In 1962, the Environmental Protection Agency did not yet exist, there was little public awareness about environmental issues, and corporate polluters practiced unfettered use of pesticides with little regulation.
Biden has proposed $45 billion to replace lead water pipes throughout the country, a move that could begin to remedy decades of neglect of clean water in the U.S.
Activists whose work incorporates ecological, health, and equality campaigns have moved from protesting outside the halls of power to become elected legislators writing and passing the environmental protection frameworks that they campaigned for.
A new rule announced by the Securities and Exchange Commission could enable investors and other groups to hold companies accountable for their impact on communities.
Longstanding environmental policies are a factor in the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color.
As financial markets place more emphasis on companies’ social and environmental impact, the social risk created by large-scale protest can affect their bottom line.
Here's what happened on Jane Fonda's 82nd birthday. She wanted 82 people to get arrested to bring attention to the climate emergency. One hundred and forty three people were arrested. Photo essay by Jenny Warburg
In an excerpt from Jane Fonda's interview on “Women’s Media Center Live With Robin Morgan,” which aired October 13 and is available by podcast at wmclive.com and other podcast platforms, Fonda talks about Fire Drill Fridays, her new campaign to mobilize action on climate change.
“The take-home message is clear: We need more women in office to solve our environmental challenges,” said Fern Shepard, the president of Rachel's Network, which issued the new report.
Agbogbloshie, an e-waste scrapyard in Accra, Ghana’s capital city, is where discarded electronics imported from developed and neighboring African countries go to die. Thousands of women who trade on the contaminated site are at risk due to prolonged exposure to toxic fumes from e-waste.
In the absence of action by the US federal government, local, regional, and business leaders are stepping up all over the world.
The oversight of Flint, Michigan, officials caused lead to trickle into the city’s water supply for 18 months from the city’s aging pipes, wreaking havoc on the health and lives of Flint’s citizens.
In spite of the Trump administration's attacks on the environment, renewable energy is gaining in the market—and women’s leadership is key in the movement away from fossil fuels.
Mainstream news media coverage of the Dakota Access Pipeline has often been selective, one-sided, and inaccurate. And it has all but ignored the impact on women and girls.
A group of women in the Indian region of Sundarbans are using photography to draw attention to the ravages of climate change in their villages.