Newsletter Photo by Daniel Lee on Unsplash Los Angeles will offer more energy incentives to low-income residents A new study by the city’s utility and other researchers found that lower-income residents cannot afford electric vehicles and clean energy.
Newsletter Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash After Colorado wildfire, can low-income residents afford to rebuild? After a major wildfire, low-income residents are the ones who find insurance and loans hardest to access. That’s a challenge for the whole community.
Impactswww.flickr.com Oregon, Washington grapple with Pacific Northwest heat wave One year after the worst Pacific Northwest heat wave on record left hundreds dead, the region finds itself largely better prepared.
Resiliencecommons.wikimedia.org California towns scramble to prevent next wildfire catastrophe Wildfires loom all over, but the rural counties with poor and elderly residents face the greatest threats.
Causeswww.flickr.com For low-income Pittsburgh, clean air remains an elusive goal Once known as the “City of Smoke,” Pittsburgh has come a long way since the days when filthy air turned downtown streets dark at mid-day. But in struggling communities near the remaining steel plants, high levels of air pollution persist.
Solutions www.bloomberg.com Bangkok, Thailand has big plans for new railway hub Bang Sue Grand Central Thailand’s government hopes a new Bangkok railway station can solve the city’s traffic woes.
Impacts undark.org In public housing, a battle against mold and rising seas Neglected infrastructure, already a source of mold, is also making public housing more vulnerable to climate change.
A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled
Trump administration halts work on national climate report, dismissing hundreds of volunteer scientists
