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
Duterte’s New Warning to Mining Companies
OceanaGold’s mining agreement in the Philippines expires in 2019. Now’s a great time to act on the company’s reforestation scam.
Will Greed Be the EPA Leader’s Downfall?
Activists are hoping to use Scott Pruitt’s self-enrichment at taxpayer expense to get rid of a dangerous climate change denier.
A New Poor People’s Campaign Is Rising — And It Puts Climate Front and Center
Only a system premised on extreme inequality would choose fossil fuel profits over the future of humanity.
Activists Are Convening for Transit Equity All Over the Country
During the week of Earth Day, actions are cropping up all over to call for clean, accessible, and safe public transit.
How Poverty, Climate Change, and Bad Policy Put Poor People at Greater Risk of Pest-Borne Diseases
Public health resources are being cut while mosquito-borne diseases like Zika and the West Nile virus flourish in poor communities.
The State Department Drama Shows Just How Far Trump Will Go for Big Oil
In this White House, the most dangerous industry on earth has a stranglehold on U.S. foreign policy.
I’m an Eagle Scout, and I Don’t Want Pipelines in My Wilderness
A gas pipeline would put a gash the size of a 12-lane highway along the Appalachian Trail. Is nothing sacred?
Trump Isn’t Just Incompetent and His Agenda Isn’t Just Bad. It’s Evil.
After a year that’s brought us closer to nuclear war, ethnic cleansing, and climate catastrophe, it’s time to consider that the Trump-GOP agenda may be genuinely evil.
How One Coal Baron Set an Entire Administration’s Energy Agenda
In a political system awash with money, it’s Big Coal vs. democracy.
Can Victory Over Irresponsible Mining in Central America Spur a Win in the Philippines?
OceanaGold was stunningly defeated in El Salvador last March. Can it be defeated in the Philippines by 2019?