I am teaching courses now at Texas Tech University and have found several interesting journal articles, YouTube videos and publications on this topic. As I come across them, I decided to share them with my friends and colleagues and the public here. Let me know what you think of them.

• News Articles about Climate and Justice
  • Income
    • NPR Investigation: Low-Income Urban Areas Are Often Hotter Than Wealthy Ones : NPR
  • Age
    • New Research: Older Adults More Vulnerable after Disasters
    • Environmental Justice – John Oliver (for adults)
• Peer Reviewed Articles about Climate and Inequality
  • Stop blaming the climate for disasters Nature – (1/10/22)
    • “Disasters occur when hazards meet vulnerability. We must acknowledge the human-made components of both vulnerability and hazard and emphasize human agency in order to proactively reduce disaster impacts.“
  • EPA Report Shows Disproportionate Impacts of Climate Change on Socially Vulnerable Populations in the United States – EPA (Sept 2, 2021)
    • “A new EPA analysis released today shows that the most severe harms from climate change fall disproportionately upon underserved communities who are least able to prepare for, and recover from, heat waves, poor air quality, flooding, and other impacts.”
  • Widespread Race and Class Disparities in Surface Urban Heat Extremes Across the United States