Environmental racism

Weekly Climate News

March 4, 2021

  • The U.N. has suspended climate projects in Myanmar after the military seized control of the Myanmar government in a coup executed on Feb. 1.  

  • Claude Nyamugabo, environmental minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been brought to court on accusations of illegal allocation of logging claims in the Congo rainforest to a Congolese cleaning company and two Chinese firms. 

  • The U.S. said it will terminate funding for “carbon-intensive” fossil fuel projects overseas. 

  • Environmental racism has impacted the health of marginalized communities for decades. Read this article on environmental justice advocates fighting pollution in Black communities by calling for civil rights protections to be included in the National Environmental Policy Act. 

  • Arkansas, Kansas, Minnesota and Montana, among other U.S. states, have proposed stricter penalties for protests against fossil fuel and pipeline projects. 

  • The gulf stream is weakening as a result of climate change. Check out this interactive article.

  • Mexico City initiated a plastic ban, which has raised concerns for women’s access to period products. 

  • New initiatives in the travel industry suggest a future of sustainable travel for the post COVID-19 world. 

  • More than 100 Chicagoans, motivated by environmental justice concerns, are involved in a hunger strike in protest of the city’s proposed location for a scrapyard in Southeast Chicago.

  • Seville, Spain, is using oranges to generate electricity. 

Racism in the Built Environment: Implications of Redlining

Throughout the U.S., the old practice of redlining in cities has been shown to have negative environmental effects on the majority-Black neighborhoods once marked off on maps. With global temperatures on the rise, the effects of this practice are becoming more and more noticeable.

Adverse Birth Outcomes: Climate Change Disproportionately Affects Health of Black Mothers

Adverse Birth Outcomes: Climate Change Disproportionately Affects Health of Black Mothers

The interconnectedness of climate change and systemic racism begins early, with the pregnancy of a mother and the birth of a child. A review published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on June 18 found evidence that negative health effects caused by climate change start before birth.

Calls to Reinvest in Marginalized Communities: The Green New Deal and Defunding the Police

Calls to Reinvest in Marginalized Communities: The Green New Deal and Defunding the Police

Calls from protesters to defund and abolish police departments have recently ignited a national uprising. Dissenters of current law enforcement establishments have amplified the need to reevaluate governmental allocation of financial resources.

Climate Change as a “Threat Multiplier”: Environmental Costs of the US Military Threaten Global Security

Security in the United States is currently a topic of discussion, centering around possibilities of reevaluating public safety, as brought up by racial justice protests and global security, as tested by the COVID-19 crisis. Alongside these systems is another operative institution meant to ensure protection to Americans, which comes at a steeper cost to the preservation and safety of our world than many realize.

Environmental Racism: ‘There Is No Sustainable Way of Living Without Justice,’ Says Head of Mount Holyoke’s Environmental Center

Environmental Racism: ‘There Is No Sustainable Way of Living Without Justice,’ Says Head of Mount Holyoke’s Environmental Center

Climate change is a global issue, seeping through every layer of the living world and impacting ecosystems across the Earth. Despite its universality, the burdens of climate change fall disproportionately on communities of color.

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