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Category: Climate

City of New Orleans - On the river in the French Quarter, April 2023
Posted inClimate

The Water Crisis Gripping Another Majority-Black City

by Willy Blackmore September 27, 2023September 27, 2023

As the Mississippi shrivels due to drought, salt water flowing up from the Gulf threatens to make tap water in New Orleans undrinkable.

There Are No Jobs on a Dead Planet
Posted inClimate

Why Biden’s Climate Corps Needs to Prioritize Black Youth

by Willy Blackmore September 21, 2023September 21, 2023
Members of #UAW Local 551 in Chicago ready to go on strike.
Posted inClimate Justice

Batteries and Black Workers: The Stakes of the UAW Strike

by Willy Blackmore September 15, 2023September 15, 2023
Zinn Education Project Climate Crisis Timeline.
Posted inClimate Justice

Textbooks Still Aren’t Teaching the Climate Crisis

by Willy Blackmore September 15, 2023September 15, 2023
Posted inClimate

Sweltering Cells Spark Prison Protest

by Willy Blackmore September 11, 2023September 12, 2023
Posted inClimate

Anti-Idling Laws Aim to Reduce Pollution — but for Tour Bus Drivers, it Gets Complicated

by The Washington Informer September 6, 2023September 25, 2023
Posted inClimate Justice

The Heat Is Killing Us: Climate Change and Rising Temps Are Increasing Gun Violence

by New York Amsterdam News September 5, 2023September 5, 2023
Posted inClimate Justice

Heat Stroke? More Like Heat Strikes

by Willy Blackmore August 31, 2023August 31, 2023
Posted inFinance

Thanks to Climate Change, it’s Pricier to Own a Home

by Bria Overs August 29, 2023August 29, 2023
Posted inClimate Justice

A Tale of Two Louisiana Fires

by Willy Blackmore August 29, 2023August 29, 2023

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