Environmental Justice

Standing up for our health and homes.

Drafting Nature's Constitution

posted Mar 02, 2010

Video: Simply regulating pollution will never really stop it. Mari Margil of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund discusses why we need a fundamental change in the way we use law to protect nature.

Crude :: Film Trailer

posted Feb 11, 2010

What is the real price of oil? This 2009 documentary investigates the $27 billion class action environmental lawsuit against Chevron for pollution.

Curriculum & Resources: Green Jobs and Green Buildings

posted Jan 25, 2010

Lesson plans, hands-on activities, and award-winning projects on green building and economies will demonstrate to your students that there’s a better, sustainable, and just future that they can help build, shape, and design.

"Regulators Should No Longer Ignore Rigorous Science"

by Sandra Diaz

posted Jan 11, 2010

In a broad new study, scientists conclude that the impacts of mountaintop removal are "pervasive and irreversible."

Crossroads in Copenhagen

by Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins

posted Dec 17, 2009

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins discusses the conflicting emotions that Copenhagen causes.

It's Too Late to Compromise on Climate

by Mateo Nube

posted Dec 17, 2009

Mateo Nube: With survival at stake, the world can still come together over values like sharing and accountability.

People We Love :: Otana Jakpor

by Heather Purser

posted Dec 15, 2009

Lobbying for clean air.

Kumi Naidoo on How We'll Win at Copenhagen

by Madeline Ostrander

posted Dec 11, 2009

Forget the cynicism. The activists who made Copenhagen possible are ramping up the pressure for a strong and binding deal on climate change.

Global South Demands Climate Justice

by Jennifer Krill, Adrian Wilson.

posted Dec 09, 2009

Delegates from developing nations are worried about the fairness of the COP-15 process after the leakage of an early negotiation text.

Appalachia Fights for a Green Future

by Bob Kincaid

posted Dec 08, 2009

Appalachian residents are calling on environmental protection agencies to stand up to mountaintop removal.

Climate Hero Clayton Thomas-Müller

posted Dec 01, 2009

Clayton Thomas-Müller is working to keep corporations from privatizing the atmosphere, as they have privatized the land and exploited the natural resources that once belonged to the First Nations of Canada.

The "Battle in Seattle" at 10

by Mark Engler

posted Nov 30, 2009

WTO+10: Did the 1999 protests against the World Trade Organization actually make a difference?

Last Mountain Standing: Coal River Valley Residents Fight for Wind Farm

by Jed Grubbs

posted Nov 24, 2009

The last intact mountain in West Virginia's Coal River Valley is slated for mountaintop removal coal mining. Local residents have other ideas.

Homo Toxicus :: Film Trailer

posted Nov 10, 2009

How many toxins are in our bodies? Carole Poliquin investigates in this documentary.

What's Your Connection to Mountaintop Removal?

posted Nov 10, 2009

Power plants across the country use coal from destroyed mountains. Search your zip code to meet the communities and landscapes to which you're connected.