When industrial planning meets minority communities it’s never an equitable process regarding whose health will suffer.
environmental justice
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Where climate change and racial justice intersect
‘I want Black folks to know that climate is about Black lives.’
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Pioneering engineer fights climate change through space technology
‘In areas that are heavily populated with people in buildings in urban areas, they experience greater heat compared to a more rural area with lots of trees.’
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Biden’s speech gave lip service to environmental justice but will it deliver for MN?
How and when local advocates of environmental justice will see the impacts of these federal policy initiatives in Minnesota remains unclear.
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Overcoming environmental racism in MN
‘We deserve to have, you know, clean air, clean water, healthy land.’
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Four New Year’s resolutions for a healthier environment in 2022
Studies show that spending time in nature, including urban green spaces, can improve your relationship with nature and with others.
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Solar co-op launches in the Twin Cities
The co-op is free to join and open to homeowners and business owners in the Twin Cities area and surrounding areas.
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Climate change is a justice issue—these 6 charts show why
To reduce climate change and protect those who are most vulnerable, it’s important to understand where emissions come from.
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Hospitals confront climate change as patients sick from floods and fires crowd ERs
‘I think there is recognition among physicians that climate change is likely to continue and worsen over time.’
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As coastal flooding worsens, some cities are retreating from the water
Since high-risk areas are often home to low-income communities and Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color, addressing climate risk in these areas may also require addressing a national legacy of racism, segregation, and disinvestment.
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Environmental racism is real, destructive, and deadly
‘The underlying message of environmentally racist tactics and strategies is that certain neighborhoods and certain people matter less than others….’
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Earth Day: Our own wisdom is telling us to evolve
‘What was seeded by the peaceful opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock in 2016 must grow into a planetary movement…’
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Why the Black community must take action on climate change
Climate change matters to the Black community because it has and will continue to affect us more than many other communities.
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Ex-Michigan governor charged in Flint water contamination
Nearly seven years after water provided to the residents of the majority Black city of Flint, Michigan, killed 12 people and sickened many more, several officials, including former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, are facing criminal charges.
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Lead exposure remains an environmental health concern
Younger children are especially at risk for environmental lead exposure because they frequently touch the ground and put their hands in their mouths.
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Project advances power of everyday people against environmental racism
The Public Policy Project bills itself as an independent provider of public policy consulting, leadership training, civic engagement, lobbying, strategic planning, and advocacy services.