Climate Equity
All Stories
-
![]()
![]()
Why Hurricane Dorian is so unpredictable
Scientists explain why Hurricane Dorian has been -- quite literally -- all over the map.
-
![Hurricane Dorian preparation Puerto Rico]()
![Hurricane Dorian preparation Puerto Rico]()
‘Another hurricane?’ How climate disasters can give us compassion fatigue
Hurricane Dorian is barreling through Puerto Rico. Why aren’t more mainlanders concerned?
-
![]()
![]()
Are farmers setting the Amazon ablaze in support of Bolsonaro?
Farmers reportedly organized a "day of fire" as a show of strength.
-
![]()
![]()
Why FEMA isn’t prepared for the next major U.S. disaster
As a result of inappropriately assigning staff to minor emergencies, the agency is facing staff shortages heading into wildfire and hurricane season.
-
![]()
![]()
‘The next Flint,’ and America’s problem with lead in its water
Newark and Pittsburgh are both grappling with lead crises. Which city might be next?
-
![]()
![]()
This sexy beach read might actually help Puerto Rico’s hurricane recovery
This sexy beach read uses popular fiction to shed light on Puerto Rico’s post-Maria plight.
-
![]()
![]()
Nearly 100 percent of Trump funds designed to help farmers went to white farmers
A new report reveals race and income disparities in regards to a program designed to protect growers from Trump’s trade war with China.
-
![]()
![]()
The deadliest environmental causes in 2018: Protesting mining, agribusiness, dams
At least 164 environmental activists were killed last year, according to a new report.
-
![]()
![]()
Scientists urge the U.N. to make environmental destruction a war crime
War (huh!) what is it good for? Certainly not the environment.
-
![People line up to get dry ice from a Con Edison truck in a neighborhood without power in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Monday, July 22, 2019.]()
![People line up to get dry ice from a Con Edison truck in a neighborhood without power in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Monday, July 22, 2019.]()
During deadly heat wave, New York utility cut power to high-risk neighborhoods
ConEd said it was unaware that the neighborhoods it blacked out during this weekend's heat wave ranked high in risk for heat deaths.
