environmental justice

Keystone Pipeline Leak

Bob Englehart Dec 15, 2022 Dig deeper

Saving the Planet Means Overthrowing the Ruling Elites

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Sep 23, 2019 The protests against carbon emissions have been huge failures. If we don't free ourselves from the elites' chokehold, our species is doomed. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Has the Moment for Environmental Justice Been Lost?

By Talia Buford / ProPublica Jul 25, 2017 Facing Trump’s proposals for cutting programs that help minorities and the poor, Democrats scramble to make up for missed opportunities to protect them. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

U.S. Government Steps In After Judge Rules Against Standing Rock Sioux

By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams Sep 10, 2016 A federal judge denied the tribe's request for an injunction, but federal agencies issued a statement pausing construction on the Dakota Access pipeline. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Lead Contamination at Indiana Low-Income Housing Site Is Being Addressed After Decades of Inaction

Staff / Truthdig Aug 17, 2016 A video investigation of conditions at an affordable-housing complex in northern Indiana shows how the crisis came to be and how it might be “worse than Flint.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Obama’s Green Jobs Adviser Gives In to the Smears

Staff / Truthdig Sep 6, 2009 It looks as if the insanely organized smear campaign against Van Jones has finally worked. Jones, President Obama's special adviser for green jobs, resigned Saturday after being viciously attacked for his past civil rights activism and for signing a petition that questioned U.S. involvement in 9/11. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Brazil’s Bizarro Sarah Palin

Staff / Truthdig Aug 19, 2009 Brazil's Bizarro Sarah Palin, former Environment Minister Marina Silva, has just resigned from the ruling Worker's Party in protest of the party's neglect of environmental concerns. The move by Silva, a popular rain forest activist who had been a 30-year party member, is also believed to be an attempt to ramp up support for a run at the presidency next year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

EPA Weighs Waste Plants’ Impact on the Poor

Staff / Truthdig Jul 27, 2009 The EPA will be closely examining the effects of hazardous waste recycling plants on low-income and minority communities. Poorer people disproportionately live in areas where such plants exist and suffer from health-related illnesses caused by the sites. The move reinstates a law dating back to the Clinton era that was largely ignored by the Bush administration. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )