Hurricane season is arriving in the middle of a global pandemic. What is the plan? Read more >
Hurricane Michael
With Hurricane and COVID-19 Preparedness, Communities Are Damned if they Do and Damned if they Don’t
Adrienne Hollis, Senior Climate Justice and Health Scientist
August 6, 2020 11:21 AM EDT
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Real-Time Lessons on COVID-19 and US Hurricane Response: What We’ve Learned from Hanna and Isaias
Astrid Caldas, climate scientist
August 6, 2020 10:17 AM EDT
This hurricane season is particularly unique in a couple of ways – not only has it had various earliest named storms, but it is happening amidst a pandemic. The novel coronavirus is everywhere in the U.S. and in the world, and to respond to a disaster under the threat of contagion is nothing short of an extraordinary challenge. Read more >
Without bold action and preparation, climate change threats may bring similar impacts to those of COVID-19 Self-Help Enterprises
Groundwater Sustainability is a Necessity More Than Ever
Jose Pablo Ortiz Partida, Western States Climate Scientist
July 30, 2020 3:26 PM EDT
The current pandemic is a threat to those closest to us today in a way that presages what we will experience on an accelerating basis due to the climate emergency. The low level of preparation communities have experienced around the pandemic, echos what these same communities face for water management on a daily basis and will face with future climate change threats unless fundamental changes are made locally. Read more >
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Researchers Find Deadliest Aspect of COVID-19 for People of Color: Racism
Adrienne Hollis, Senior Climate Justice and Health Scientist
July 20, 2020 7:00 AM EDT
Environmental and economic conditions experienced by people of color are influenced not only by the environmental injustices of living in contaminated areas, but also by climate change impacts. Those impacts affect vulnerable communities first and worst, and this is exacerbated by COVID-19, which has ravaged the lives of Black, Latino and Indigenous communities. The underlying cause that runs through these issues is racism, plain and simple. Read more >
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The Moving Forward Act: Ten Ways the House Infrastructure Proposal Will Increase Electric Vehicles, Clean Energy, and Resilient Transportation
Jonna Hamilton, Senior manager of govt. affairs
July 1, 2020 5:26 PM EDT
Today, US House passed their infrastructure proposal, the Moving Forward Act (H.R. 2)*. The result is a good bill that will pass out of the House – the question, as always, is what will happen in the Senate. Read more >
