Environmental Justice

The author and activist talks about climate hope, grief and her new book, On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal . 

This month brings important new books by Naomi Klein, photographer Joel Sartore, Jonathan Safran Foer and water activist Maude Barlow.

Author and activist Maude Barlow talks about the growing global movement to protect public control of water resources.

Returning prescribed fire to California forests is the focus of a new climate-adaptation plan from the Karuk Tribe, but the federal government will need to play big role.

In her new book, author and ethicist Harriet Washington unearths one of the most overlooked aspects of environmental racism.

A new report from Global Witness found that three environmental defenders were murdered every week in 2018 and many more were criminalized for working to protect the land, water and other vital resources.

More than 1,500 scientific studies on the health and climate impacts of fracking prove its dangerous effect on communities, wildlife and nature.

New books this month tackle tough issues related to climate change, extinction, Indigenous sovereignty, ocean conservation and a whole lot more.

New books this month also examine environmental racism, wildlife coexistence and the history lessons of acid rain.

The technology exists to hold polluters accountable, but can it now be used to help monitor pollution and prevent toxic messes?