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us/New Orleans Activists Call out Environmental Racism Alongside Police Brutality in Week of Protests
By Julie Dermansky
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On June 3, just hours before New Orleans police tear-gassed a group protesting racial violence, Jesse Perkins, a Black veteran, called out the many shades of racism and violence his community faces...
us/As Protests Rage Over George Floyd’s Death, Climate Activists Embrace Racial Justice
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By Ilana Cohen, Evelyn Nieves, Judy Fahys, Marianne Lavelle, and James Bruggers, InsideClimate News. This story originally appeared in InsideClimate News and is republished here as part of Covering...
us/Louisiana Breaks Ground on Isle de Jean Charles Resettlement Project Amid Pandemic
By Julie Dermansky
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The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t changed life much for Chris Burnet, a lifelong resident of Isle de Jean Charles, a quickly eroding strip of land among south Louisiana’s wetlands. Though the island, ab...
us/Bucking GOP Elders, Some Young Republicans Embrace a Slower, Gentler Brand of Climate Activism
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By James Bruggers, InsideClimate News. This story originally appeared in InsideClimate News and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening ...
uk/Residents Sue Kenyan Government Over Alleged Oil Company Toxic Waste Dumping
By Maina Waruru
on
Before becoming a local politician, Assunta Gelgetile was a nurse in Marsabit, northern Kenya. During that time, she saw many patients, mainly women and children, having difficulty swallowing solid...
us/Report: Nearly Half of Americans Breathing Unhealthy Air
By Dana Drugmand
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As the death toll from COVID-19 continues to rise in the U.S. — and as initial studies suggest that long-term exposure to air pollution may lead to higher death rates from the disease — a new repor...
10 Years After BP Oil Spill, Pandemic Compounds Hardships Faced by Louisiana’s Commercial Fishers
By Julie Dermansky
on
A decade after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded, killing 11 and spewing 200 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, south Louisiana resident Kindra Arnesen told me that the...
How a Non-Proliferation Treaty Could Save Lamu’s World Heritage Site from the Destruction of Fossil Fuels
By Sophie Mbugua
on
This story is a part of Covering Climate Now’s week of coverage focused on Climate Solutions, to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Covering Climate Now is a global journalism collaboration co...
Enduring the Climate and Coronavirus Crises: What Will It Take to Get Through Both?
By Ashley Braun
on
This story is a part of Covering Climate Now’s week of coverage focused on Climate Solutions, to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Covering Climate Now is a global journalism collaboration co...
‘We Need Water Before Oil’: Kenyan Communities Scarred by Chinese Oil Exploration
By David Njagi
on
The repeated honking of a speeding Tawakul shuttle announces the return of travellers to Merti from distant towns at dusk. It also marks the close of another searing and slow day in this part of no...

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us/New Orleans Activists Call out Environmental Racism Alongside Police Brutality in Week of Protests
ByJulie Dermansky
on

On June 3, just hours before New Orleans police tear-gassed a group protesting racial violence, Jesse Perkins, a Black veteran, called out the many shades of racism and violence his community faces...
us/As Protests Rage Over George Floyd’s Death, Climate Activists Embrace Racial Justice
ByGuest
on

By Ilana Cohen, Evelyn Nieves, Judy Fahys, Marianne Lavelle, and James Bruggers, InsideClimate News. This story originally appeared in InsideClimate News and is republished here as part of Covering...
us/Louisiana Breaks Ground on Isle de Jean Charles Resettlement Project Amid Pandemic
ByJulie Dermansky
on

The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t changed life much for Chris Burnet, a lifelong resident of Isle de Jean Charles, a quickly eroding strip of land among south Louisiana’s wetlands. Though the island, ab...
Series: The Isle de Jean Charles Resettlement Project: Relocating a Coastal Community Threatened by Climate Change 
Series: Resettling Isle de Jean Charles
us/Bucking GOP Elders, Some Young Republicans Embrace a Slower, Gentler Brand of Climate Activism
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By James Bruggers, InsideClimate News. This story originally appeared in InsideClimate News and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening ...
uk/Residents Sue Kenyan Government Over Alleged Oil Company Toxic Waste Dumping
ByMaina Waruru
on

Before becoming a local politician, Assunta Gelgetile was a nurse in Marsabit, northern Kenya. During that time, she saw many patients, mainly women and children, having difficulty swallowing solid...
us/Report: Nearly Half of Americans Breathing Unhealthy Air
ByDana Drugmand
on

As the death toll from COVID-19 continues to rise in the U.S. — and as initial studies suggest that long-term exposure to air pollution may lead to higher death rates from the disease — a new repor...
10 Years After BP Oil Spill, Pandemic Compounds Hardships Faced by Louisiana’s Commercial Fishers
ByJulie Dermansky
on

A decade after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded, killing 11 and spewing 200 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, south Louisiana resident Kindra Arnesen told me that the...
How a Non-Proliferation Treaty Could Save Lamu’s World Heritage Site from the Destruction of Fossil Fuels
BySophie Mbugua
on

This story is a part of Covering Climate Now’s week of coverage focused on Climate Solutions, to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Covering Climate Now is a global journalism collaboration co...
Enduring the Climate and Coronavirus Crises: What Will It Take to Get Through Both?
ByAshley Braun
on

This story is a part of Covering Climate Now’s week of coverage focused on Climate Solutions, to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Covering Climate Now is a global journalism collaboration co...
‘We Need Water Before Oil’: Kenyan Communities Scarred by Chinese Oil Exploration
ByDavid Njagi
on

The repeated honking of a speeding Tawakul shuttle announces the return of travellers to Merti from distant towns at dusk. It also marks the close of another searing and slow day in this part of no...