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Environmental Justice

Nov 18, 2025

How the Fossil-Fuel Industry’s Pivot to Plastic Is Polluting Our Planet

Scientific American

Urban & Development

Oct 24, 2025

Lacking community resilience centers, Houston neighbors opt for solar-powered ‘hub homes’

Courthouse News Service / Associated Press

Environmental

Oct 2, 2025

Are cancer-causing particles polluting your Houston neighborhood's air? Search our map

Houston Chronicle

Urban & Development

Sep 22, 2025

Trump Appointees Roll Back Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws

The New York Times

Human Health

Sep 12, 2025

Houston now has highest poverty rate among America's most populous cities, new census data shows

Houston Chronicle

Environmental Justice

Sep 2, 2025

Leaving EPA Behind, Environmental Justice Pioneer Preaches Hope Amid Trump Cutbacks

Inside Climate News

Environmental Justice

Aug 29, 2025

These Katrina Survivors Feel Overlooked. Now, They’re Using TikTok to Tell Their Stories

Rolling Stone

Environmental Justice

Aug 11, 2025

After Turmoil and No-Confidence Votes, Sierra Club Terminates Ben Jealous

Inside Climate News

Environmental

Aug 11, 2025

America’s Clean Hydrogen Dreams Are Fading Again

The New York Times

Climate Justice

Aug 5, 2025

First-of-a-kind US class-action lawsuit would force EPA to reinstate $3bn climate program

The Guardian

Climate

Aug 3, 2025

Inside the ‘Radical Transformation’ of America’s Environmental Role

Climate

Jul 25, 2025

Layoffs, Votes of No Confidence and a Leader on Leave at One of the Nation’s Oldest Environmental Groups

Inside Climate News

Climate Justice

Jul 24, 2025

UN’s top court delivered a landmark opinion on climate justice. What’s next?

PBS News Hour

Education

Jul 23, 2025

Mapping Federal Funding Cuts to U.S. Colleges and Universities

Center for American Progress

Environmental Justice

Jul 23, 2025

‘Disgraceful step backward’: USDA ends support for Black farmers, saying it ‘sufficiently’ handled discrimination

Legal & Legislation

Jul 17, 2025

Federal DEI funding cuts threaten the work of the few remaining Black farmers in East Texas

The Texas Tribune

Environmental Justice

Jul 11, 2025

Black Alabamians Sue State Department of Transportation Over Repeated Flooding

Inside Climate News

Climate

Jul 9, 2025

In Flooded Texas, Questions About FEMA’s Role and Fate

The New York Times

Environmental Justice

Jul 2, 2025

U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Exxon’s appeal over $14.25 million penalty for Baytown air pollution

Houston Public Media

Climate

Jul 1, 2025

The Supreme Court just ended its term & Here are the decisions that will affect climate policy

Grist

Climate Change

Jun 27, 2025

This year’s UN climate talks are already behind - 5 months before COP30 kicks off in Brazil

Grist

Climate Change

Jun 25, 2025

Texas A&M researchers found climate change increased wholesale electricity costs in Texas by 20%

CBS News

Climate Change

Jun 24, 2025

How Heat Waves Can Worsen Air Quality

The New York Times

Environmental Justice

Jun 18, 2025

Judge rules EPA termination of environmental justice grants was unlawful

Environmental

Jun 4, 2025

Health officials sound alarm as 'deadliest animal on the planet' spreads across southern US

Yahoo News

Legal & Legislation

Jun 2, 2025

The Supreme Court’s Green Double Standard

The Atlantic

Legal & Legislation

May 30, 2025

Three takeaways from the Supreme Court's big NEPA ruling

Axios

Energy

May 29, 2025

Clean Energy Project Cancellations Top $14 Billion So Far in 2025

Inside Climate News

Climate

May 23, 2025

Minority Homeowners Face Disproportionate Climate Risks That Could Exacerbate Inequality

Zillow

Environmental Justice

May 19, 2025

Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration to Restore Environmental Grant Funding

Inside Climate News

director's picks

Categories

How the Fossil-Fuel Industry’s Pivot to Plastic Is Polluting Our Planet

Lacking community resilience centers, Houston neighbors opt for solar-powered ‘hub homes’

Are cancer-causing particles polluting your Houston neighborhood's air? Search our map

Trump Appointees Roll Back Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws

Houston now has highest poverty rate among America's most populous cities, new census data shows

Leaving EPA Behind, Environmental Justice Pioneer Preaches Hope Amid Trump Cutbacks

These Katrina Survivors Feel Overlooked. Now, They’re Using TikTok to Tell Their Stories

After Turmoil and No-Confidence Votes, Sierra Club Terminates Ben Jealous

America’s Clean Hydrogen Dreams Are Fading Again

First-of-a-kind US class-action lawsuit would force EPA to reinstate $3bn climate program

Inside the ‘Radical Transformation’ of America’s Environmental Role

Layoffs, Votes of No Confidence and a Leader on Leave at One of the Nation’s Oldest Environmental Groups

UN’s top court delivered a landmark opinion on climate justice. What’s next?

Mapping Federal Funding Cuts to U.S. Colleges and Universities

‘Disgraceful step backward’: USDA ends support for Black farmers, saying it ‘sufficiently’ handled discrimination

Federal DEI funding cuts threaten the work of the few remaining Black farmers in East Texas

Black Alabamians Sue State Department of Transportation Over Repeated Flooding

In Flooded Texas, Questions About FEMA’s Role and Fate

U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Exxon’s appeal over $14.25 million penalty for Baytown air pollution

The Supreme Court just ended its term & Here are the decisions that will affect climate policy

This year’s UN climate talks are already behind - 5 months before COP30 kicks off in Brazil

Texas A&M researchers found climate change increased wholesale electricity costs in Texas by 20%

How Heat Waves Can Worsen Air Quality

Judge rules EPA termination of environmental justice grants was unlawful

Health officials sound alarm as 'deadliest animal on the planet' spreads across southern US

The Supreme Court’s Green Double Standard

Three takeaways from the Supreme Court's big NEPA ruling

Clean Energy Project Cancellations Top $14 Billion So Far in 2025

Minority Homeowners Face Disproportionate Climate Risks That Could Exacerbate Inequality

Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration to Restore Environmental Grant Funding

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How the Fossil-Fuel Industry’s Pivot to Plastic Is Polluting Our Planet

Lacking community resilience centers, Houston neighbors opt for solar-powered ‘hub homes’

Are cancer-causing particles polluting your Houston neighborhood's air? Search our map

Trump Appointees Roll Back Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws

Houston now has highest poverty rate among America's most populous cities, new census data shows

Leaving EPA Behind, Environmental Justice Pioneer Preaches Hope Amid Trump Cutbacks

These Katrina Survivors Feel Overlooked. Now, They’re Using TikTok to Tell Their Stories

After Turmoil and No-Confidence Votes, Sierra Club Terminates Ben Jealous

America’s Clean Hydrogen Dreams Are Fading Again

First-of-a-kind US class-action lawsuit would force EPA to reinstate $3bn climate program

Inside the ‘Radical Transformation’ of America’s Environmental Role

Layoffs, Votes of No Confidence and a Leader on Leave at One of the Nation’s Oldest Environmental Groups

UN’s top court delivered a landmark opinion on climate justice. What’s next?

Mapping Federal Funding Cuts to U.S. Colleges and Universities

‘Disgraceful step backward’: USDA ends support for Black farmers, saying it ‘sufficiently’ handled discrimination

Federal DEI funding cuts threaten the work of the few remaining Black farmers in East Texas

Black Alabamians Sue State Department of Transportation Over Repeated Flooding

In Flooded Texas, Questions About FEMA’s Role and Fate

U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Exxon’s appeal over $14.25 million penalty for Baytown air pollution

The Supreme Court just ended its term & Here are the decisions that will affect climate policy

This year’s UN climate talks are already behind - 5 months before COP30 kicks off in Brazil

Texas A&M researchers found climate change increased wholesale electricity costs in Texas by 20%

How Heat Waves Can Worsen Air Quality

Judge rules EPA termination of environmental justice grants was unlawful

Health officials sound alarm as 'deadliest animal on the planet' spreads across southern US

The Supreme Court’s Green Double Standard

Three takeaways from the Supreme Court's big NEPA ruling

Clean Energy Project Cancellations Top $14 Billion So Far in 2025

Minority Homeowners Face Disproportionate Climate Risks That Could Exacerbate Inequality

Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration to Restore Environmental Grant Funding

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