Climate Equity
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![A group of waste pickers pick up trash from a dumpsite.]()
![A group of waste pickers pick up trash from a dumpsite.]()
Does the plastics industry support waste pickers? It’s complicated.
The people who clean up the world's trash say some companies' statements of support are little more than lip service.
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As US bets big on hydrogen for clean energy, local communities worry about secrecy and public health
The Biden administration has set aside billions of dollars for new hydrogen energy. But does the industry need better safeguards?
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![People receive free food at a distribution site after a hurricane.]()
![People receive free food at a distribution site after a hurricane.]()
Hunger was already bad enough. Then Beryl hit.
Food spoils when the power goes out, exposing more people to hunger and food insecurity. But the crisis goes deeper than that.
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![Calvin Adkins, a former resident of Princeville, stands in front of the town's museum in 2022.]()
![Calvin Adkins, a former resident of Princeville, stands in front of the town's museum in 2022.]()
Climate change has forced America’s oldest Black town to higher ground
Princeville, North Carolina, is relocating with help from a new federal grant. But much of its history has already been lost.
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![Three chimneys from a coal-fired electrical power plan send plumes of white smoke into a clear blue sky.]()
![Three chimneys from a coal-fired electrical power plan send plumes of white smoke into a clear blue sky.]()
Supreme Court blocks an EPA plan to curb ozone air pollution
Environmental advocates say the court’s decision in Ohio v. EPA shows it "is no longer neutral in cases involving environmental regulations.”
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![US Supreme Court building in Washington DC]()
After SCOTUS decision, Georgia will keep ‘problematic’ voting system for energy regulators
The state's Public Service Commissioners have stayed in office beyond their terms while a Voting Rights Act challenge moved through the courts.
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![Portrait of teenage girl holding signs during on a demonstration for environmentalism]()
![Portrait of teenage girl holding signs during on a demonstration for environmentalism]()
The kids are not alright: Countries fail to include children in their climate plans
A study of 160 countries show a third don't mention children at all.
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![digital collage of a Black hand turning off a light switch, an electric meter, and the logo for Xcel Energy]()
![digital collage of a Black hand turning off a light switch, an electric meter, and the logo for Xcel Energy]()
A lack of data hampers efforts to fix racial disparities in utility cutoffs
A Minnesota study found customers in communities of color are three times more likely than others to have their electricity cut off, highlighting a hidden nationwide problem.
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![A man with muddy hands holds a huge brownish green rock.]()
![A man with muddy hands holds a huge brownish green rock.]()
Electric vehicles need cobalt. Congolese miners work in dangerous conditions to get it.
Black activists in the U.S. are fighting the exploitation of Black resources and workers in the Congo.
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![Several rows of black solar panels stretch over a yellow field.]()
![Several rows of black solar panels stretch over a yellow field.]()
California sides with big utilities, trimming incentives for community solar projects
Critics said the decision was "fatally flawed" and won't allow for a “just and equitable energy transition.”
