www.flickr.com Biden’s other green promise The president has vowed to protect poor communities from bearing an unfair burden of air and water pollution. To do it will require reversing decades of industry-friendly regulations.
Impacts Photo by Louis Maniquet on Unsplash How bad will climate change get? What happens when we do something—but not enough—to stop climate change?
Politics Where are the U.S.’s natural gas pipelines? Often in vulnerable communities A new nation-wide analysis shows that counties with higher social vulnerability are home to a denser web of natural gas pipelines.
Impacts www.invw.org As wildfire smoke permeates even indoors, is government doing enough to respond? There is a global effort to understand what's in tiny bits of wildfire ash, and what they can do to human bodies and the environment.
grist.org As coronavirus ravages Louisiana, ‘cancer alley’ residents haven’t given up the fight against polluters The state’s African Americans face some of the country’s worst pollution — and some of its most severe COVID-19 outcomes. The two may well be linked.
Causes EPA won’t tighten soot rules, even as evidence point to link between air pollution and coronavirus risks Environmental Protection Agency keeps current limits on soot in place, calling them “protective of public health.”
Impacts www.washingtonpost.com Exploding canals, collapsing malls: Watch Brazil’s deadly floods Scores are dead after torrential rains and flooding devastated some of the country’s poorest communities.
