Who gets to keep the lights on?

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As our climate crisis continues to unfold, who gets to keep the lights on? On August 11th, a derecho hit northwest Indiana, and the predominantly Black city of Gary was left without power for 14 days… which makes it one of the longest power outages in modern US history, according to Electric Choice. As more and more reports of outages and struggling infrastructure come out of these seasonal storms, it made Brittany wonder: How does where we live - or even certain attitudes about where we live - affect the quality of service we get? To answer that question, Jenae Barnes , health and environment reporter, and Shalanda Baker , Professor of Environment and Sustainability; Vice Provost for…