{"597241":{"#nid":"597241","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Climate Change Will Always Hurt Poor People the Most","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMarilyn Brown, professor in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Institute of Technology, was quoted in the \u003Cem\u003EGizmodo, \u003C\/em\u003EOctober 11, article \u0026ldquo;Climate Change Will Always Hurt Poor People the Most.\u0026rdquo; The School of Public Policy is part of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETwo to three times a year, heavy rain and backed-up raw sewage flood a block of Peoplestown, Atlanta. Stormwater collects on the highly-impervious concrete buildup of the intersecting interstates 20 and 75\/85 just north and flows downhill where it pools on the residential street. Enough rain can bring foul odors and brown-colored water. Promises to update the city\u0026rsquo;s sewers came and went with the 1996 Olympics, but failed to fix all of the problems in this low-lying, low-income neighborhood\u0026hellip; Low-income families typically live in poorly-insulated homes, in neighborhoods with old, inefficient air conditioners \u0026mdash; so they need to draw more power to remain healthy, comfortable and productive, said Marilyn Brown, professor in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech and co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for co-authoring the IPCC Report on \u003Cem\u003EMitigation of Climate Change\u003C\/em\u003E. \u0026ldquo;They also often rent and don\u0026rsquo;t have control over their utility bills,\u0026rdquo; she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo read the full article, visit the\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/climate-change-will-always-hurt-poor-people-the-most-1797915374\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E Gizmodo\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E website.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34554","created_gmt":"2017-10-11 18:30:46","changed_gmt":"2017-10-16 16:03:50","author":"ralu3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"faculty spotlight","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/climate-change-will-always-hurt-poor-people-the-most-1797915374","dateline":{"date":"2017-10-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-10-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"587452":{"id":"587452","type":"image","title":"Marilyn Brown (2017)","body":null,"created":"1487169749","gmt_created":"2017-02-15 14:42:29","changed":"1487169749","gmt_changed":"2017-02-15 14:42:29","alt":"Marilyn Brown","file":{"fid":"223884","name":"Marilyn Brown 2017.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Marilyn%20Brown%202017.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Marilyn%20Brown%202017.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":186226,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Marilyn%20Brown%202017.jpg?itok=xr_1KybW"}}},"media_ids":["587452"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}