"Hotter Days Widen Racial Gap in U.S. Schools, Data Shows"
"Higher temperatures are linked to worse test scores, but only for Black and Hispanic children. The likely culprit: a lack of air-conditioning."
Source: NYTimes, 10/07/2020
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"Denver Wants to Fix a Legacy of Environmental Racism"
"In most American cities, white residents live near parks, trees and baseball fields, while communities of color are left with concrete and the heat that comes with it. Now, in a push that could provide a road map for other cities, officials in Denver are working to rectify that historical inequity."
Source: NYTimes, 10/05/2020
"Ocean Heat Waves Are Directly Linked to Climate Change"
"The “blob” of hotter ocean water that killed sea lions and other marine life in 2014 and 2015 may become permanent."
Source: NYTimes, 09/29/2020
Senate 2020: In South Carolina, Graham Styles Himself as Climate Champion
"Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina has for years portrayed himself as a climate champion, but his ardent support for a president who has dismantled climate policy has environmentalists determined to unseat him."
Source: InsideClimate News, 09/18/2020
"How Climate Migration Will Reshape America"
"Millions will be displaced. Where will they go?"
Source: ProPublica/NYTimes Magazine, 09/16/2020
"20 States Sue EPA Over Methane Emissions Standards Rollback"
"A coalition of 20 states and four municipalities sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday over its rollback of methane emissions standards for oil and gas production."
Source: The Hill, 09/15/2020
"A Climate Reckoning in Fire-Stricken California"
"Multiple mega fires burning more than three million acres. Millions of residents smothered in toxic air. Rolling blackouts and triple-digit heat waves. Climate change, in the words of one scientist, is smacking California in the face."
Source: NYTimes, 09/11/2020
"Nothing To See Here, Folks"
"News outlets continue to ignore climate change in articles about California's record-breaking weather."
Source: HEATED, 09/09/2020
California Temperatures Break Records, Wildfires Rage
"A record-smashing heat wave sent temperatures in areas across the Bay Area well over 100 degrees Sunday, choking the region with the smoke of weeks’ worth of wildfires and putting more than 2 million customers under the threat of rolling blackouts as the state’s energy grid neared capacity."
Source: San Jose Mercury News, 09/07/2020
House Democrats Demand Climate Be ‘Centerpiece’ Of 2020 Debates
"Dozens of House Democrats are calling for the climate crisis to be a central focus of the upcoming presidential and vice presidential debates." "In 2016, debate moderators did not ask a single question about the climate crisis. Dozens of lawmakers want to make sure that doesn’t happen again."
Source: HuffPost, 09/03/2020
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