As movements for racial and environmental justice escalate across the US, these struggles – which, as groups like the National Black Environmental Justice Network point out, must be seen as one – have a common foe: the fossil fuel industry. The same companies that drive environmental racism in Black and Brown communities through toxic and climate-changing pollution also fund police power in cities that stretch from Houston and Detroit to New Orleans and Salt Lake City. Read more.
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Climate Change and the Impact on Maternal Health
By Leila Waid. Climate change is already having an enormous impact on our world. All individuals are at risk from the debilitating effects of climate