environmental justice

A private member’s bill aiming to address environmental racism successfully passed through committee Monday and will be reported to the House of Commons this week.

​​​​​​​Racism is at the core of the extractive, exploitative and inequitable economic system we live under — a system that, if unchanged, is incompatible with a just transition to a clean energy future, writes Janelle Lapointe.

It is time to stop worrying about the impacts of climate change on health and start creating a healthy future for ourselves and our communities, write Dr. Courtney Howard and Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions president Linda Silas.

The White House’s discretionary budget request, released April 9, includes more than US$1.4 billion for environmental justice initiatives. Of that, US$936 million is earmarked for a new Accelerating Environmental and Economic Justice Initiative.

Lovers of macaroni and cheese will soon have the choice to avoid toxic chemicals in their favourite dish — but only if they can afford it.

"The state has to demonstrate how important it is to not just pass bold climate policy but to get the implementation right."

Better late than never.

Nearly 50 labour, environmental and anti-poverty groups have written to Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, urging her to champion a new NAFTA trade agreement that favours workers and community rights, as opposed to corporate interests and profits.

Gov. Jerry Brown warned on Thursday of a California ravaged by forest fires, disease and mass migration if lawmakers fail to renew the state's signature program to fight climate change.

An environmentally-just approach would recognize the personal and collective dignity of the Indigenous people and other villagers living above subterranean treasures.