Climate & Environment

277 posts

Amid climate crisis, HBCUs are investing in pathways to environmental sustainability

The HBCU Green Fund is leading the way by providing Black students with direct access to the clean energy industry.

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6 Min
By: Iris Crawford

What do at-risk communities in the Pacific Northwest need to survive the changing climate?

Building trust with the people most affected by intense heat is crucial for local governments’ mitigation efforts.

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8 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

Guam won’t give up more land to the U.S. military without a fight

Guam’s struggle against the U.S. military buildup on the island is a referendum on the future of climate justice, Indigenous sovereignty, and the U.S.’ global role as a military superpower.

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6 Min
By: Frances Nguyen

Who’s paying the human costs of plastic pollution?

Latinx and low-income communities are suffering from the effects of plastics manufacturing.

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4 Min
By: Yvette Arellano, Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

The Dakota Access Pipeline is a stark violation of Indigenous sovereignty

Shutting down the pipeline isn’t just about fossil fuel dependence; it’s about respecting land rights and sovereignty of Tribal nations.

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4 Min
By: Kailea Frederick

Power outages affected millions of Texans, but Black and brown people have been hit the hardest

Even before the power went out, Rivi Mitchell was struggling. She’d lost work because of the pandemic—like many professional Black nannies in Texas—and struggled with health issues like sickle cell anemia, diabetes, and asthma. The 56-year-old sleeps with the aid of a machine, but suddenly in the

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4 Min
By: Umme Hoque

Texas schools briefly move online as winter storm halts instruction

The past year has been a chaotic year for students across the country, who have been forced to switch to remote learning due to the coronavirus pandemic. Now, students in Texas have experienced another disruption to their education: the Texas winter storm. Schools across the state closed last week as

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4 Min
By: Carolyn Copeland

Beyond disaster relief, these Texas mutual aid networks are meeting people’s long-term needs

In the midst of the cascading catastrophes caused by the snowstorm that hit the South in mid-February, people across the country have been turning to mutual aid networks to offer support to hard-hit communities in Texas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. Over 4 million Texans lost power and more than 70

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4 Min
By: Tamar Sarai

Climate change puts the health and lives of incarcerated people at risk

In the midst of the new threats that have surfaced this year—namely the COVID-19 outbreak—people have been grappling with the fact that even when the pandemic ends and personal and government mandated lockdowns are lifted, the world will still have to contend with a planet that is rapidly

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8 Min
By: Tamar Sarai

Pro-fracking movements have a deadly impact on BIPOC communities

In the last two weeks, 12 climate activists were arrested after shutting down the North Brooklyn pipeline site by chaining their bodies to the construction. The in-progress National Grid-owned pipeline would carry fracked gas through Black and brown neighborhoods in Bushwick, Bedford-Stuyvesant, and Williamsburg. This project is ongoing despite the

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4 Min
By: Jamara Wakefield

Workers’ rights, racial justice, and more were on the ballot this year. Here’s where voters stood.

While much remains uncertain about the results of this year’s election, across the country results have begun to roll in on key down-ballot races and ballot initiatives that addressed some of the most major issues facing the United States. As Prism previously reported, affirmative action, criminal justice reforms, the

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7 Min
By: Prism Staff

What’s at stake: Climate change, oil and gas drilling budgets, and more in environmental justice

This article is part of Prism’s Election 2020: What’s at Stake coverage.  The last few years have seen Americans’ views on climate change and environmental issues evolve rapidly. The 2020 election season comes amidst a string of natural disasters affecting almost every part of the country, and growing

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5 Min
By: Caitlin Gaffin

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