Victoria St. Martin covers health and environmental justice at Inside Climate News. During a 20-year career in journalism, she has worked in a half dozen newsrooms, including The Washington Post where she served as a breaking news and general assignment reporter. Besides The Post, St. Martin has also worked at The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., The Times-Picayune of New Orleans,
In its annual “State of the Air” report, the group noted that while poor air quality is pervasive, communities of color are more than twice as likely to experience the worst impacts.
Eco-anxiety, post-traumatic stress and other emotional maladies are increasing among those worried about climate change and impacted by environmental harms. The American Psychological Association defines the emerging area of research as “a chronic fear of environmental doom.”