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…

By Denali Sai Nalamalapu It was raining outside when I found out that a bus full of thirty women nearly got swept away by climate-fueled floods near my hometown in Southern India. I closed my eyes and imagined the horror of feeling the bus lose traction underneath you as rain…

After another year of record-breaking climate disasters, environmental injustices are degrading our communities, God’s Creation, and democracy. It is time for people of faith and consciousness to sound the trumpet of truth and expand our faith language to include climate and environmental justice. Why? Isn’t abuse of natural resources and…

At seventeen, I don’t know a great many things, but one thing I do know is that I have watched Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up an unhealthy amount since its release on Netflix. Because of this, I’ve recently learned I enjoy torturing myself — Don’t Look Up is a bleak…

By Jeff Alson Over a century ago, Midwesterners created the automobile revolution that redesigned the global landscape and put a car in nearly every driveway. …

By Nancy Beaulieu Now that tar sands oil is flowing through the Line 3 pipeline, the battle to shut it down has reached a new level of urgency. …

By Mahmoud Ramadan With his visit to Michigan last week, President Biden and leading automakers sent clear signals that the future of the auto industry is electric. This shift is vital for many reasons: it will create jobs, help the U.S. meet climate goals, improve air quality, and save drivers…

By Hailey Campbell When you got off the train for the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly referred to as COP26, there was a bright pink sign along the station that read “People make Glasgow.” As I reflect on my COP26 experience, this sign persists in my mind…