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"An Albany Neighborhood At The Heart Of New York's Lead Poisoning Epidemic" [1]

"The 12206 ZIP code, which encompasses West Hill, Beverwyck and Upper Washington Avenue, has one of the state's highest concentrations of childhood lead poisoning."

Source: Albany Times Union [2], 04/17/2025

"‘Lifesaving’ Climate Programs Are On Hold As Musk Targets USAID" [3]

"As the Trump administration moves to shutter international humanitarian aid efforts, a host of environmental and climate programs have also been impacted."

Source: Washington Post [4], 02/07/2025

"Drought Is an Immigration Issue" [5]

"In Mexico, the conditions that have contributed to the largest sustained movement of humans across any border in the world will get only more common. This spring, at the start of the corn-growing season, 76 percent of Mexico was in drought, and the country was sweltering under a deadly heat dome."

Source: Atlantic [6], 11/20/2024

"Flooded Brazil 'Ghost Town' A Climate Warning To World, UN Advisor Says" [7]

"Record floods that killed over 170 people and displaced half a million in southern Brazil are a warning sign of more disasters to come throughout the Americas because of climate change, an official at the United Nations' refugee agency said on Tuesday."

Source: Reuters [8], 06/26/2024

"The Climate Refugee Crisis Is Here" [9]

"Catastrophic flooding in southern Brazil has forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes. Many say they won’t go back."

Source: Washington Post [10], 05/31/2024

"The War Zone In Gaza Will Leave A Legacy Of Hidden Health Risks" [11]

"A toxic mix of dust, ash, and other material from 15 million tons of rubble now blankets the territory and all who live there."

Source: Grist [12], 01/11/2024

"Cholera Cases Doubled Worldwide In 2022" [13]

"A new World Health Organization analysis suggests cholera is surging worldwide, with the number of cholera cases doubling from 2021 to 2022."

Source: Washington Post [14], 10/03/2023

"The Era of Climate Migration Is Here, Leaders of Vulnerable Nations Say" [15]

"Heads of climate-vulnerable nations gathered on the sidelines of a United Nations climate summit to call for new policies and agreements to manage the millions of people who are being forced from their homes by extreme weather."

Source: Inside Climate News [16], 09/22/2023

"Cyclone Mocha: Deadly Storm Hits Myanmar And Bangladesh Coasts" [17]

"A powerful cyclone has hit the coastlines of Bangladesh and Myanmar after intensifying into the equivalent of a category-five storm. Cyclone Mocha did not make landfall at the sprawling refugee camp in Cox's Bazar as earlier feared, but still tore apart hundreds of makeshift shelters."

Source: BBC News [18], 05/15/2023

"Slow Start On World Bank Reform Angers Climate-Hit Countries" [19]

"The World Bank meetings were supposed to be a first step in a new era of affordable loans for developing nations hard hit by climate change like Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s Barbados, one of many Caribbean islands battered by worsening hurricanes."

Source: AP [20], 04/18/2023

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