May 6, 2024
The Environmental Justice Leadership Forum on Climate Change established the following Principles of Climate Justice: Establish a zero carbon economy and achieve this by limiting and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with the levels advocated by the...
May 2, 2024
NOAA’s National Weather Service and the CDC teamed up to create the new nationwide experimental heat forecasting system, known as HeatRisk. The interactive dashboard allows users to plug in their zip code to learn what the heat threats are for an upcoming week,...
Apr 29, 2024
There is a great new resource created by the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Sustainability Initiative at the Yale School of the Environment. The Environmental Professionals of Color Database currently has about 240 profiles of People of Color Environmental...
Apr 24, 2024
The Truth is Out There Throughout history, investigative journalists have been revered, reviled, and repressed, often simultaneously and resulting from the same story. That should not be all that surprising, as exposing the truth often pleases one constituency at the...
Apr 22, 2024
I recently found an interesting article called Blue Growth and Blue Justice that examines the social justice implications of the rapid and unchecked development of ocean resources. The article highlights ten injustices that can be produced by blue growth: (1)...
