Donors of Color Network have launched a Climate Funders Justice Pledge, challenging the nation's climate philanthropists to shift 30% of their donations toward environmental efforts led by Black, Indigenous, Latino and other people of color.
If the Biden/Harris Administration is truly committed to taking bold actions, they must prioritize women's leadership and adopt a feminist climate justice agenda that offers transformative, expansive, and holistic solutions.
The goal is to award 50 projects more than $1 million each over the next 10 years for coming up with innovative solutions to address climate change and other environmental issues.
Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos promised in February to pour at least $10 billion of his personal fortune into fighting climate change, and that the effort would "begin issuing grants this summer." Tomorrow is the first day of fall, and the Bezos Earth Fund - as he dubbed the venture - has yet to announce a single grant.
As philanthropists increasingly fill in the funding gaps at news organizations—a role that is almost certain to expand in the media downturn following the coronavirus pandemic—an underexamined worry is how this will affect the ways newsrooms report on their benefactors. Nowhere does this concern loom larger than with the Gates Foundation.
At Potato Head beach resort in Bali, menus are made of old tires and flip flops, while bottle caps are turned into tissue dispensers. Can hotels save the planet while also saving money?
A great-great grandson of John D. Rockefeller, he steered one of his family’s philanthropies to a feisty stance on the oil giant’s role in climate change.
A year ago, the Permian Basin region was one of America’s hottest labor markets, fueled by a fracking gold rush. Today, the oil field has all but shut down, and everyone is feeling the pain, from restaurant owners to landlords to barbers.
The former mayor's philanthropy has been a boon for progressive causes, including climate change and public health, earning support from Democrats nationwide even as parts of his record give them pause.
Unless you're a scientist or policy wonk, figuring out who's actually making a difference can feel like an impossible task. A good place to start would be Founders Pledge, but that's just the beginning.
Jane Worthington moved her grandkids to protect them from oil and gas wells—but it didn't work. In US fracking communities, the industry's pervasiveness causes social strain and mental health problems.
"I was a total cheerleader for this industry at the beginning. Now I just want to make sure no one else makes the same mistake I did. It has ruined my life."
EHN.org scientific investigation finds western Pennsylvania families near fracking are exposed to harmful chemicals, and regulations fail to protect communities' mental, physical, and social health.
Belguun Bat-Erdene: The climate crisis needs feminism
If the Biden/Harris Administration is truly committed to taking bold actions, they must prioritize women's leadership and adopt a feminist climate justice agenda that offers transformative, expansive, and holistic solutions.