Climate Equity
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![Three pedestrians pass by a row of boarded up houses in east Baltimore, Maryland.]()
![Three pedestrians pass by a row of boarded up houses in east Baltimore, Maryland.]()
Your city is more segregated than it was in 1990, new study shows
The consequences for environmental justice are stark.
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![Aerial view of flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey in Texas]()
![Aerial view of flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey in Texas]()
How homeowners of color are threatened by climate change — and climate policy
“We don’t want to create a modern form of redlining, where places that are affordable are places that are exposed to higher risk.”
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Cancer Alley campaigner wins Goldman Prize for environmental defenders
Sharon Lavigne, a retired special ed teacher, led a successful campaign to block construction of a toxic plant in Louisiana.
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![two people in white medical coats carry a blow up globe covered in bandages as they walk in front of a building with a medical logo]()
![two people in white medical coats carry a blow up globe covered in bandages as they walk in front of a building with a medical logo]()
The search for the Dr. Fauci of climate change
A growing number of physicians are trying to transform the medical profession to meet the health challenges posed by climate change.
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![Jordan Downs public housing in Los Angeles with a new apartment building being constructed in the background.]()
![Jordan Downs public housing in Los Angeles with a new apartment building being constructed in the background.]()
Decades after Watts revolted, the Black neighborhood is being ‘revitalized’ — but the cost is steep
Residents wonder how the most environmentally burdened place in California became one of the most vied-for plots of land in all of LA.
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![Residents protest the construction of a new auto-manufacturing facility in southeast Detroit.]()
![Residents protest the construction of a new auto-manufacturing facility in southeast Detroit.]()
Detroit’s first new assembly line in 30 years will compound pollution in Black neighborhoods
Residents are fighting back against the environmental racism.
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![Collage: A woman and man sitting on top of a speech bubble shape with a wildfire in the background]()
![Collage: A woman and man sitting on top of a speech bubble shape with a wildfire in the background]()
During wildfires and hurricanes, a language gap can be deadly
The importance of translating emergency warnings is often a lesson learned too late.
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![An empty school hallway with an orange color overlay]()
![An empty school hallway with an orange color overlay]()
Remember snow days? Today’s kids get heat days.
America’s schools are underprepared for the worst impacts of climate change.
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![Illustration: Two First Nations men in a red canoe harvesting wild rice, with a pipeline under the water]()
![Illustration: Two First Nations men in a red canoe harvesting wild rice, with a pipeline under the water]()
The Line 3 pipeline protests are about much more than climate change
Indigenous treaty rights may be key to protecting Minnesota’s wild rice waters from oil spills.
