Climate Change News

Environmental effects on people of color need Obama's attention

By Brentin Mock

9:24 AM on 12/10/2009

OPINION - If President Obama is supposed to be more sympathetic to special interests - including the impact of climate change on black people - because of his skin tone and ancestry, he's not showing any signs.

Obama the tourist visits Forbidden City

By theGrio

8:47 AM on 11/17/2009

VIDEO - President Barack Obama played tourist on his first visit ever to China, spending nearly an hour touring the Forbidden City...

African-Americans need to 'raise hell' about climate change

By Talia Whyte

8:10 AM on 09/23/2009

OPINION - Right here in the United States, there are serious climate issues that need to be addressed, and these problems disproportionately affect African Americans...

Black organizations at odds over climate bill

By Brentin Mock

11:40 AM on 07/20/2009

Last week's brouhaha between Harry Alford, National Black Chamber of Commerce [NBCC] president, and Sen. Barbara Boxer, chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works committee, dispelled any assumptions that all African Americans are on board for the new clean energy bill going through Congress...

Is the climate bill good for black America?

By Brentin Mock

9:15 AM on 07/01/2009

Last Friday, the American Climate and Energy Security [ACES] Act sponsored by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) passed through the House bringing the U.S. one step closer to legislation that addresses our global warming and energy problems. The bill passed by a slim margin, 219 to 212...

Sainthood sought for African-American priest

CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Cardinal Francis George says the nation's first known black Roman Catholic priest should become a saint...