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Commentary: I-270 Expansion Will Harm Latino Communities, Increase Air Pollution, and Accelerate Climate Change

Allen Cowgill: Expanding I-270 will increase pollution in neighborhoods inhabited mostly by people of color and could accelerate climate change by encouraging more people to drive.

February 23, 2021

Commentary: I-270 Expansion Will Harm Latino Communities, Increase Air Pollution, and Accelerate Climate Change

Streetsblog USA |Car Dominance Makes Non-White Neighborhoods Hotter

VIDEO: How Car Dominance Makes Non-White Neighborhoods Hotter

If you've ever noticed that disinvested, predominantly Black neighborhoods just *feel* hotter than the tree-lined blocks of predominantly white communities...well, it's not just your imagination.

August 4, 2020