pollution
I Was Arrested for Protesting Billionaires' Jet Pollution. Here's Why I Did It.
We’re facing criminal charges while billionaires take off with our future.
By Miranda Dotson
Environmental Racism Is Literally Making Black and Brown Students Sick
Millions of young people like me go to school near major highways.
By Xanath Hernandez
A Metal Facility Disposed of Hazardous Waste on High School Grounds for Years
Atlas Metal is facing 22 felony counts after decades of protests from students and community members.
By Lucy Sherriff
Why Have We Seen So Many Industrial Disasters This Year?
Including the East Palestine, OH, train derailment and water contamination in Philly.
By Kim Kelly
Pollution Caused My Skin Condition and Turned Me Into a Climate Activist
Kamea, 10, also has asthma caused by the petrochemical pollution in Sulphur, LA.
By Kamea Sibley Ozane and Roishetta Sibley Ozane
Why Activists Spent 932 Days Living in Treehouses in Appalachia
It was the longest continuous tree occupation in US history.
By Kush Bulmer
The Shocking Experience of Going to Cancer Alley
Cancer Alley is a stretch of Louisiana that is home to nearly 150 petrochemical plants.
By Sinclair McKinney
A Massive Chevron Refinery Fire Created a Generation of Activists
“It felt apocalyptic, seeing the whole sky turn black.”
By Danielle Renwick
What the Climate Justice Movement Really Wants
This isn’t about creating a “nicer version of green capitalism.”
By Jacqui Germain
Chicago Teens Stand Up to Environmental Racism on the South Side
"We are tired of the city treating us like a garbage can.”
By Trinity Amari Colón and Gregory Miller
The Texas Blackouts Were Just the Beginning
America is now a decaying country — literally.
By Kandist Mallett
We Can’t Keep Giving Polluters a Say on How to Address the Climate Crisis
Catering to the fossil fuel industry is a death sentence.
By Jack Rodriquez-Vars
The Oil Industry’s Cringeworthy Attempts to Connect With Young People
Yeah, good luck with that.
By Jeremy Deaton
We’re Going to Curb the Power of the Fossil Fuel Industry
Polluters Out is calling you to organize and mobilize.
By Isabella Fallahi
88 Pounds of Plastic Was Discovered Inside a Beached Whale
“This whale had the most plastic we have ever seen in a whale."
By Lucy Diavolo
You Can't Just "Clean Up" the Plastic in the Ocean. Here's Why.
Plastic doesn't go away; it just gets smaller and smaller.
By Susmita BaralPhotography by Tabor Wordelman
How to Style Your Hair When It's a Million Degrees Outside
Tips for every length and texture.
By Zoë Weiner
Poor Countries Are Suffering the Most From Climate Change
And it’s large countries like the U.S. that are the cause.
By Madeline Moitozo