Climate change education in schools is lacking, and teachers need resources and training to educate students about the effects of climate change on urban areas and health disparities.
Category: Climate Justice
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Racial Zoning and Redlining: A Historical and Ongoing Challenge for Black Communities
Racial zoning has been a problem for Black people since the early 20th century, leading to exclusionary housing practices that have increased housing prices, created environmental hazards, and limited access to quality healthcare and groceries in Black neighborhoods.
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A Tangled Web: Food Equity, Environmental Racism, and Reproductive Health in Black Communities
April is National Minority Health Month, a time to raise awareness about the importance of improving the health of racial and ethnic minority communities and reducing health disparities. In the United States, women in communities of color are left with unequal birthrights, as a history of systemic racism threatens their reproductive health.
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If Climate Deaths Are Homicide, Who Are the Victims?
By Willy Blackmore Originally appeared in NNPA Instead of suing oil companies over their role in climate change, Public Citizen says they should face criminal homicide charges. When someone dies […]
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Infrastructure Bill Funds Pollution Bomb for Black NeighborhoodsÂ
By Willy Blackmore Originally appeared in Word in Black In 2021, President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law made a whopping $1.2 trillion in federal funds available to states to upgrade everything […]
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The Racial Realities of Hurricane Displacement
By Willy Blackmore Originally appeared in Word in Black Even with the ever-lengthening wildfire season in the West, hurricanes are the leading cause of displacement due to natural disasters in the United […]
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Category 5 or 6, Massive Hurricanes Threaten Black Folks Most
By Willy Blackmore Originally appeared in Word in Black Hurricane Katrina was a rarity in many ways: Of all the hurricanes that hit the Gulf Coast, few make landfall as Category 5 […]
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The EPA’s New Soot Standards Will Save Black Lives
By Willy Blackmore Originally appeared in Word in Black Growing up in Memphis’s Riverside community, a majority-Black neighborhood that’s also home to an oil refinery, LaTricea Adams, the founder and […]
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The Toll a ‘1,000-Year Storm’ Takes on a Black Family
By Willy Blackmore Originally appeared in Word in Black No one was expecting that much rain. When more than three inches fell on San Diego in just six hours, it […]
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The EPA Is Dropping Climate Justice Investigations Left and Right
By Willy Blackmore Originally appeared in Word in Black Mississippi between New Orleans and Baton Rouge that cannot be disputed. It’s a fact that, before the Civil War, the area […]
