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Hot Weather and COVID-19: Added Threats of Reopening States in Summer
Anthony Behar/Sipa PressIn early April, when social distancing took hold across many places in the United States–with school and workplace closings and public life coming to a halt–it seemed like an...
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Mapas mostrando dónde los más vulnerables están azotados por COVID-19 en EEUU...
Publicado en inglés el 20 de abril, 2020 a 17:08 horas EDT Los peligros ambientales amenazan a las personas en todo el mundo. Entre estos están la contaminación del aire y del agua que proviene de...
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Heat Wave and COVID-19 Clash: Tens of Millions of People at Risk in States...
U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael MatkinThis blog post was co-authored by Dr. Kristy Dahl. A major, long-lasting heat wave that will affect much of the nation is getting underway...
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Hurricane Laura and the Inequities of Evacuating to Safety
Tanisha Belvin (left) holds the hand of neighbor and friend “Mama Nita” LaGarde (right), while they are evacuated from the New Orleans Morial Convention Center to the Reliant Center in Houston....
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Superfund Site Cleanups Ignore Communities of Color
Yvette Arellano/TEJASThis post was co-authored by Dr. Jacob Carter. 1,336. That’s the number of facilities in the US called Superfund sites, which are contaminated with some of the most dangerous...
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123 Years Later, the Unfinished Business of Self-Determination for Puerto Ricans
“[E]ven were Puerto Rico given each and every one of the freedoms, and the powers that such [freedom] begets, the development of such a system will be thwarted because the Union would have violated the...
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Insular Areas Climate Change Act: Strengthen Territories’ Response to Climate...
FURIA, Inc.This blog post was co-authored by Dr. Adi Martínez-Román with the University of Puerto Rico Resiliency Law Center. Islands and their people are more vulnerable to climate impacts than...
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Insular Areas Climate Change Act: Cambios para fortalecer la respuesta a los...
FURIA, Inc.La Dra. Adi Martínez-Román del Centro Legal de Desarrollo de Resiliencia de la Universidad de Puerto Rico es co-autora de este escrito. Las islas y su gente son más vulnerables a los...
View ArticleThe 2021 Hurricane Season in Puerto Rico Catches the Population Unprepared
The 2021 hurricane season just started, and it’s predicted to be an active one. My colleague Dr Adrienne Hollis just wrote about the major risks to the population in hurricane-vulnerable Gulf Coast...
View ArticleThe Inequities of Keeping Cool in Urban Heat Islands
Another heat wave threatens the US Southwest, and may pose more risks to people living in cities like Houston and Phoenix, due to the urban heat island phenomenon.
View ArticleMore Heat This Weekend–More Inequities of Keeping Cool
As more high temperatures are forecast in the next few days, two of our climate scientists explain how people of color in four cities--Fresno, CA, Miami, FL, Mobile, AL, and Shreveport, LA--are at risk...
View ArticleAs Extreme Heat Challenges Our Outdoor Workers, White House Announcement Will...
A national heat safety standard for workers is long overdue.
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Puerto Rico Deserves Full Benefits of Biden’s Justice40
The Justice40 proclamation by President Biden is an exciting and long-overdue commitment by the federal government to achieving environmental justice for communities overburdened with climatic and...
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Building Resilience in Afro-Puerto Rican Community Based on Feminist Practices
September 2022 will mark five years since the destruction and misery caused by Hurricane María in Puerto Rico, and the National Weather Service is forecasting a very active and dangerous hurricane...
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La construcción de la resiliencia en una comunidad afro-puertorriqueña...
En septiembre de 2022 se cumplirán cinco años de la destrucción y miseria causada por el Huracán María en Puerto Rico, y el Servicio Nacional de Meteorología pronostica que la temporada de huracanes...
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Four Months into Danger Season, Here’s the Tally of Extreme Heat, Floods,...
Danger season in the United States is the time of year between roughly May and October when a number of climate-related hazards, including heatwaves, floods, wildfires, and hurricanes, tend to...
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Hurricane Fiona Spells Misery for Puerto Ricans After Hurricane Maria’s...
Hurricane Fiona, a Category 1 hurricane, made landfall in southwestern Puerto Rico on September 19, 2022, one day shy of the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Maria. Fiona blew furiously with maximum...
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Puerto Ricans: We Won’t Become Resilient Until We Have an Equitable and Just...
“Refuse to glorify resilience; demand accountability.” Thus reads a meme on Puerto Rican social media, the background image a house with a wind-battered roof, a combination of rusted tin and ragged...
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Danger Season and Hurricane Season Have Ended, Work for Impacted Communities...
This post was co-authored by Astrid Caldas Here we are, at the end of another year. Danger season, the period of time between May and September when climate-related disasters peak is long gone....
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Injusticia ambiental en Puerto Rico debido a los elevados riesgos...
El óxido de etileno amenaza la salud de las comunidades marginadas tanto en Estados Unidos como en Puerto Rico. La exposición al óxido de etileno es un claro ejemplo de racismo ambiental, el cual debe...
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La Temporada de Peligros climáticos está aquí. ¿Qué puede significar esto...
El verano ya casi está aquí, y se espera sea más caluroso de lo normal según NOAA, la dependencia federal de investigación oceanográfica y atmosférica. Con el verano comienza también la “Temporada de...
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#DangerSeason Unleashed: Killer Heat Threatens 75 Million in US South, No End...
Today climate change has broken a new Danger Season record: 76 million people in the US—or 23% of the total population—are currently under extreme weather alerts including heat, flooding, storms, or...
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New Maps Show Inequitable Geography of Danger Season
Updated with latest NOAA 2023 figures for weather and climate disasters as of 9/11/2023. The 2023 Danger Season has been unleashed like never before. In June and July, heat waves that brought...
View ArticleDecolonization Is Critical for Puerto Rico to Achieve Representation in...
A few days ago, Puerto Rico commemorated 155 years of the Grito de Lares, the uprising of 1868 by Puerto Ricans in defense of their right to self-determination and decolonization. On September 23 of...
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