Does a Forest Have Rights? In Ecuador, It Does.
Journalist Peter Yeung explains how Los Cedros has remained protected for years thanks to Ecuador鈥檚 constitution extending rights to nature.
Progress 2025: Climate and Environment
Project 2025 would vastly expand the extraction and burning of fossil fuels. Progress 2025 calls for putting (clean) power in the hands of frontline communities. Read more about our Progress 2025 vision here.
The Rights of Nature Prevail Again in Ecuador
The beguiling, mist-covered forest of Los Cedros provides a vision of a future where the rights of the natural world are actively and effectively protected.
The Movement to Ban Plastic Production
Frontline communities continue to pay for plastics鈥攆rom production to pollution. Now advocates are trying to reach consensus on a global plastics treaty before it鈥檚 too late.
Opinion | upzoning | Green Cities | Progress 2025 | Sustainability | Gentrification | Texas | sustainable development | green gentrification
Green Cities Are for People, Not Profit
Across the country, activists are battling gentrification and working to build sustainable cities that don鈥檛 displace working-class communities of color.
A Cross-State Movement to Hold Railroads Accountable
Facing the ongoing impacts of pollution and derailments, activists in East Palestine, Ohio, and Baltimore are teaming up to pursue justice for their communities.
As Summer Swelters, Can Workers Get Heat Protections?
As temperatures continue to rise, California workers, worker protection groups, and state regulators are making progress on implementing heat regulations.
Soil Builds Prosperity From the Ground Up
Respecting the humanity and history of soil can help us grow a more resilient future for all.
The Vision of a Renewable Rikers Island in NYC
This community-developed plan could serve as a model for how to simultaneously decarcerate and decarbonize.
Jamaica鈥檚 Climate-Resilient Coastline
Wetlands and mangrove forests absorb water, waves, and salt to provide economic security for coastal communities.
Taking Back the Power (Literally)
Frontline communities from California to Puerto Rico lead the fight for energy democracy.
Stop Planting Trees聽
Long touted as an environmental panacea, mass tree planting can actually do more harm than good.
Biodiversity on the Ballot in Ecuador
After a decade of resistance, Ecuadorians will finally vote to preserve Yasun铆 National Park or allow oil exploitation.
The Young People Reshaping Wildfire Policy
FireGeneration advocates for Indigenous-led, youth-powered approaches to the wildfire crisis
One Climate Disaster, Three Different Responses
When record-setting rain fell in Brazil, responses varied between communities鈥攁nd so did the number of lives lost.
Sacred Activism
Like water itself, the protection of this vital resource takes many different forms.
From Farmworkers to Land Healers
On most days, Sandra de Leon prunes grapevines in Northern California鈥檚 wealthiest vineyards. But today she is dressed head to toe in a yellow fire-resistant suit, helmet, safety goggles, and
Why Intergenerational Thinking Is Essential to Heal the Planet
As humankind grapples with climate change, communities around the world show what鈥檚 possible by planning hundreds of years ahead.
Could Breadfruit Help Trinidad and Tobago Brace for Climate Change?
Despite its colonial origins, breadfruit is now the subject of international research to evaluate its potential as a staple crop in a warming world.
Healing the Land and Themselves
Indigenous, Black, and queer farmers are buying land with the aim to restore and nourish nature along with their cultures and communities.
Resurrecting Climate-Resilient Rice in India
Seemingly miraculous varieties that can withstand drought, flood, and saltwater intrusion are the result of centuries of selective breeding by ancient farmers.
Nigerian Climate Action Group Trades Trash for Cash
Youth climate activists create companies to transform waste management and give hope.
Analysis | FEMA | Progress 2025 | climate migration | climate displacement | Gulf coast | Louisiana | Hurricane
Louisiana Communities Show the Many Contours of Climate Migration
Organizers are tackling climate displacement from all angles鈥攁dvocating for climate-displaced people, providing them with resources, and making their communities more climate-resilient.
I Paddle Boston鈥檚 Mystic River as Sackett v. EPA Threatens to Roll Back Critical Protections
Fifty Years after the passage of the Clean Water Act, the future of America鈥檚 waterways hangs in the balance.
Manchin鈥檚 Pipeline Loss Shows Frontline and Green Groups Are Gaining Steam
鈥淲e launched our movement to breathe clean air 鈥� amid the Movement for Black Lives chanting 鈥榳e can鈥檛 breathe鈥� and a pandemic disproportionately killing Black people.鈥�
What a 鈥淕reen Amendment鈥� Can Do for Environmental Justice
The Supreme Court curbed the EPA鈥檚 ability to restrict emissions, so states are looking to enshrine rights to 鈥渉ealthful environments鈥� in their constitutions.
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