Uncover how natural disasters in Sonoma County, California, have amplified health disparities. Explore data-driven insights on the impact of climate, class, and health on vulnerable communities.
Environment & Climate
Extreme heat in Sonoma County reveals stark disparities in access to air conditioning, impacting low-income residents, outdoor workers, and the elderly during heatwaves.
Stellantis says new pollution control technology installed to address odors at its Mack plant is working as designed — despite more than a hundred complaints and eight air quality violations.
Brutal summer heat puts vulnerable communities at risk; Biden administration initiative meant to address environmental justice may inadvertently widen racial disparities in pollution exposure.
My eyes opened wide when I saw the nitrate reading on this family’s drinking water well — at 30 parts per million, it was far above the safe drinking water standard set by the EPA.
The developer and the city insist the Hunters Point Shipyard is safe for development. There's a lot of data that says otherwise. Part III of a series.
Wilmington may be a poster child for environmental injustice, but in recent years the residents have taken on the refineries, the port and politicians.
Although still unknown outside of the American west, valley fever is a severe fungal infection — and its territory may expand as the climate warms.
Disasters in the form of wildfires, heatwaves and smoke days have exacerbated Sonoma's disparities of wealth, health and education.