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Why Are Black Neighborhoods Underwater? Science Points to the Wealthy.
In January, a relentless wave of wildfires tore through Los Angeles, reducing a historic Black community to ash and claiming 29 lives. Later that month, a rare winter storm brought heavy snow to the Southeast and the Gulf Coast. Eleven people perished. Then, in March, more than 100 tornadoes ripped through the South in two…
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Ouanaminthe students lead Earth Day tree planting, highlighting Haiti’s deforestation crisis | Photos
FORT-LIBERTÉ—Wearing uniforms and fueled by determination, students gathered under the sun at the Ouanaminthe Botanical Garden on April 22—World Earth Day—each holding a sapling to plant in Haiti’s vulnerable northeast. This year’s reforestation effort, held under the theme “Plant today to breathe better tomorrow,” highlighted the direct link between tree planting and long-term public health.…
California counties top list of most polluted areas in U.S., American Lung Association says
The report noted that Southern California is America’s most ozone-impacted region.
Planting Change: How the Outdoor Equity Alliance is Greening Trenton, One Tree at a Time
Trenton, New Jersey, is a city known for its vibrant culture, but also a city deprived of accessible green spaces. The Outdoor Equity Alliance (OEA), based in Trenton, is changing that and gradually making the city greener and more sustainable, little by little. After becoming an independent nonprofit in September 2023, OEA launched into action…
Earthjustice president describes a “fundamentally different” Era of hostility toward environmentalists
Earthjustice President Describes a “Fundamentally Different” Era of Hostility Toward Environmentalists by Sharon Lerner ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Environmentalists have long faced harassment, imprisonment and other forms of retribution in some parts of the world. The…
Inside Haiti’s biodiversity: Soil types reveal a vast treasure buried in plain sight
FORT-LIBERTÉ — Under a scorching midday sun, farmer Elie Louis presses a hoe into earth that feels both familiar and fickle. He’s known this soil for more than three decades. The feel of it in his palms, the resistance when dry, the scent it releases after a rare rain. “I plant by memory,” Elie says,…
Rural Alabamians lived with poop-filled water for decades. Trump just killed plans for relief
After a federal agreement is scrapped, Black residents are left exposed to raw waste.
EPA Rollbacks Could Put Black Lives at Risk
From Gary, Indiana’s steel mills to the oil refineries of Beaumont, Texas, and the toxic waste sites in San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point, Black communities across the country are living with the harsh realities of industrial pollution. As the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations are rolled back, efforts to address these toxic hazards in these areas…
This climate program saved the U.S. $6 for every $1 spent. Trump just killed it.
As floodwaters surged through the streets of Natchitoches last month, soaking homes and businesses in this rural Louisiana town, residents were left grappling with yet another devastating blow. Over a thousand residents lost power as the muddy waters left behind waterlogged homes and damaged possessions. It was the fifth major flooding event the small majority-Black…
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