Sources: Climate Change and the African American Community

1. NASA, https://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/
2. National Academies of Science, Inequity in consumption of goods and services adds to racial–ethnic disparities in air pollution exposure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 11, 2019; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1818859116
3. NAACP, http://www.naacp.org/issues/environmental-justice/
4. EcoAmerica, https://ecoamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ecoamerica-american-climate-perspectives-april-2018.pdf
5. APHA, https://www.apha.org/-/media/files/pdf/topics/climate/apha_climate_equity_introduction.ashx?la=en&hash=B40A6A0109D9C5474B7C7362176BEA9E9DFC16CC
6. UCSUSA, https://blog.ucsusa.org/adrienne-hollis/african-americans-are-disproportionately-exposed-to-extreme-heat
7. APHA, https://www.apha.org/-/media/files/pdf/topics/climate/apha_climate_equity_introduction.ashx?la=en&hash=B40A6A0109D9C5474B7C7362176BEA9E9DFC16CC
8. Grio, https://thegrio.com/2013/06/18/does-climate-change-disproportionately-do-harm-to-african-americans/
9. Louisiana government, http://ldh.la.gov/assets/oph/Center-PHCH/Center-CH/stepi/specialstudies/2014PopwellRatard_KatrinaDeath_PostedOnline.pdf
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