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Tag: extreme temperatures

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Posted inClimate & Environment

We must enter a new climate world together

by Ray Levy Uyeda July 31st, 2023July 31st, 2023

The realities of the climate crisis require individual and collective changes, and adults must learn from young people how to act on necessary solutions

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Posted inClimate & Environment

We must imagine the climate futures we want to build

by Ray Levy Uyeda July 25th, 2023July 25th, 2023
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Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

‘I wasn’t sentenced to be cooked’: Heat desperation in a Texas prison

by Kwaneta Harris July 12th, 2023July 12th, 2023
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Posted inEconomy & Workers' Rights

The Farm Bill could address climate change and structural racism

by Ray Levy Uyeda July 12th, 2023July 12th, 2023
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Posted inClimate & Environment

Extreme heat increases the need for BIPOC mental health care

by Ray Levy Uyeda September 7th, 2022May 8th, 2023
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Cutting funding for public transportation amid extreme temperatures is a match made in hell for marginalized communities

by Lajward Zahra August 9th, 2022January 23rd, 2023

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