For Jingjing Zhang, this work isn’t about money. She’s never chased contingency fees or the kind of fame some crusading lawyers seek. Her rewards are quieter: a nonprofit salary, the trust of community partners, fragile progress. “I believe every case is a step forward,” she said during a recent interview. “Even if we lose, we show people that the law can be a tool for them — that they have rights.”

Since 2024, six large oil spills have polluted India's western coast, affecting millions; yet, no one, including the government, wants to take responsibility for the cleanup.

A rainbow coalition of Texas Coastal Bend residents tried every tool in the regulatory process to stop the crude oil export industry. Did they ever have agency?

A playing field tilted towards regional officials, Texas Republicans, and foreign energy companies turned sleepy Ingleside on the Bay, Texas, into the Crude Oil Export Terminal of the United States, and did local residents in. 

In Jakarta, community-led urban farming is not only a solution for citizens to reclaim food sovereignty, but it also increases the megacity's climate resiliency.

Bread has traditionally been Sudan’s primary food source, but sweet potatoes have replaced it due to disruptions around the Sudan civil war.

Thousands of Maasai were violently evicted in Tanzania as part of governmental deals with foreign companies under the guise of conservation.

Three weeks after the destruction of Kakhovka Dam, scientists found new hope in the remnants of the reservoir through willow plants.

One of the largest islands in Indonesia is at risk of sinking due to sea level rise, putting millions of people on the coast at risk.

Climate change has changed rainfall patterns in Indonesia, which is increasing the incidence of droughts in Central Java.