The effects of climate change are growing worse, disproportionately impacting Black people. The government is finally taking steps to act. But the problem is bigger than one piece of legislation will be able to fix.
Black Americans are disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change. Into America explores the links between white supremacy and America’s inaction on the environment.
Many residents in the Grays Ferry section of Philadelphia live with asthma and other chronic health conditions that they, advocates and even some medical experts attribute to the close proximity of the former Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery.
A historian marks the 200th birthday of a fearless conductor of the Underground Railroad with a visit to her birthplace, only to learn how climate change is washing away memories of “the ultimate outdoors woman.”
The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday ordered a controversial refinery on St. Croix to stay shut indefinitely on the grounds that it poses an "imminent" threat to people's health.
