A new report from the American Lung Association finds that replacing 33,500 fossil fuel boilers with zero-emission heat-pump boilers could significantly reduce emissions and pollution, prevent 33 million asthma attacks, and save $1.1 trillion in health care costs by 2050.
Tag: Heat
Posted inClimate Justice
Scorched by Design: Extreme Heat, Redlining, and Neglect
The heat crisis disproportionately affects Black and Brown communities due to decades of underfunded infrastructure and policies that prioritize profit over people, and until we fund solutions to protect these vulnerable populations, we are essentially practicing state-sanctioned violence.
Posted inNNPA
Dangerous Heat and Storms Hammer U.S. as Nearly 200 Million Under Alerts
Nearly two-thirds of the U.S. population — close to 200 million people — are under extreme heat warnings, watches, or advisories as a dome of high-pressure traps sweltering air across […]
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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 […]
Posted inTexas
“Concrete Coffins”: Surviving extreme heat behind bars
By Jamiles Lartey Sweltering doesn’t even describe it. Giles Clarke / Getty Images In July of this year, more than a third of the U.S. population was under excessive heat […]
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Parkland Story: Ouch That Burns
By Carla L Davis Excessive heat conditions are the norm for Southern states in the summer months of July and August, it is for Texas in particular. For two months, […]