By Willy Blackmore Originally appeared in Word in Black The record-high temperatures that baked Houston and surrounding Texas communities this summer did not only cause health problems directly related to the heat. […]
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Renters Hit Hardest by Hurricanes
By Willy Blackmore Originally appeared in Word in Black When a hurricane tears through the Gulf Coast or the Carolinas, or hammers a city in the northeast, we always hear […]
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World Hits Climate Tipping Point. What’s it Mean for Black Folks?
By Willy Blackmore Originally appeared in Word in Black With cooler temps arriving, America’s long, hottest summer of 2023 is now one for the record books. It was a season […]
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The National Climate Assessment Goes Woke
By Willy Blackmore Originally appeared in Word in Black When the first National Climate Assessment came out 23 years ago, “global warming” was, in so many ways, still a very far-off notion. […]
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Should Outdoor Workers Have a Right to Water Breaks?
By Willy Blackmore Originally appeared in Word in Black Summers are hot and sticky in South Florida, and that was particularly the case this year in Miami, where the heat index […]
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The EPA Almost Did Something to Help Cancer Alley. But Then They Didn’t
By Willy Blackmore Originally appeared in Word in Black Last fall, the Environmental Protection Agency said something that many have long suspected to be true: an investigation of the Louisiana Department […]
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The New House Speaker Doesn’t Believe in Climate Change
By Willy Blackmore Originally appeared in Word in Black In 2016, the year new Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson was first elected to Congress, there was major flooding […]
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These Teens Are Fed Up With Breathing Toxic Coal Dust
By Willy Blackmore Originally appeared in Word in Black Everyone seems to be in agreement about what the black dust that settles on cars and houses around South Baltimore is: […]
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Clean Energy, It’s Just What the Doctor Ordered
By Willy Blackmore Originally appeared in Word in Black A shiny black expanse of solar panels is becoming an increasingly common sight on the rooftops of homes and other buildings coast-to-coast. But […]
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A Young Black Woman Is Now the Public Face of Biden’s Climate Efforts
By Willy Blackmore Originally appeared in Word in Black When the Biden Administration announced the creation of the American Climate Corps last month, it was heralded as a huge victory for […]