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New research shows lakes in communities of color were three times less likely to be tested for pollutants than lakes in white areas. (Credit: Getty/Matt Niebuhr)

Just five states have air conditioning for all prisoners, and only half of prisoners in 22 states live in a cooled housing unit.

Hurricane Helene is about to drop an incredible amount of water across the South, and thanks to structural racism, flooding has the potential to be even worse in predominately Black communities.

We're seeing the death and destruction extreme rainfall causes, and Black folks in the Southeast are disproportionately at risk.

Flood damaged cars in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on October 1, 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina. The White House has approved disaster declarations in North Carolina, Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia and Alabama, freeing up federal emergency management money and resources for those states. (Photo by Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)

The EPA gave the city until 2042 to replace 400,000 lead service lines — and the majority are located on the primarily Black South Side.

The danger of so-called wet bulb temperatures could have a disproportionate impact on cities with large Black populations.

The leak of the known carcinogen happened about a half mile from a predominantly Black elementary school in Cancer Alley.

So long to 2023's record. Scientists say 2024 is now virtually guaranteed to have the warmest-ever temps globally.

Two new data sets show world leaders will miss key targets to keep average global temperatures from rising. That's bad news for vulnerable Black communities on the front lines of the climate crisis.