Unequal access to air conditioning is just one of the many ways that the growing effects of climate change have the biggest implications for the least advantaged. Here are some others.
, for many hourly workers in the construction industry, even having the work day shortened in extreme heat has a downside, as it means lower earnings.Much of the northern United States has been dealing withLow-income communities and communities of color have higher baseline rates of particle pollution because they are often near air pollution sources like highways and ports.
“Whether it’s diesel trucks and buses in people’s neighborhoods, commuter cars or power plants — there are a lot of communities that have already been impacted by air pollution,” Sacoby Wilson, a public health professor at the University of Maryland,last month. “This additional pollution from wildfires is making that situation worse.”
This dangerous combination of intense heat and wildfire smoke can lead to health effects ranging from asthma to reduced lung function, cardiovascular disease and death.Ethan Poploski in front of his family's home that was destroyed by a landslide, Ripton, Vt., July 16. Since warmer air holds more moisture, rainfall has been increasingly extreme in recent years, leading to flash floods like those that have recently killed
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