regulations By Dana Drugmand January 20, 2026 In this story: Trump, politics, climate change, EPA, environmental justice
Nature Speaks to Us. We Just Need to Listen. In the Ecuadorian Amazon, Nemonte Nenquimo found her voice as an activist in gatherings lit by fire and song By Gingger Shankar December 11, 2025 In this story: indigenous communities, activism, forests, women, environmental justice
The Quiet Architect of Federal Environmental Justice Dr. Clarice Gaylord laid the foundation for environmental-justice policies By Jaha Nailah Avery November 9, 2025 In this story: environmental justice, racial justice, social justice
Black Belt Defender Catherine Coleman Flowers is helping upgrade wastewater systems in the South By Chris Berdik February 18, 2025 In this story: environmental justice
Frontline Communities Fight to Evict a Toxic Roofing Company One of America’s largest shingle makers is pumping pollution into Black and brown communities from Texas to Minnesota By Amal Ahmed January 8, 2025 In this story: toxics, environmental justice, social justice, racial justice
Colombia Is the Most Dangerous Country for Environmental Defenders Latin America remains the most hostile region for activists worldwide By John Gibler October 15, 2024 In this story: activism, environmental justice
Diversifying the Next Generation of Wildland Firefighters A partnership between the US Forest Service and four HBCUs is shifting the mostly white forestry workforce By Ashira Morris August 8, 2024 In this story: wildfire, racial justice, environmental justice
Incarcerated People Are Drinking Unsafe Water in Illinois State Prisons Prisoners' rights advocates and environmental groups are taking their concerns to the federal government By Nicole Greenfield August 2, 2024 In this story: environmental justice, clean water, social justice, water, racial justice