On this edition of “Closer Look,” WABE environment editor Molly Samuel and climate reporter Emily Jones discussed the launch of “The Heat Effect,” a new series from WABE examining the impacts of climate change in Georgia.
With Atlanta seeing a growing number of hotter days per year, Jones and Samuel emphasized the gravity of reporting on and addressing climate change – and how the effects of it disproportionately hit low-income areas and communities of color the hardest.