DREW COSTLEY

February 18, 2022 at 3:03 am

Race excluded as WH rolls out climate justice screening tool

The Biden administration has released a screening tool to help identify disadvantaged communities long plagued by environmental hazards, but it won’t include race as a...

FILE – A vehicle drives past the Jefferson oil drill site located in the residential area in Los Angeles, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. University of Southern California researchers found people living near wells in Jefferson Park reported significantly higher rates of wheezing, eye and nose irritation, sore throat and dizziness than neighbors living farther away. On Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, the Los Angeles City Council approved a measure to ban new oil and gas wells and phase out existing ones. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) NY977 NY977

January 26, 2022 at 7:52 am

Los Angeles City Council approves phaseout of oil drilling

The Los Angeles City Council has approved a measure to ban new oil and gas wells and phase out existing ones. Residents have complained for...

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Gullah Geechee community elder Sandra Boyd, also known as “Mama Sasa,” throws a flower into the Atlantic Ocean during a dawn ceremony she held to honor the African ancestors who made the Middle Passage, either perishing en route or surviving to build new lives under the shackles of slavery, in Hunting Island State Park, on Hunting Island, S.C., Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. The dawn event kicked off a week-long community effort organized by Boyd, to clean up and beautify cemeteries on St. Helena Island, some of which are so overgrown and hidden on old plantation lands that locating them has proved a challenge. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) SCRB312 SCRB312

November 11, 2021 at 11:26 pm

Communities consider ‘managed retreat’ from climate change VIEW

In some parts of the U.S., the risks from climate change have intensified enough to raise a startling question: Should some populated places simply be...

FILE – A migrant daily wage worker bathes at a public well pump on a hot morning in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 17, 2016. Scorching summer temperatures, hovering well over 40 degrees Celcius, (104 Fahrenheit) are making life extremely tough for millions of poor across north India. Without access to air conditioning and sometimes even an electric fan, they struggle to cope with the heat in their inadequate homes. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File) NY581 NY581

November 11, 2021 at 6:02 am

AP analysis: Exposure to extreme heat has tripled since 1983 VIEW

An Associated Press analysis of temperature and population data shows that exposure to extreme heat has tripled and now affects about a quarter of the...

October 21, 2021 at 8:06 am

Billions in environmental justice funds hang in the balance

Tens of billions of dollars for U.S. environmental justice initiatives originally proposed by Democratic leaders in a $3.5 trillion domestic spending package now hang in...

September 22, 2021 at 6:02 am

UN health agency sets higher, tougher bar for air quality VIEW

The World Health Organization is setting a higher bar for policymakers and the public in its first update to its air quality guidelines in 15...

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September 15, 2021 at 2:16 pm

Los Angeles County votes to phase out oil and gas drilling

Los Angeles County’s board of supervisors voted unanimously on Wednesday to phase out oil and gas drilling and ban new drill sites in the unincorporated...

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September 8, 2021 at 8:10 am