The Disparate Impact of Climate Change
The Pope's new encyclical illuminates a concept we should all get to know better: disparate impact.
Sustainability
Pope Francis on Climate and Inequality
Here are five key quotes from the encyclical that will shake up the global climate debate. By Janet Redman Pope Francis just released an “encyclical,” a fancy word for a...
Generating Environmental Inequality
In New Jersey's Ironbound community, environmental inequality is a stark reality. By David Bensman [caption id="attachment_7947" align="alignright" width="458"] Government decisions have generated environmental inequality in New Jersey's Ironbound community of...
Whose Water? Ours! How to End California’s Water Crisis
The California Constitution says that the water belongs to the people. In reality, agriculture gets most of the water, free or near-free. It’s sounding again like the drought of 1976-77:...