Our @insideclimatenews.org tracker of important federal environmental court cases has been updated to reflect these two losses for the Trump administration in trial court: (w/ @mlavelle.bsky.social) insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...

Before the public can act, they must know. But China is silencing independent journalists reporting on the environmental impacts of its massive Belt and Road Initiative—mines, ports, dams, power plants etc in mostly poor countries. Here’s how they’re doing it and why it matters.

Texas has no regulations to protect workers from the state’s blistering heat and overturned city ordinances that required rest breaks. What does that mean for workers in one of the hottest parts of the country? @keertigopal.bsky.social and I spent months investigating for @insideclimatenews.org (1)

New research shows how low-income communities of color bear the brunt of pollution past and present, and how that legacy of injustice is likely to reverberate for generations as seas rise. We have the story at @insideclimatenews.org A thread. 1/ insideclimatenews.org/news/2011202...

A timeline cleanser: My recent newsletter is about rise of "repair cafes" around the world, where communities come together to fix each other's beloved things. The goal: reduce consumer waste, and maybe make some buddies in the process 🔧👭 insideclimatenews.org/news/1111202...

Activists are suing Trump over a proclamation that gives 50 chemical manufacturing facilities, mostly in Texas and Louisiana, a 2-year exemption from limits on cancer-causing pollutants insideclimatenews.org/news/2210202...

A new front has emerged in the rights of nature movement: collaborations between Western scientists and Indigenous peoples This is the first of a few stories I have coming on the topic. It's focused on the scientists who have been flooding into the movement insideclimatenews.org/news/0510202...

Excited to see this great @insideclimatenews.org series by @katiesurma.bsky.social & Nicholas Kusnetz get recognition. A system you've probably never heard of is costing taxpayers around the world billions and hamstringing environmental protection. insideclimatenews.org/news/0205202...

EPA has never released a list of all the grants it is terminating but in a legal filing it has named the programs being cut. A @peteraldhous.com @insideclimatenews.org analysis shows 99% of the planned cuts are aid to poor and minority communities. insideclimatenews.org/news/0105202...

Where are the front lines of the plastic pollution battle amid the stalled global treaty? In the U.S., it's in cities and states. insideclimatenews.org/news/1112202...

Essential climate journalism: How to Buy a Piece of a Lawsuit and Impoverish a Country. Investors buying into claims against governments are winning huge payouts. Developing nations, and the environment, are losing big.

Great piece on the big $$$ behind third-party funding of lawsuits against governments that try to protect citizens from predatory energy companies and environmental destruction. For the financial firms funding the lawsuits, it's like “gambler’s Nirvana: Heads I win, and Tails I do not lose."

“It’s taking a very flawed system and exploiting all of its flaws for the benefit of speculative finance”: How Wall Street profits by funding corporate arbitration cases against countries, including poor nations. insideclimatenews.org/news/0812202...

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Community nonprofits are bracing for cuts to environmental justice programs. This story is the opposite of a morning pick-me-up but it's important to understand what's coming and who will get hurt. insideclimatenews.org/news/0112202... @insideclimatenews.org

Great longread by @georginagustin.bsky.social about Kazakhstan's efforts to produce "climate friendly" American-style beef ... and the many difficulties with that plan. insideclimatenews.org/news/2411202...

A scoop: the embattled director of ReBuild NC leaves state government

Alaska was famous for its "bridge to nowhere." My colleague Dennis Pillion reports on Alabama's "Zombie Highway" that solves no transportation problems but will destroy forest and 90 crossings of rivers and streams. insideclimatenews.org/news/1811202...