Environment

The climate movement has lessons for all social impact practitioners working to create a more just and healthy world.

To what extent should the costs of protecting globally valued rhinos be carried by their local custodians?

Birds across the Americas are getting smaller and longer-winged as the world warms, and the smallest-bodied species are changing the fastest.

The fashion industry could decrease its environmental impact by shifting its sources of revenue from material and energy to labor.

This story was originally published by ProPublica and is reproduced here with permission. Sign up for Dispatches, ProPublica’s weekly newsletter. For well over a century, the oil and gas industry has drilled holes across California in search of black gold and a lucrative payday.

In Sackett v. EPA, a suit filed by two homeowners who filled in wetlands on their property, the Supreme Court has drastically narrowed the definition of which wetlands qualify for federal protection.

A legal settlement between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the town containing the census tract with the worst air pollution in the country could significantly reduce harmful emissions in the area known…

Experts say the hunger crisis in Somalia and Ethiopia highlights an urgent need for climate adaptation funding.

The new Inflation Reduction Act is being justly celebrated as the most significant piece of federal legislation to address the climate crisis to date. It includes about US$370 billion in…

Extreme weather, climate and water-related events caused nearly 12,000 disasters worldwide between 1970 and 2021, according to a World Meteorological Organization report.

Currently, every predominant aspect of sustainability discourse and practice is white-centered. It’s time to change that.

The good news: There’s a lot of climate money out there. The bad news: it’s hard to get. But help is on the way for small communities.