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Tired Construction Worker Wiping Sweat Under the Hot Sun, Exhausted Engineer Taking a Break at Construction Site in Heat, Manual Labor in Extreme Weather, Worker Struggling with Heat Stress

Climate Justice

Working While Black — and in the Heat

by Willy Blackmore October 17, 2025October 17, 2025

From postal routes to construction sites, new research shows how rising temps are putting lives at risk.

Climate justice campaigners march from the Shell Centre to Trafalgar Square to demand urgent climate finance and reparations for loss and damage for global south communities on 12 November 2022 in London, United Kingdom. The march was organised by the Climate Justice Coalition as part of a Global Day of Action called by African climate campaign groups at COP27.

Climate Justice

Who Made Your Heat Wave?

by Willy Blackmore September 15, 2025September 15, 2025

urban heat island black neighborhood with tree cover

Climate Justice

How Cities Can Cool Their Hottest Streets With Technology

by The Conversation 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.

Climate Justice

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

Factories polluting the air, causing heat to increase

Extreme Heat Fuels Widespread Climate Alarm as Americans Reject Cuts to FEMA and NOAA

by The Washington Informer July 9, 2025July 10, 2025

A man drinks water at Time Square in New York City on June 24, 2025 as temperatures reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius).

Heat Is a Warning: What We’re Losing and Who We’re Leaving Behind

by Mustafa Ali June 30, 2025June 30, 2025

A man drinks water as he crosses a street during a heat wave in New York City, on June 22, 2025.

Surviving Summer’s First Heat Wave

by Jennifer Porter Gore June 26, 2025June 30, 2025

An older Black person wearing a sun hat and smiling.

Climate Justice

Climate Change and Rising Heat: A Growing Threat to Older Americans

by The Washington Informer May 27, 2025May 27, 2025

Why 90°F With Humidity Could Soon Be a Death Sentence

by Willy Blackmore April 7, 2025April 7, 2025