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Too many blackouts: How underserved communities are making utilities listen
Too many blackouts: How underserved communities are making utilities listenArticleApproachFocus areaVital Signs Date PublishedNovember 28, 2022 - 12:00Vital Signs Post AuthorJoanna FosterVital Signs Post CategoriesClimate and energy, Carbon dioxide, Energy, Law and policy, People and planet, Environmental justice, United StatesVital Signs Post Short DescriptionLow income communities and communities of color often experience more power outages and service disruptions that whiter, more affluent communities. As utilities transition to clean energy, environmentalists and local experts, like Chicago's Cheryl Watson, are working to resolve these inequities. They're making sure voices from underserved communities are at last being heard in the room where utility regulation happens.Vital Signs Post URL/story/too-many-blackouts-how-underserved-communities-are-making-utilities-listenHow Heather McTeer Toney is redefining climate action for the next generation of leaders
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Water Leadership Institute celebrates graduation of new cohort of water equity advocates
Building a Black community for green jobseekers
Sustainable investment leader Taeun Kwon on women money and saving the planet
Inclusive insurance: Promoting the post-flood financial resiliency of low and moderate income households
Embedding Equity into Energy Regulatory Decisions
ReportTaking a big leap to solve California water problems: How uncommon partners are finding common ground on the water
U.S. low-producing oil and gas wells and the people affected by their pollution
What would save thousands of lives and fight injustice?
What would save thousands of lives and fight injustice?ArticleApproachFocus areaVital Signs Date PublishedJuly 1, 2022 - 12:00Vital Signs Post AuthorVanessa GlavinskasVital Signs Post CategoriesClimate and energy, Carbon dioxide, Science, Law and policy, People and planet, Clean air, Environmental justice, Location, United StatesVital Signs Post Short DescriptionIn a new report released by Environmental Defense Fund, scientists found that fine particle pollution, primarily generated by burning fossil fuels, is especially rampant — and deadly — in Black, Hispanic, and low-income communities. But there is a way for all of us to breathe easier. The Environmental Protection Agency could tighten its standard.Vital Signs Post URL/story/what-would-save-thousands-lives-and-fight-injusticeWhat would save thousands of lives and fight injustice?
What would save lives and fight injustice? Stronger limits on fine particle pollutionArticleThe scoop on the Scoping Plan: California’s draft plan misses the opportunity for greater climate ambition (Part 1)
Leadership in focus — building to a more sustainable future for small-scale fisheries
Blog postClean Beauty Justice Retailer Roadmap
SolutionsCreating data to support communities on the front lines of oil and gas production in the U.S.
Keeping the lights on: Puerto Rico, five years after Hurricane Maria
The demographic characteristics of populations living near oil and gas wells in the USA
500 trucks pass through one Newark intersection in an hour. Kids are paying the price.
The unequal burden of air pollutionArticleAnalysis of PM2.5-Related Health Burdens Under Current and Alternative NAAQS
Air Tracker shows pollution’s neighborhood path
Air tracker shows path pollution takes through neighborhoodsInteractive toolFull lead service line replacement: A case study of equity in environmental remediation
Jason Swann s life turned upside down Now he s saving wild places
How an energy entrepreneur is helping to light up the world
What drove a former USA swim team member to tackle the diesel problem