Environmental Science
Environmental Inequality and Climate Vulnerability in Marginalized Neighborhoods
Quick fact
In the United States, low-income and minority neighborhoods are exposed to nearly 60% more particulate air pollution than the city average, and this disparity is often a legacy of redlining—policies that designated these areas for polluting infrastructure.
Why this is interesting
Imagine two neighborhoods only a mile apart, yet one floods after every storm and the other stays dry. Why do climate disasters so often hit the same communities again and again?