Millions will be displaced. Where will they go?
August besieged California with a heat unseen in generations. A surge in air-conditioning broke the state’s electrical grid, leaving a population already ravaged by the coronavirus to work remotely by the dim light of their cellphones. By mid month, the state had recorded possibly the hottest temperatures ever recorded on Earth – 130 degrees in Death Valley – and an otherworldly storm of lightning had cracked open the sky.
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Looking Back at Living Room Leadership: Connecting Environmental Justice Communities During COVID-19
When the world went into lockdown in 2020, the Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ) launched an innovative new series called Living Room Leadership.
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September 18, 2025