Heat is the nation’s deadliest weather disaster, killing as many as 1,200 people a year in the United States. According to a 2020 report from the CDC, a total of 10,527 deaths resulting from exposure to heat-related conditions were identified from 2004 to 2018 with approximately 90% of these heat related deaths occurring during the months May — September.
Read MoreThe year 2020 will forever be remembered for the devastation of the pandemic and extreme weather events (namely hurricanes, wildfires, and summer heat waves) that swept the nation, and many of these events were the worst in recorded history. These events are…
Read MoreIn 2018, 14.3 million US households were deemed as “food insecure”. 1) Though the US is the world’s largest economy, over 35 million Americans rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to support themselves and family.
Read MoreYou are not intelligent and you don’t have the guts to speak truth to power. At least, that’s what the petrochemical industry believes. In fact, plastic manufacturers in the petrochemical industry apply the same formula to all consumer relations…
Read MoreHave you ever considered where your trash goes? Who cultivated the sugar that you put in your coffee everyday? Who was responsible for making the bricks on the outside of your home? The contaminants that people are exposed to, so that you could buy a new sweater?
Read MoreIn 2018, 14.3 million US households were deemed as “food insecure”.1 Though the US is the world’s largest economy, over 35 million Americans rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to support themselves and family.
Read MoreOn August 29th, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the coast of Louisiana as what is now considered one of the most destructive hurricanes in American history.
Read MoreOn July 14, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden released policy recommendations centered around environmental justice and economic development entitled “The Biden Plan To Secure Environmental Justice and Equitable Economic Opportunity in a Clean Energy Future”.
Read MoreIn an ideal world with a cohesive and competent COVID-19 response plan, the COVID-19 pandemic would have gone like this…
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