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Category: Climate Change

When Climate Disasters Strike, Guaranteed Income Programs Could Help People Recover Quicker

May 17, 2023

By Emily Withnall

Organizers on the ground in New Jersey and Florida where people have been displaced by extreme weather events are working to identify solutions for helping people recover following storms.

The Jackson Water Crisis Proved Again that Environmental Justice is Racial Justice

November 28, 2022

By Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr.

Let’s call it what it is: Generations of environmental racism. It’s time for voters to demand lawmakers prioritize a baseline of clean water, proper sanitation and clean air for all families no matter their ZIP code.

It’s Not Just Another Heat Wave

August 15, 2022

By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

We need more policies that address our global climate emergency, especially for those in poverty who are at the highest risk of losing their lives.

We Must Treat Climate Change as a Racial Justice Issue

October 15, 2019

By Mikka Macdonald

The climate is warming—and Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian American communities continue to bear an outsized share of the burden caused by global warming. The regions with the most cancer-related…

Puerto Ricans Fleeing Island May Change Florida’s Political Landscape

October 30, 2018

By Maliha Kareem

Florida is home to over 1.13 million Boricuas, 70% of whom tend to vote Democrat. This is why coming November, Boricuas who previously lived on the island but were unable…

Climate Voters Ready to Vote in November

October 24, 2018

By Laura Munoz

As a young child living in Colombia I lived through an earthquake. I am thankful to have been far from the epicenter of the shake in a well constructed structure,…

Voting to Make Florida’s Environment a Priority

October 8, 2018

By Maliha Kareem

Water is life.  And in many ways, it is what defines Florida. As a first generation American whose family came from Iraq, a nation with critical environment-related threats to human…

Young voters in Florida state why they are voting this November

August 8, 2018

By Elizabeth Fernandez

I’m speaking to voters at a candidate forum for young voters in Miami on why the November 2018 elections matter to them. Check them out. Be inspired. Let’s unite the…

Florida voters gather at Netroots Nation to unite the vote

August 7, 2018

By Elizabeth Fernandez

I’m at Netroots Nation along with hundreds of political activists who are passionate about creating stronger communities for all. I took this opportunity to ask my fellow activists from Florida…

Saving Nevada’s water from climate change impact: Eldemerdash

April 24, 2018

By Nadia Eldemerdash

The piece was published originally in the Reno Gazette Journal. Living in the desert, water is always on our minds – how to stay hydrated, how to manage it and…

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