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Residents from Pennsylvania's Mon Valley region listen to local and national candidates speak about environmental issues
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Electrifying a fraction of vehicles in the lower Great Lakes could save over a thousand lives annually, studies suggest

New research reveals that even a “mid-transition” to electrified transportation could have outsized health and economic benefits for Black and Latino residents.
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Air quality can affect health. Climate change is worsening both

While heat is well-understood as a consequence of climate change, air quality is both cause and effect when it comes to the nexus with climate change.

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Gen Z, millennials speak out on reluctance to become parents

Women interviewed cited climate change, along with overwhelming student debt coupled with inflation, as reasons they'll never be parents. Some younger men, too, are opting out and more are seeking vasectomies.

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Climate initiative centers on Black Americans

The Movement for Black Lives launched a new climate change initiative Thursday, uniting more than 200 Black environmental leaders and organizations nationwide who have pledged to find equitable climate solutions centering on Black Americans and communities.
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Why Black history is the blueprint to climate justice

As the climate strike generation, we are living with the intense burden of bringing about climate justice; we protest, we petition, we vote, and we take direct action. But what is the blueprint for building the society we envision?

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Sadiq Khan: ‘Climate crisis is a racial justice issue’ as black and Asian Londoners most affected

The global climate crisis is a matter of racial injustice, the mayor of London has warned, as new research reveals that black, Asian and minority ethnic communities are most at risk of being affected by harmful emissions in the capital.

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How leaders can engage Black and Latino voters on climate

Study after study has shown the disparate impact of climate change and other environmental crises on communities of color in the United States. Whether it’s urban heat waves or hurricanes, the effects routinely hit people of color harder than the general population.

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