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Friday, August 23rd, 2019

Will Nonprofits Stand Up and Protect the Earth’s Defenders?

By Niduk D'Souza

August 21, 2019

In 2018, a total of 164 people perished worldwide while defending the environment from attack.

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New York State Passes “Nation’s Strongest” Climate Leg...

By Marian Conway

June 21, 2019

Flint Prosecutors Drop All Charges on Water Crisis to Start...

By Skip Lockwood

June 18, 2019

Youth Climate Case Claims Constitutional Right to a Livable...

June 10, 2019

Can Zoning for Environmental Justice Reverse a Century of Zo...

May 14, 2019

UN Aims to Protect Indigenous Peoples Fighting for Land and...

May 2, 2019

What Do Our Times Require? Funders Propose a Philanthropic �...

March 12, 2019

Environmental Advocates Eye Foundation Assets for Damage Don...

By Ruth McCambridge

November 19, 2018

SCOTUS Rules Climate Kids Suit Can Move Forward

By Marian Conway

November 5, 2018

“Carbon Fees” and Climate Resiliency: Public Revenue Age...

October 23, 2018

Environmental Justice: Moving Equity from Margins to Mainstream

By Deeohn Ferris

August 15, 2019

Tulsa Mayor Opens Search for Possible Mass Graves from 1921 White-Led Riot

October 12, 2018

UN Report Finds Alarming Increase in Murders of Indigenous Environmental Activists

By Sheela Nimishakavi

September 5, 2018

Grassroots Efforts are Crucial in Oswego’s Fight for Environmental Justice

By Jim Schaffer

August 23, 2018

What Does Environmental Racism Look Like? Come to Braddock, PA

August 3, 2018

Climate Nuisance Lawsuits Need a Major Win

By Marian Conway

July 2, 2018

Environmental Justice or Environmental Racism: Something Smells in North Carolina

By Carole Levine

June 7, 2018

Environmental Justice’s Built-In Equity Lens

By Derrick Rhayn

March 27, 2018

Environmental Nonprofit’s “Climate Kids” Lawsuit Cleared for Historic Trial

March 16, 2018

EPA Dismisses Black Belt Citizens’ Environmental Justice Claim

March 12, 2018

An exhausted trekker is approaching the pass. Day two is the hardest on the Inca Trail. While it's not an especially physically demanding climb, the challenge results from the fact that the air is so thin and the climb is so steep. On the way up, I cursed the fact that I was wearing heavy, full-leather hiking boots. Afterall, every gram counts - literally! But it was a different story on the way down; we flew past the other trekkers in their sand shoes and synthetic boots.

Female Founder Created a Philanthropic Legacy at REI

April 13, 2017

After 3 Years, Justice in the Murder of Young Costa Rican Conservationist

By Patricia Schaefer

April 11, 2016