In northeast Houston, residents are creating solar-powered “hub homes” to serve as community refuges during power outages, filling the gap left by the lack of formal resilience...
Why These States Are Helping People Pay for Stronger Roofs

As hurricanes intensify and insurance rates soar, states across the U.S. are launching grant programs to help residents install stronger, storm-resistant roofs. Alabama pioneered the effort in 2016, and its success in reducing storm damage has inspired Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and even inland states like Oklahoma and Minnesota to adopt similar initiatives. These programs aim to make homes more resilient while stabilizing insurance markets as companies withdraw from high-risk areas. Western states facing worsening wildfires are also exploring similar grants. Louisiana’s program offers $10,000 per homeowner, and officials hope to make it permanent. Experts say these efforts help safeguard local economies by preventing widespread property losses. While insurers have yet to offer comparable incentives for fire-resistant home retrofits, the success of hurricane-resistant roofs is fueling interest in expanding resilience measures nationwide.
Houston’s air pollution, especially PM2.5, is rising again, disproportionately affecting marginalized communities near industry...
Internal documents and whistleblower accounts reveal that Trump appointees at HUD have gutted enforcement of the Fair Housing Act, slashing staff, blocking cases,
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After 26 years at EPA, environmental justice pioneer Charles Lee retires and joins Howard University’s Environmental and Climate Justice Center, arguing that despite Trump...
Two decades after Hurricane Katrina, overlooked survivors are reclaiming their narratives through TikTok, challenging long-standing portrayals from 2005.
The Sierra Club fired Executive Director Ben Jealous after no-confidence votes, budget cuts, layoffs, and misconduct concerns. Union leaders welcomed his departure...
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A coalition of nonprofits, tribes, and local governments filed a class-action lawsuit against the EPA, demanding reinstatement of a $3bn climate justice grant program halted...
The Trump administration’s move to revoke the EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gases marks a major policy reversal, undermining decades of climate protections...
Ben Jealous was placed on leave by the Sierra Club amid widespread internal dissent over his leadership, with staff citing failed vision, contentious layoffs...
The UN's International Court of Justice declared climate change a human rights issue, advising that nations must act or risk reparations, influencing global litigation...
The Trump administration has targeted over 4,000 federal grants worth up to $8.2 billion for termination across 600+ U.S. colleges, disproportionately affecting public...
The USDA under the Trump administration has eliminated the term “socially disadvantaged” from its policies, ending race- and gender-based support programs for minority farmers...
President Trump's elimination of federal DEI programs has halted essential USDA funding to East Texas Black farmers, further endangering their livelihoods amid decades...















