Climate Equity
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![An aerial view of Mexico City, Mexico in 2016.]()
![An aerial view of Mexico City, Mexico in 2016.]()
Mexico City could sink up to 65 feet
Due to a phenomenon called subsidence, the metropolis's landscape is compacting — and parts of the city are now dropping a foot and a half each year.
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![A man in front of his house in flooded Lake Charles, Louisiana]()
![A man in front of his house in flooded Lake Charles, Louisiana]()
Biden made this city a poster child for climate change. Then it flooded again.
Lake Charles, Louisiana, was wrecked by another storm just two weeks after President Joe Biden pledged support for disaster recovery from last year's hurricanes.
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![Hazel M. Johnson]()
Here’s why Congress is recognizing Hazel M. Johnson, the ‘mother of environmental justice’
Proposed legislation would posthumously award Johnson the Congressional Gold Medal — and her own postage stamp.
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![Photo collage of stacks of overdue bills and power lines]()
![Photo collage of stacks of overdue bills and power lines]()
America is facing unprecedented utility debt. Here’s what might help.
Unpaid power, gas, and water bills “reflect the grinding level of poverty in the United States.”
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Why electric cars are cheaper if you’re rich
What is the true cost of electric vehicles? If you can afford the up-front costs, you might just be surprised.
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![Michael Regan in front of a circular background of a Chicago scrapyard]()
![Michael Regan in front of a circular background of a Chicago scrapyard]()
This Chicago scrapyard is testing Michael Regan on environmental justice
A Southeast Side community’s fight for environmental justice just got a boost from the EPA — but the fight is far from over.
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![An aerial view of San Francisco city-sanctioned tent encampment for the homeless during the COVID-19 pandemic.]()
![An aerial view of San Francisco city-sanctioned tent encampment for the homeless during the COVID-19 pandemic.]()
There’s federal money available to house the homeless. No one’s taking it.
FEMA is reimbursing cities that want to relieve homelessness, but only 23 local governments have signed up.
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![Aerial view of the Okavango Delta in Botswana.]()
![Aerial view of the Okavango Delta in Botswana.]()
A Big Oil project in Africa threatens fragile Okavango region
A Canadian company is drilling exploratory wells in Namibia for what could be a major oil and gas find. Local residents and conservationists fear the project could use up scarce water supplies and cause widespread ecological disruption downstream in the world-renowned Okavango Delta.
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In America’s cities, inequality is engrained in the trees
A new study finds that low-income blocks have less tree cover and hotter average temperatures than high-income ones.
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![Three water towers with US flags on them]()
![Three water towers with US flags on them]()
“Long overdue”: The Senate just passed $35 billion for clean drinking water.
America's water systems are aging and underfunded. This bipartisan bill might change that.
