Climate Equity
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Puerto Rico had towering landfills and coal ash pollution. Then, Maria hit.
The scale of environmental devastation on the island is still unknown -- and the situation was already pretty bad.
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Puerto Ricans are living climate change right now. Here’s how they describe it.
Island dwellers -- and their loved ones stateside -- detail the situation on the ground, one week after Maria.
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Toxic water flooded Houston homes after Harvey, tests show
Floodwaters in two neighborhoods contained unsafe levels of E. coli and heavy metals.
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Irma, the strongest Atlantic hurricane in history, tears through the Caribbean
Experts are debating whether we need a Category 6 to describe this storm.
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For the third time, one undocumented Houston family fled a hurricane
“We’ve done this before."
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This Kansas City neighborhood wrote the blueprint for transforming a community
Inner-city Ivanhoe, once a haven for drugs and illegal dumping, is now a beacon of revitalization.
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Every coal waste dump site is a disaster waiting to happen
The sites contain toxic metals that can contaminate drinking water.
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This army base once drove West Oakland’s economy. Now it drives discrimination.
Ignored by officials, residents filed a federal civil rights complaint to have a say in their community's future.
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As the rich move away from disaster zones, the poor are left behind
A new database tracked migration over the last 90 years of natural disasters.
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As if U.S. inequality wasn’t bad enough, climate change is making it worse
The economic loss from warming temperatures will be on par with the Great Recession.
