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In a DGHI panel, environmental scientists note that the communities suffering the biggest health impacts from climate change and environmental damage aren't the ones creating it.

DURHAM — The Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University and the Warren County Environmental Action Team will host an event at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14 to showcase

A new exhibit in the Keohane-Kenan Gallery highlights the community’s response to the N.C. Governor’s decision to construct a toxic landfill in predominantly Black Warren County in 1978. Through legal challenges and grassroots organizing, the residents pushed back, coming together across racial and generational lines to launch a protest in 1982 that sparked the national environmental justice movement.

More than 40 Duke faculty members participated in virtual and in-person media briefings in 2022, taking questions from professional journalists on the most pressing issues of the day. Duke scholars

COP27, the annual United Nations Conference on Climate Change (UNFCCC), kicked off Sunday leading to two weeks of international climate negotiations and events fostering collaboration on climate

DURHAM, N.C. – The upcoming midterm elections could have a massive impact on this country’s ability to make progress on climate change, two Duke experts said Wednesday. These impacts could be felt on