By Katherine Niemczyk “People ask me, ‘Why are you fighting? There’s no point. They’re gonna win…’ But I’ve seen just in the year, year-and-a-half that I’ve been doing this work that there is power in people speaking up and speaking the truth of their own being and the experience they…

By Katherine Niemczyk Mothers are the unsung heroes of the climate movement. They have been front and center in the fight against the polluting industries responsible for the poor health of their children and entire communities. …

By Katherine T. Egland As we commemorate the anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendments and the contributions made by women to our democracy and towards gender equality, it is only fitting to shed light on the paths set for us by racial and gender justice pioneers like our…

By Patrick Parents From the billions in transportation funding beginning to flow from the federal infrastructure law and Inflation Reduction Act, to California’s historic decision to entirely phase out the sale of gas-powered cars, the U.S. is finally taking steps to shift to clean transportation. …

The federal government is currently giving states $7.5 billion to build a national network of over 500,000 public charging stations for electric cars, buses, and trucks. States are required to make their plans for spending this money equitable, to ensure the communities that suffer the most from transportation pollution benefit…

By Denise Abdul-Rahman The federal government is currently giving states $7.5 billion to build a national network of over 500,000 public charging stations for electric cars, buses, and trucks. States are required to make their plans for spending this money equitable, to ensure the communities that suffer the most from…

By Dr. Svitlana Romanko and Kostiantyn Krynytskyi As Ukrainians, we are painfully aware that June 3 marked 100 days since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of our country. Although the war started in 2014, with the forceful annexation of Crimea and military aggression in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions…

By Romona Taylor Williams Within a week of his inauguration in January 2021, President Biden established the Justice40 Initiative, promising to ensure vulnerable and disadvantaged communities would see a substantial slice of federal money flowing to climate and clean energy. Environmental justice advocates greeted his presidency with cautious optimism. …

By Rick Cole One trillion federal dollars are about to be distributed among states to rebuild our aging and broken transportation systems. It’s a historic investment that can reimagine ways of getting around, but many states are lining up to spend their share doubling down on the wrong approach: massive…