Climate Equity
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![red background with black and white photo of oil refinery, with binary text under photo]()
![red background with black and white photo of oil refinery, with binary text under photo]()
The little-known open-source community behind the government’s new environmental justice tool
Inside the White House’s unpublicized experiment in open governance.
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![Fones Cliffs with the Rappahannock River below]()
![Fones Cliffs with the Rappahannock River below]()
Rappahannock Tribe gets 465 acres of land back on the Chesapeake Bay
The return of the land is "a historic victory for conservation and racial justice."
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![A man installing large blocks of insulation in a ceiling]()
![A man installing large blocks of insulation in a ceiling]()
Biden administration lines up $3 billion so low-income families can retrofit their homes
The move will affect nearly a half million households and lower greenhouse gas emissions
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![a person in a hat winces as a woman in blue gloves gieves him a shot]()
![a person in a hat winces as a woman in blue gloves gieves him a shot]()
Deaths have spiked in this polluted port community. COVID is only part of the story.
Wilmington, California, has experienced hundreds more deaths than it does on average. Power, pollution, and poverty all play a role.
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![an oil refinery with lots of industrial equipment]()
How a California port community embodies the deadly link between pollution and gun violence
Hundreds of people have been shot and killed in the industrial corridors of Wilmington, California.
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![A semi truck with exhaust coming out of pipes that cover a man using an asthma inhaler; inhaler prescription label in background]()
![A semi truck with exhaust coming out of pipes that cover a man using an asthma inhaler; inhaler prescription label in background]()
Switching to zero-emission cars and trucks could save more than 100,000 lives over the next three decades
The American Lung Association report also estimates $1.2 trillion savings in health care costs
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![Medical symbol Rod of Asclepius - star with snake around rod - with continent silhouettes inside the star]()
![Medical symbol Rod of Asclepius - star with snake around rod - with continent silhouettes inside the star]()
The next frontier in medicine: Doctors with climate training
Medical schools across the country are increasingly reckoning with the need to teach the intersection of climate change and health.
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![Three people look at a tablet that reads “Census 2020]()
![Three people look at a tablet that reads “Census 2020]()
The census undercounted people of color. Here’s what that means for environmental justice.
Even minor census undercounts could have substantial knock-on effects and deprive needy communities of investment and representation.
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![children hold signs protesting for clean water, adults standing nearby]()
![children hold signs protesting for clean water, adults standing nearby]()
First Nations begin filing claims for Canada’s multi-billion dollar water settlement
The historic settlement could provide compensation to 142,000 individuals and 250 First Nations who were denied access to clean water.
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![illustration of a large explosion on a beach with rocks and cliffs in the background]()
![illustration of a large explosion on a beach with rocks and cliffs in the background]()
The Air Force wants to blow up toxic military waste on a beach in Guam
A Indigenous-led community group says: See you in court.
