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Black Communities Across the US Refuse to Be Sacrifice Zones for Data Centers
From Texas to Virginia and everywhere in between, Black residents are confronting these projects in different ways.
Months After LA Wildfires, Disabled Residents Still Struggle to Find Safe Housing
Advocates say California’s disaster response has failed to protect people with disabilities.
Jamaican Americans Mobilize for the Island’s Recovery After Hurricane Melissa
Power lines, roads, and bridges were damaged, and more than half a million people were left without electricity.
Hurricanes Should Be Named After Fossil Fuel Executives, Climate Activist Says
Jamaica remains in a state of emergency after being battered by one of the strongest Atlantic cyclones in history.
UN Climate Progress Report Ahead of COP30 Is “a Warning Siren”
Countries pledged just a 10 percent emissions cut; breaching 1.5°C warming is now “inevitable,” said António Guterres.
Jamaica Prepares for One of the Most “Devastating Hurricanes on Record”
Cuba, Turks and Caicos, the Bahamas, and Haiti are also within reach of Hurricane Melissa’s impacts.
Philippines Typhoon Survivors File Landmark Lawsuit Against Oil Giant Shell
The lawsuit centers on Philippine laws stating that citizens have the right to a healthy environment.
The World Is Running Out of Fresh Water. What Happens If We Do?
The pace of freshwater depletion is staggering. An area twice the size of California is drying up annually.
Big Banks Poured $2B Into Oil and Gas Financing in the Amazon Since Last Year
“These investments are complicit in genocide,” said Jonas Mura, chief of the Gavião Real Indigenous Territory in Brazil.
Trump Cuts and Climate Change Compound Worry in Alaska After Typhoon Disaster
“Storms are going to get worse, and it’s not going to be livable,” said a tribal leader from the village of Akiak.