Environmental Justice

Standing up for our health and homes.

Detroit’s Renewal: Can It Inspire the Social Forum?

by Sarah van Gelder

posted Jun 21, 2010

Detroit is known for its decay, violence, and gas-guzzling cars. With thousands of activists coming to town, will it also become known as a source of hope?

A Victory for Appalachia

by Sandra Diaz

posted Jun 18, 2010

The days of rubber stamping permits for mountaintop removal coal mining are over, for now.

Bonn Climate Talks: Beyond BP

by Jamie Henn

posted Jun 17, 2010

Even as we work to prevent future disasters and break the U.S. oil addiction, we must keep up pressure for a fair, ambitious climate treaty.

Environment and Food in Haiti: Two Crises, One Solution

by Beverly Bell

posted Jun 02, 2010

Haiti's strong peasant movement is calling for policies and programs that can help restore the land and protect small-scale sustainable agricultural production from agribusiness.

Western Showdown: Saving the Klamath

by Alice Outwater

posted May 27, 2010

How the tribes of the Klamath River stood up for the salmon—and won.

Debt vs. Localization: Climate Justice in the New Economy

by David Korten

posted May 12, 2010

David Korten: Where does the concept of “climate debt” fit into a New Economy framework?

Replacing Coal with Green Jobs in Navajo Nation

by Yvonne Liu

posted May 11, 2010

Shutting down coal mines was a first step. Now Navajo activists are working for a new, green-jobs economy. 

Cochabamba Postscript: Lessons, Reflections, and the Road to Cancun

by Jason Negrón-Gonzales

posted Apr 26, 2010

There are plenty of reasons to be excited about the alliance gathering around grassroots solutions.

People We Love :: Beverly Wright

by Berit Anderson

posted Apr 13, 2010

Cleaning up New Orleans

The High Cost of Cheap Coal

by Brooke Jarvis

posted Apr 07, 2010

More and more people are recalculating the true price of coal and deciding it’s simply too high to pay.

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.