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Climate Crisis Makes for Real Fashion Emergency [1]

Fast fashion’s lack of sustainability has long been the subject of news media coverage. But now the realities of climate change mean that fashion reporting must be reimagined to include the lived environmental and human rights realities of workers making what we wear, writes contributor Yessenia Funes in the new Voices of Environmental Justice column. Ideas and resources for getting past simplistic fashion industry narratives.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Voices of Environmental Justice [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Agriculture [4]
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Environmental Justice [8]
Health [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
People & Population [11]
Policy [12]
Waste [13]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]
Asia [16]
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Public [17]

"In Coastal British Columbia, the Haida Get Their Land Back" [18]

"By affirming Indigenous land ownership, British Columbia and the Haida Nation are signaling a new era for Indigenous relations."

Activism [3]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [19]
Fish & Fisheries [20]
Government [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [23]
People & Population [11]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Wildlife [26]
Public [17]
Canada [27]
Source: Hakai [28], 04/26/2024

"7 in 10 Workers Worldwide Exposed To Extreme Heat Risks: Study" [29]

"Extreme heat linked to climate change threatens more than 70 percent of workers globally, according to a report released Monday by the International Labor Organization (ILO)."

Climate Change [5]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [8]
People & Population [11]
Public [17]
International [15]
Source: The Hill [31], 04/24/2024
April 25, 2024

Working 9 to 5: How to Turn Your Job Into a Force for Climate Action [32]

Join Project Drawdown to explore how the workplace is the perfect place for climate solutions and how every employee in every job function has a role to play in creating change and connecting their job to climate action. 1:00 p.m. ET.

Other Events [33]
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Public [17]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [7]
People & Population [11]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]

Biden Marks Earth Day By Announcing $7 Billion In Solar Power Grants [34]

"President Joe Biden is marking Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal grants for residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income communities. He also plans to expand his New Deal-style American Climate Corps green jobs training program."

Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Politics [19]
Natural Resources [23]
People & Population [11]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [36], 04/22/2024

"How Do Neighbors of Solar Farms Really Feel? A New Survey Has Answers" [37]

"For people living within three miles of a large solar farm, positive attitudes about the development outnumber negative ones by about a three-to-one margin, according to a new national survey released this week by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory."

Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Politics [19]
Infrastructure [38]
People & Population [11]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 04/19/2024

"Majority Latino City Endures Years Of Toxic Water In Health ‘Crisis’" [40]

"After repeated violations, the state of New Mexico has stepped in — but problems are a reminder that safe water is not available to all Americans".

Chemicals [41]
Consumer [6]
Environmental Justice [8]
People & Population [11]
Pollution [42]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [43]
Source: Washington Post [44], 04/19/2024

23 GOP States Demand Rollback of EPA Civil Rights Regulations [45]

"A group of Republican-led states want the EPA to begin the process of rolling back elements of its Title VI regulations, according to a new petition for rulemaking."

Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [11]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [46], 04/18/2024

"'Reprehensible': Fossil Fuel Industry Infiltrates Civil Rights Convention" [47]

"Al Sharpton invited methane representatives to his National Action Network convention, where they fear-mongered attendees about renewables."

Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [19]
Journalism & Media [10]
People & Population [11]
Pollution [42]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: HEATED [48], 04/18/2024

"Climate Change Played A Role In Killing Tens Of Thousands Of People In 2023" [49]

"At nine years old, Carter Vigh loved soccer, his friends, and dancing to music. ... Carter also had asthma. The hot temperatures and dense wildfire smoke that enveloped the Vighs’ British Columbia home, 100 Mile House, in the summer of 2023 exacerbated his asthma and killed him."

Climate Change [5]
Disasters [50]
Environmental Health [30]
People & Population [11]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [51], 04/18/2024

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