Climate Equity
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Extreme heat is worse in redlined neighborhoods
As you move through a city, you probably notice summer heat can be a lot worse depending on which neighborhood you’re in. This isn't a coincidence.
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New York is spending $1 billion to help residents conserve energy — and lower their bills
The state is partnering with investor-owned utilities to provide energy-efficient solutions to more than 350,000 low-to-moderate income households.
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Exclusive: Kamala Harris to introduce comprehensive environmental justice bill in Senate
“These crises we are experiencing have exposed injustices in our nation that many of us have known and fought our entire lives.”
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2019: The deadliest year yet for environmental activists
A new report found that about 212 land and environmental defenders were killed in 2019 worldwide — a nearly 30 percent rise over 2018 data.
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This prof is shedding light on energy injustice — and how to fix it
Not every household has the same access to clean, efficient energy. Professor Tony Reames has a plan to correct that.
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In a fight over a Colombian coal mine, COVID-19 raises the stakes
The Indigenous Wayuu people have long battled the Cerrejón coal mine. Amid Covid-19, they’re now appealing to the U.N.
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How the fossil fuel industry drives climate change and police brutality
A new report says that "fighting to end environmental racism goes hand in hand with defunding the police"
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6,000 acres of Minneapolis parks have their own police force
“It becomes a question of who gets to access the land, and the water, and take up space, who gets to congregate, and who gets to decide.”
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What New Jersey’s new environmental justice law will and won’t achieve
New Jersey’s new law will shield poor communities from new sources of pollution. What about existing ones?
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Why are farmworkers joining the strike for Black lives? Shared roots.
"The farmworker movement and the civil rights movement has always stood together."