Those who live and work on the front-lines of climate change will tell you that climate change is affecting Americans’ well-being right now. With the Nexus Media team, we make stops across the Southern and Southwestern United States from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Miami, Florida to see this firsthand. We see how climate change and fossil fuel pollution are impacting our day-to-day lives through health, housing, and the economy — just to name a few. This series highlights the intersection between climate change and the racial, social, and economic challenges we face — and the solutions that exist.
Bartees Cox is the Director of Strategic Partnerships at Climate Nexus and founded the idea of a Freedom to Breathe tour. He is also a musician and studio engineer, working with acts in New York and DC.
Shravya Jain-Conti is a senior manager at Climate Nexus, where she works on strategies related to climate science, environmental justice and international policy. She previously worked as a journalist in India and interned with a company transforming villages through the power of solar energy.
States are adopting better policies thanks in part to the national conversation around the Green New Deal, a plan that -- while hasn’t made progress in congress yet -- addresses both climate catastrophe and economic inequality
Climate change impacts like drought and extreme heat means greater health risks for farmers and larger economic costs across the country.
In Karnes County, Texas, residents live in a big oil and gas county and find themselves choosing between their jobs and their health.
Climate change, immigration and affordable housing intersect in Miami's historically black and brown communities.
For residents of the Texan city of Port Arthur, living next to the country's largest oil refinery has imposed severe health impacts onto the majority Black/Latino community. This is only one example of environmental racism that low-income communities of color…
Climate change can feel like an abstract, far-away issue explained through melting ice or temperature graphs. But it’s already affecting all Americans. So how does our warming planet impact us in our day-to-day lives? In this five-part digital series, we…
“All communities are not impacted the same by climate change. And if we are to develop real plans and strategies and protocols to deal with climate change, then the justice part has to be front and center.” – Dr. Robert…
By Dr. Robert D. Bullard I have spent my career fighting to show how environmental impacts adversely impact marginalized communities. How it uniquely hurts those who are already vulnerable, who feel the invisible hand of systemic racism and structural…