Nearly 200,000 people in Mississippi’s capital don’t have water to drink, flush toilets, or fight fires. By Joseph Lee, Grist — Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves has declared a state of…
Part I: History and Black Land Stewardship. By Lisa Betty, Ethical Style Journal — “The middle passage itself was a rupture in the Atlantic ocean’s ecological maintenance.” Damani Maurice Black…
The Inflation Reduction Act that just passed the Senate is a deeply flawed bill, but one that gives us a fighting chance to avert climate catastrophe — if the public…
Activist Joy Egbe is on a mission to make sure all people have access to energy. By Gideon Fakomogbon, Global Citizen — Imagine not being able to flick on a…
By Emilio Godoy, IPS — One element that runs through all social movement climate summits is their rejection of the official meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate…
By Emilio Godoy, IPS — Developing countries will surely remember the Glasgow climate summit, the most important since 2015, as a fiasco that left them as an afterthought. That was the…
November 1, 2021 — Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados addresses Opening Ceremony, COP26
By Baher Kamal, IPS — While Africa reportedly causes just 4 percent of global emissions of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) —an acidic colourless gas with a density about 53% higher than…
By Huáscar Eguino, Raúl Delgado, and Aloisio Lopes — With the UN climate talks starting at the end of October and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest stark warning that the…
Newark, NJ — Mayor Ras J. Baraka, along with 33 additional new members, have been appointed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to serve on the Local Government Advisory Committee…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Tuvalu is a tiny Polynesian island nation located midway between Hawaii and Australia. Home to just 11,000 people, it is just 10 square miles. It…
How the meticulous bookkeeping of two sisters led to reparations for Black people across the country
One program that benefited helps expose D.C. teenagers to nature, often for the first time. By Theresa Vargas, The Washington Post — The teenagers show up each Saturday to explore…