Environmental Justice

Standing up for our health and homes.

A Turning Point for Mountaintop Removal?

by Sandra Diaz

posted Jan 14, 2011

In an historic move, the EPA has vetoed a permit for mountaintop removal mining in West Virginia.

In Memory of Judy Bonds

by Robert Shetterly

posted Jan 10, 2011

Artist Robert Shetterly remembers a coal miner's daughter who took on the coal industry.

Mountain Memories: Interview with Judy Bonds

by Taylor Lee Kirkland

posted Jan 07, 2011

West Virginia activist Judy Bonds died of cancer this week. Before she died, she gave this interview about fighting to save her home from mountaintop removal coal mining.

Walking Gently on the Earth

by Rev. Wendy Bell

posted Dec 19, 2010

Making faithful choices about food, energy, shelter, and more.

Rewriting Education for the Real World

posted Dec 19, 2010

Video: The Environmental Charter High School is making an impact on students, the community, and the planet.

Kicking the Habit: Air Travel in the Time of Climate Change

by Joseph Nevins

posted Dec 13, 2010

Air travel is neither just nor sustainable. So how can environmental justice activists make a global difference?

Maude Barlow: Read Me My Environmental Rights

by Madeline Ostrander

posted Dec 03, 2010

An international movement—of governments, scientists, and activists—is bringing a focus on environmental rights to the climate negotiations in Cancún.

In Mexico City, a Message for Cancún

by Laura Carlsen

posted Dec 02, 2010

Why peasant farmers in Mexico are taking the UN climate negotiations seriously.

Pittsburgh Bans Natural Gas Drilling

by Mari Margil, Ben Price

posted Nov 16, 2010

A historic new ordinance bans natural gas drilling while elevating community decision making and the rights of nature over the “rights” associated with corporate personhood.

Film Trailer: Living Downstream

posted Nov 15, 2010

A documentary that follows ecologist and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber, as she explores the seemingly unnatural causes of cancer.

The Story of Electronics

posted Nov 09, 2010

Video: Annie Leonard explains why “designed for the dump” electronics are toxic to people and the planet … and what to do about it.

People We Love :: Nadia Janjua

by Tiffany Ran

posted Sep 29, 2010

Combining Islam and the environment

People We Love :: Tab Benoit

by Kelly Shea

posted Sep 29, 2010

Music to heal the Gulf

Appalachia Rising for a New Economy

by Brooke Jarvis

posted Sep 28, 2010

Appalachian residents are serious about putting a stop to mountaintop removal coal mining—and building a more sustainable economy to take its place.

From Vacant City Lots to Food On the Table

by Madeline Ostrander

posted Sep 17, 2010

How to grow food where we need it.