environmental harm

22 posts

‘No detention on stolen land’: Protesters decry ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ ICE facility in the Everglades

The proposed development, adjacent to federally protected lands that are sacred to Indigenous groups, would be Florida’s largest immigration detention center

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8 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

In New York City, one group is shifting the narrative on street vendors and environmental harm

Elected officials and news outlets have painted street vendors as environmentally irresponsible. The Street Vendor Project decided to flip the script and help support a workforce that is among the most vulnerable to climate change

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7 Min
By: Costa Beavin Pappas

Elon Musk has built the world’s largest supercomputer in Memphis. Residents are fighting back against the exploitation of the city’s resources

Local organizers say they have less of a chance at making climate reforms in the majority Black city than Musk does at imposing environmental harms

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18 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

In North Carolina, Trump administration’s anti-climate deregulation agenda comes to a head

The federal agency in charge of pipeline permitting and approvals is fast-tracking the expansion of the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, a pipeline sure to cause cataclysmic environmental harm

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6 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

Indigenous and rural organizers in Minnesota prioritize clean water over ‘green’ nickel mine

With the Trump administration back in office, local organizing to protect water and uphold the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe’s treaty rights is paramount

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8 Min
By: Joseph Mogul

Tribunal aims to highlight Rights of Nature at Climate Week in NYC 

Indigenous-led tribunal on Mountain Valley Pipeline a chance to educate about protecting the rights of the non-human world, activists say

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4 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

Environmental pollution lawsuit may pump the breaks on Cop City construction

Activists are accusing the city of Atlanta of environmental racism in its construction of “Cop City”

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3 Min
By: Jocelyn James

Natural gas terminals are an increasing threat to marginalized communities in “sacrifice zones”

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals release dangerous pollutants and harm marginalized communities in climate “sacrifice zones”

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6 Min
By: Sara Sneath, Nexus Media News

Mexican Americans and immigrants are forced to live next to toxic industries in San Diego

Barrio Logan residents are fighting to change San Diego zoning laws that allow industrial pollution in their neighborhoods

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8 Min
By: Roberto Camacho

Greenwashed advertising falsely promises we can buy our way out of the climate crisis

The focus on carbon offsets and other individualized and consumerist practices diverts time and resources from real, systemic solutions

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10 Min
By: Kimberly Rooney 高小荣

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