Spotlight on green news & views: Transforming public transit; teaching kids about climate change
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This is the 645th edition of the Spotlight on Green News & Views (previously known as the Green Diary Rescue). Here is the May 23 edition. Inclusion of a story in the Spotlight does not necessarily indicate my agreement with or endorsement of it. OUTSSpotlight on green news & views: Transforming public transit; teaching kids about climate change
This is the 645th edition of the Spotlight on Green News & Views (previously known as the Green Diary Rescue). Here is the May 23 edition. Inclusion of a story in the Spotlight does not necessarily indicate my agreement with or endorsement of it. OUTSTANDING GREEN STORIES Collique Williams, Mela Miles, and Olivia Nichols write—Post-pandemic, cities must reimagine public transit with safety, access, and racial justice in mind: “Across the U.S., COVID-19 is hitting communities of color the hardest. Here in greater Boston it’s no different. There are high rates of infection in Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan, and Hyde Park—the heart of Black Boston. In fact, Black people account for more than 40% of COVID-19 cases in Boston, but only 25% of the city’s population. Other areas with large immigrant, Latino, and POC communities have also become hot spots, including the neighborhood of East Boston and nearby communities. Chelsea, a Latino-majority city, is the Massachusetts epicenter with an infection rate six times that of the state overall. The pandemic has magnified existing inequalities—already a matter of life and death—putting our communities under an even greater strain. One of the places that strain shows up starkly these days is on public transportation.” Read more