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Equal Earth Map Better Represents Africa than Mercator

By Jeffery Kazembe BattsIG: @kazbattsFall is approaching, and school is back in session. While many prepare to start learning in academic institutions, most of the world has already been miseducated about basic geography. “Africa No Filter” and “Speak Up Africa”, along with the African...
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AG James Urges U.S. State Department to Curb Plastic Pollution

NEW YORK – last week, New York Attorney General Letitia James led a coalition of 10 attorneys general in calling for an ambitious, comprehensive, and legally-binding international agreement to mitigate global plastic pollution. In a letter sent to the U.S. Department of State (State...

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Africa Unites to Push for Climate Justice

Partners Uniting to Sustain Our Community and Our World. Nairobi Declaration comes as UN...
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Experts Warn of ‘Denialism Comeback’ Ahead of November’s Global Climate Talks

A “heat wave scam” is what one social media user called the record-high temperatures...
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Climate Change is a Crisis for Black Communities

By Fern GillespieThis July, for the first time in nearly two years, the National...
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Creating a Greener Bed-Stuy

By Jamyra Salley and Stefanie SiegelPhotography, Jamyra Salley After more than a year of planning,...
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Be an Environmental Justice Changemaker for Earth Day 2023

By Fern GillespieFolks celebrating Earth Day on Saturday, April 23, in New York City...
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An African American Tree Activist Lived in Brooklyn

By Georgia Silvera Seamans,Founder, Local Nature LabA Southern magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora, still grows in...
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“Black Faces in Green Spaces: The Journeys of Black Professionals in Green Careers”

Many Black young adults are unaware of job opportunities and administrative careers that exist...
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Nurturing the Next Generation of Green Leaders

As the first Director of Diversity in Career Pathways for the Sustainable Forestry Initiative...
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U.N. Chief Guterres: “We’re on a ‘highway to Climate Hell!”

Calls for Global Phase Out of Coal Anmar FrangoulU.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaking at the...
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UN warns that half the world is not prepared for disasters

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk ReductionWorld Meteorological OrganizationA report from the United Nations...
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UN relief chief appeals for concerted action to tackle deadly heatwave threat

UN.ORG, 10 October 2022Heatwaves already kill thousands of people every year and they risk...
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Ancestral Roots

Ancestral Rootsby Fern GillespieOn the heels of the Biden-Harris White House Conference on Hunger...
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Helped Me Find My Voice

by Hortensia Gooding On Dr. Norma Raybon, Spelman College "To inspire" originally carried a literal sense...
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By David Mark Greaves It is widely acknowledged, and has been for some time, that...
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Kristen Clarke Named General Counsel of the NAACP

The NAACP today announced that Kristen Clarke, one of the nation's most respected civil...
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Glyne’s Fulton St. Barber Truck

Interviewed by Kazembe BattsIG: @kazbattsTell us a little about yourself.My name is Glyne Maccup....