For Earth Week, Naomi Davis of Blacks in Green participated in a panel on Chicago Tonight Black Voices and Latino Voices to discuss how air pollution and climate change disproportionately affect communities of color in the Chicagoland area, and the solutions that are underway, including BIG’s Sustainable Square Mile Initiative.

In honor of Black History Month, The Solutions Project has launched the second annual Black Climate Week, which runs Monday, February 21 through Friday, February 25. Every year, the campaign focuses on a different theme related to Black leadership in the climate movement. This year, the campaign celebrates the work of 14 organizations that are spearheading climate justice solutions that are rooted in Black history.

PG&E fire survivors are now on the hook to bail out the utility if it starts another devastating fire. Reclaim Our Power - a campaign mobilizing utility ratepayers including social justice advocates - calls out Governor Gavin Newsom’s decision to grant PG&E a safety certificate, or as advocates call it a “license to burn.” In the wake of being called a “continuing menace” by a federal judge, the utility can now tap into a multi-billion-dollar fund, paid into by ratepayers, to repay itself if PG&E starts another fire.

California’s landmark environmental justice law, AB617, is supposed to clean the air in frontline communities – a first step in cleaning up the toxic legacy of redlining. After four years and $1 billion spent, local environmental justice leaders warn communities are being ignored and emissions reductions are not happening. CalMatters spotlights Stockton’s Little Manila Rising and why we cannot afford to get this wrong.

Our client Pack4U has acquired the leading pharmacy technology company Catalyst Healthcare. Together, they’re making in-home healthcare more personalized and effective – an approach that will help address the $528 billion problem of non-optimized medication therapy.

The HBCU Green Fund is working with historically Black colleges and universities to create a sustainable future. In a story for Prism, Howard alumna and founder Felicia Davis shares some exciting projects the HBCU Green Fund has in store.

In a Bronx Times feature, The Point CDC's Danny Peralta describes the powerful advocacy and resilience that defines the community:

“Hunts Point is an incredible place, where neighbors preserve culture and solve problems and support and advocate for one another. Our book is filled with stories that will inspire the imagination necessary to fight for environmental justice. This book will continue to shape the perception of Hunts Point with stories of stewardship and not just marginalization and poverty.”

Announcing a major step forward for higher-quality healthcare: The digital healthcare company Pack4U has acquired US-based CHC Health, which add 400+ pharmacists for virtual care.