Climate Justice
In order to avert a climate catastrophe, we must transition away from fossil fuels to a clean energy economy. On both a domestic and a global level, climate change hurts poor people and communities of color first and worst, so we seek solutions that center economic and racial justice as critical components of addressing climate change.
Latest Work
245 organizaciones líderes de 31 países entregan la petición pidiendo al Fiscal General de la República de El Salvador que retire los cargos contra cinco destacados defensores del agua salvadoreños
Su detención indica tanto una ofensiva contra la sociedad civil bajo el presidente Nayib Bukele como una señal de que el Gobierno del presidente Bukele podría intentar reanudar las operaciones de minería de metálica.
245 Leading Organizations from 31 Countries Deliver Petition Calling on the Salvadoran Attorney General to Drop All Charges against 5 Prominent Salvadoran Water Defenders
The water defenders’ arrest signals both a crackdown on civil society under President Nayib Bukele and a signal that Bukele may seek to resume metal mining operations.
A Super Bowl Note to Taylor Swift: Love the Music, Park the Private Jet
Congrats, Taylor, for your talent and decades of consistently great songwriting. You deserve all the accolades and rewards. But I have one request…
MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Experts Chuck Collins and Omar Ocampo on Taylor Swift’s Private Jet Travel Habits and the Cost of Private Jet Travel to Taxpayers and the Planet
“Taylor Swift’s potential flight from Tokyo to Las Vegas just to attend the Super Bowl is the best argument for a tax on private jet travel.”
The Fallout Never Ended
After 75 years, justice is long overdue for the innocent people who suffered collateral damage from nuclear weapons.
Sustaining Rosa Parks’s Struggle for Transit Equity
Transit Equity Day 2024 offers opportunities for reflection and participation.
Democracy Is Under Siege in El Salvador. Biden Needs to Speak Up.
President Bukele needs to drop charges against labor, human rights, and water defenders, as well as ordinary workers who simply want to get paid.
New Report from Leading Research and Civil Society Organizations Reveals New Information on the Arrests of Water Defenders and the State of Human Rights in El Salvador under the Bukele Administration
The new report highlights the full extent of human rights abuses under the Bukele administration, as well as evidence that the Bukele administration would like to bring back mining.
Nuevo Informe de Organizaciones Líderes en Investigación y de la Sociedad Civil Revela Nueva Información sobre los Arrestos de Defensores del Agua y el Estado de los Derechos Humanos en El Salvador, bajo la Administración de Bukele
El nuevo informe pone de relieve el alcance de los abusos contra los derechos humanos cometidos bajo el gobierno de Bukele, así como pruebas de que su gobierno pretende reabrir la minería.
Letter Signed by 185 Academics and Lawyers Calls on Attorney General of El Salvador to Drop Charges against Water Defenders, Respect Human Rights
185 academics and lawyers and 13 legal and related organizations from 21 countries send Open Letter to the Attorney General of El Salvador requesting that the case against five Salvadoran Water Defenders be dropped, and that the Attorney General respect and enforce the human rights of all Salvadorans.