climate justice
Big Promises Were Made at COP27. Where’s the Money?
“This is a down payment on investment in our futures, and in climate justice,” Sherry Rehman, Pakistan’s climate change minister said.
Houston’s Solution to Climate Change Is to Force Low-Income People to Move
“Where are these poor people going to live? What’s happening to us is an injustice.”
Activists Are Occupying the Woods of Atlanta to Block a New Police Facility
Members of a decentralized movement are sabotaging bulldozers and building communal living spaces in an effort to block the $90 million training facility.
Indigenous Blockaders Say Cops Are Pulling Their Braids and Assaulting Them at Fairy Creek
Indigenous blockaders say they’ve been shoved, pepper sprayed, had their braids pulled, and punched in the face—more so than white anti-logging protesters. RCMP deny they are being targeted.
Let These Stunning Photos of Young Climate Activists in Lockdown Inspire You
Despite a year of lockdown, the kids are alright.
Black Homes Are Flooding Due to Racist Policies, Says Company Being Sued for Those Policies
A new study from the real estate company Redfin shows how racist housing policies have made Black neighborhoods more vulnerable to flooding than white ones. Meanwhile, Redfin is accused of helping keep those same neighborhoods segregated.
2020 Changed Everything About Climate Justice
VICE World News followed up with youth climate justice activists to reflect on a year that was full of pain—and hope.
A Hedge Fund With Ties to Trump Is Polluting One of Brooklyn's Poorest Communities
Sunset Park residents breathe some of the worst air in New York, made worse in the summer when the city turns on a nearby natural gas plant owned by a hedge fund to help power all the air conditioners.
This Map Shows Which U.S. Homes Will Flood Over the Next 30 Years Due to Climate Change
Millions of Americans have no idea they're living in a flood zone. Now you can look up every property in the U.S. and see the flood risk for yourself.
Why ‘Defunding the Police’ Is Also an Environmental Issue
Defunding the police isn’t a distraction from organizing mass numbers of people to fight the climate emergency. It’s part of the same theory of change and political vision.
Coronavirus Has Caused a Drop in Emissions. Don't Celebrate Yet
Even though air pollution over China, the world’s largest emitter, has dropped substantially, anything that causes human death is counterproductive to climate justice.