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Growing a Conservative Youth Environmental Movement, with Karly Matthews from the American Conservation CoalitionGreen wet meadows are in the foreground, with snow-capped mountains in the background, all under a nearly-cloudless blue sky.

Growing a Conservative Youth Environmental Movement, with Karly Matthews from the American Conservation Coalition

Published May 30, 2023

Climate Break talks with Karly Matthews, the communications director for the American Conservation Coalition. The coalition seeks to mobilize young conservatives to support climate action by harkening back to earlier generations of Republican leaders that favored environmental protection.

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Neighborhood Climate Data with Ms. Margaret Gordon

Neighborhood Climate Data with Ms. Margaret Gordon

Published January 4, 2021

West Oakland experiences the highest level of diesel particulate matter — a toxic air contaminant and form of powerful, short-lived climate pollutant– of any community in the San Francisco Bay Area. Heavy truck traffic to the Port of Oakland, pollution from the Port and from the surrounding freeways along with decades of disinvestment resulted in this concentration of air pollution. Coupled with emissions from neighboring industry and activity, these pollutants have contributed to worsening climate change and generated higher rates of asthma, cardiovascular disease, premature death and other adverse health effects for the West Oakland community.

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