(March 13, 2026) American farming has long been seen as a path to independence and generational wealth. Yet discriminatory policies and unequal access to federal resources have pushed many Black and Brown farmers out of the industry, leaving a pronounced racial imbalance in who owns and benefits from the nation’s farmland.

(March 11, 2026) Redlining wrote injustice into the land, leaving Black communities boxed in with factories, smog, and sickness. Nearly a century later, from Tulsa Race Massacre to Cancer Alley, the fight for clean air and safe streets continues.

(March 10, 2026) Jacksonville, North Carolina, is still living with the fallout from a water crisis that poisoned thousands of Marines and their families. Even today, floods, storms, and aging pipes make safe water a daily struggle.

(March 4, 2026) Kids are growing up more disconnected from nature than ever, even though time with trees, dirt, and wildlife makes them calmer, happier, and sharper. When nature becomes somewhere you visit instead of somewhere you belong, we don’t just lose green space. We lose part of who they’re meant to be.

(February 27, 2026) Long before climate justice was mainstream, Robert D. Bullard was connecting the dots between race, pollution, and power. He has inspired generations to keep fighting for justice, and proven that change is possible when communities refuse to back down.

(February 26, 2026) In downtown Phoenix, the community came together to face a simple truth: climate change is already hitting our communities with extreme heat and rising bills. The good news is that when we act together, real solutions are possible.

(February 12, 2026) The EPA just erased a cornerstone climate safeguard, brushing aside established science and weakening limits on pollution. The result? More risk, more disasters, and a heavier burden on the next generation.

(January 28, 2026) The air is changing, and our lungs are paying the price. Even non-smokers are developing lung cancer! As heat, wildfire smoke, and longer allergy seasons worsen pollution, clean air policy becomes a matter of survival, especially for the communities hit first and worst.

(January 16, 2026) The global cattle industry is draining massive amounts of water, especially in drought-prone regions. Rising demand for beef and dairy is worsening water scarcity, threatening both people and ecosystems.

(January 14, 2026) The EPA’s latest move puts corporate profits ahead of public health, ignoring the real dangers of air pollution. Children, seniors, and frontline communities are left to bear the brunt while the agency counts dollars, not lives. This is a crisis we cannot—and will not—accept.

(January 13, 2026) Climate change is no longer a distant environmental threat—it is directly affecting human health. By expanding the range of disease-carrying vectors and increasing zoonotic transmission, a warming planet is driving the rise of infectious diseases worldwide.

(December 17, 2025) North Carolina has lived with forever chemicals for decades, and now the government is asking communities to wait even longer. The harm is slow, invisible, and deadly, and the state is being forced to endure it.

(December 14, 2025) La Niña is returning stronger this winter, bringing record cold, heavier storms, and worsening droughts across the U.S. Frontline communities are hit hardest, highlighting the urgent need for preparation as climate change intensifies these extremes.

(December 10, 2025) COP30 sparked hope with new forest and Indigenous protections and climate funding, but the fossil fuel deadlock shows we’re still far from the action the planet urgently needs.

(December 8, 2025) The EPA’s delay of vital methane rules gives polluters a pass while communities face escalating heat, dirtier air, and mounting health risks. Choosing industry shortcuts over public safety threatens our climate, our economy, and the future young people are fighting to protect.

(December 5, 2025) Soil erosion, weathering, and degradation each impact the land differently, but erosion is stripping away fertile topsoil at alarming rates, threatening food systems, water quality, and ecosystems.

(December 4, 2025) Farmers everywhere are watching once-reliable harvests wither under extreme heat and drought. The science is clear: warming is eating our food supply faster than we can adapt.

(November 28, 2025) USAID cuts are worsening the crisis in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh leaving Rohingya families struggling to survive. The future for millions hangs in the balance.

(November 21, 2025) Foreign overfishing and fishmeal factories are stripping The Gambia’s waters, driving up food prices, and polluting coastal communities. Weak regulation and corruption have turned a basic food source into a tool of exploitation.

(November 16, 2025) Asbestos and lead are dangerous, long-lasting pollutants that threaten our health and environment, even as political battles continue to put their protections at risk. Recent gains, like the asbestos ban and stronger lead standards, now face renewed uncertainty, making it urgent to defend these lifesaving safeguards.

(November 13, 2025) Change the Chamber calls on Congress: will you choose people over corporate polluters? Americans need clean air, affordable energy, and safe communities, not empty deals. (Full statement below.)

(November 11, 2025) War and poverty are tearing through the DRC’s national parks, driving poaching, corruption, and the loss of endangered species. Amid the devastation, a few protected areas like Garamba offer rare hope for recovery.

(October 29, 2025) Billions of gallons of hog waste are poisoning Eastern North Carolina, and the communities hit hardest are Black and brown families living nearby.

(October 21, 2025) Oil and gas drilling brings radioactive waste to the surface, contaminating air, water, and soil, and posing invisible but lasting threats to human health. As corporations bury this toxic legacy under weak regulations, frontline communities and workers are exposing how our energy system trades public safety for profit.

(October 16, 2025) At NY Climate Week, Change the Chamber united experts and organizers to tackle how extreme heat endangers workers, and the bold solutions needed to keep them safe.

(October 5, 2025) Mass die-offs of sea life are sweeping coastlines as warming seas and pollution trigger toxic blooms and heatwaves. Scientists warn these cascading losses are a glimpse of what’s to come without urgent climate action.

(October 3, 2025) Change the Chamber calls out the government shutdown that’s putting public health, climate protections, and essential services at risk. Furloughing workers and stalling disaster response isn’t leadership, it’s sabotage of the people and planet Congress is meant to protect.

(October 2, 2025) Extreme heat is putting pregnancies at risk, increasing the chances of stillbirth, preterm birth, and lasting health complications. At the same time, rising temperatures are making decisions about whether and when to have children even more uncertain.

(September 30, 2025) Gold mining is once again threatening the sacred Black Hills, putting water, ecosystems, and Lakota culture at risk. Despite treaties and court rulings, corporations still push to carve open this ancestral land for profit.

(September 27, 2025) AI is transforming ESG with smarter data, risk insights, and green finance checks, but without transparency and ethical guardrails, it could deepen bias and emissions.