>"The beauty and oil industries are inextricably linked, argues beauty reporter and critic Jessica DeFino."

A thoughtful read on environmental journalism, whiteness, and failures to acknowledge or learn from environmental justice.

These (hopefully obviously) problematic practices continue now, not because they're the best way to do things, but because it's how we used to do things. “Ecology is the study of the relationships between organisms and the environment. _...Read More_

"Historically, environmentalists have often been advocates for extinguishing Indigenous land rights. To move forward, this wrong must be acknowledged."

>"Photo by Joanna Dale via Adobe Stock Memphian LaTricea Adams has been aware of lead poisoning risks since she was a kid, but she made its prevention in"

>"As streams and springs dry up, subsistence farmers in Brazil’s western Bahia are struggling to survive. They blame big agriculture for stealing their water for irrigation. But as climate change accelerates and drought increases, _...Read More_

>"Just past the Redneck Riviera, wealthy developments declare who can and can’t thrive in the face of climate change."

Really interesting article about how the organics movement was whitewashed to ignore the impact of farming chemicals on farm workers.

>"What it means to contribute to the future of a place."

>"Formosa Plastics Group, a Taiwan-based giant, wants to build a vast new plant along the lower Mississippi River in Louisiana. But the complex is increasingly a target of groups concerned about environmental justice."

>""I Can't Breathe" were George Floyd's dying words under a White police officer's knee. They eerily echo what Black, Latino, Native American and other non-White environmental justice activists have said for decades about choking _...Read More_