First, an announcement. This week marks the last Climate Justice newsletter. Next week, NPQ will be launching a new suite of newsletters, reimagined and curated to offer a broader range of ideas and tools to better serve our readers. Climate Justice articles will now come to you in a newsletter called Justice This Week, highlighting our best work at the intersection of health, racial, economic, climate, immigration, and LGBTQ+ justice. Stay tuned for more from our team about this change, including a special preview of the revamped newsletters.

In the United States, it’s summer and, as in recent years, temperatures are forecast to break records. For many families like my own, children are out of school but often stuck in the house. It’s too uncomfortable—even dangerous—to spend much time outside.

As deadly heat waves continue, growing attention is directed at how massive data centers, used to power AI, overtax the electric grid and impact already vulnerable communities. Next, heat is the leading cause of death in a climate emergency. But neither heat nor wildfire smoke are currently considered response-worthy disasters by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Then we look at how heat in India has been linked to low voter turnout—even influencing how people vote—and what this could mean for other countries. 

Finally, on July 24 at 2:00 pm ET, join Julia Roig and Jarvis Williams of The Horizons Project—leaders in advancing the Block, Bridge, Build organizing framework—in an NPQ Leading Edge Premium webinar exploring effective ways to protect democracy and advocate across difference in divided times. Early bird offer ends today (July 18).

Dr. Alison Stine
Climate Justice Senior Editor