When the Supreme Court further hollowed out the Voting Rights Act this spring, it augured a historic loss of civic power for Black communities. And with that comes a further blow — to progress on the environment. For as Voices of Environmental Justice columnist Yessenia Funes explains, key to climate policy are Black voters, and the Black legislators they bring into office.
“Extreme drought and rising temperatures in the US are poised to overwhelm the Trump administration’s plans to control wildfire by logging federal forests, scientists say."
“JPMorgan Chase leads 65 banks making decisions incompatible with restraining rising temperatures, researchers say.”
“Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chair Mike Lee wants to overhaul the National Historic Preservation Act. That may be a step too far for many Democrats.”
“EPA and Justice Department officials were looking into potential criminal violations by the vast coal empire owned by Sen. Jim Justice. Then the Office of the Deputy Attorney General told them ‘pencils down.’”
“Global effort needed to limit effects of pollution, industrial fishing and climate crisis, World Ocean Assessment says.”
“New proposal quietly published last week would amount to ‘devastating blow’ for science, experts warn.”
“The Trump administration agreed to strip endangered species protection from a lizard whose habitat overlapped the largest oil-producing region in the United States, settling a lawsuit brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.”
“The agency’s regulatory rollback for grocery refrigerators has sparked a backlash from U.S. manufacturers.”
