Aradhna Tripati, Marshall Shepherd, Vernon Morris, Karen Andrade, Kyle Powys Whyte, Dominique M David-Chavez, Justin Hosbey, Joseph E Trujillo-Falcón, Brandon Hunter, Deanna Hence, DaNa Carlis, Vankita Brown, William L Parker, Andrew Geller, Alex Reich, Mary Glackin
Water, weather, and climate affect everyone. However, their impacts on various communities can be very different based on who has access to essential services and environmental knowledge. Structural discrimination, including racism and other forms of privileging and exclusion, affects people's lives and health, with ripples across all sectors of society. In the United States, the need to equitably provide weather, water, and climate services is uplifted by the Justice40 Initiative (Executive Order 14008), which mandates 40% of the benefits of certain federal climate and clean energy investments flow to disadvantaged communities...
February 1, 2024: Environmental Justice