Climate Justice Archives - Page 7 of 49 - Word In Black

Pastors Jerice and LaKeith Kenebrew visit their fire-damaged church in Altadena, California.

When the Flames Came for an Altadena Church

by Jessica Goodheart August 11, 2025August 11, 2025

urban heat island black neighborhood with tree cover

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How Cities Can Cool Their Hottest Streets With Technology

by The Conversation August 11, 2025August 11, 2025

General Iron's new facility on the Calumet River on Chciago's Southeast side.

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The Federal Retreat From Fighting Environmental Racism Has Begun

by Willy Blackmore August 11, 2025August 11, 2025

A delivery worker pulls a cart in New York City on June 24, 2025. A potentially life-threatening heat wave enveloped the eastern third of the United States on June 23 impacting nearly 160 million people, with temperatures this week expected to reach 102 degrees Fahrenheit (39 degrees Celsius) in the New York metropolitan area. Dangerously high temperatures are forecast through midweek in Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City and Boston.

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Extreme Heat Is Not an Equal-Opportunity Killer

by Willy Blackmore August 5, 2025August 5, 2025

Traffic warden Rai Rogers mans his street corner during an 8-hour shift under the hot sun in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 12, 2023, where temperatures reached 106 degrees amid an ongoing heatwave. More than 50 million Americans are set to bake under dangerously high temperatures this week, from California to Texas to Florida, as a heat wave builds across the southern United States.

Scorched by Design: Extreme Heat, Redlining, and Neglect

by Mustafa Ali August 1, 2025August 1, 2025

Residents at Clearence and Labadie Avenues access the damage to their home after high winds rolled through the area late Friday May 16, 2025 in the Ville neighborhood of north St. Louis.

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Advocates Fight for Energy Forgiveness for Neighborhoods Decimated by Tornado

by St. Louis American July 30, 2025July 30, 2025

A house in Baton Rouge sits along the long stretch of River Road by the Mississippi River and the many chemical plants in Cancer Alley, one of the most polluted areas of the United States along the once pristine Mississippi River that stretches some 80 miles from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, where a dense concentration of oil refineries, petrochemical plants, and other chemical industries reside alongside suburban homes.

The Endangerment Is Us

by Mustafa Ali July 29, 2025July 29, 2025

Demonstrators rally in opposition to a plan by Elon Musks's xAI to use gas turbines for a new data center rally ahead of a public comment meeting on the project at Fairley High School in Memphis, TN on April 25, 2025.

Artificial Intelligence Furthers Environmental Racism in Black America

by Rev. Dr. Heber Brown July 28, 2025July 28, 2025