environmental racism

39 posts

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

Organizers in upstate New York make waves in fight to tackle lead poisoning

Child lead poisoning rates in some New York census tracts are roughly twice as high than those in Flint, Michigan, at the peak of its water crisis

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6 Min
By: Eddie Velazquez

The Biden administration allocates funding to address the Jackson water crisis

Nearly one year after the disaster hit, organizers say the city still has more work to do to address the water crisis

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4 Min
By: Imani Stephens

How the rail industry has put profits over people for decades

Four months after the Norfolk Southern East Palestine train derailment, workers and citizens fight against the toxicity of an industry that has cut corners at every turn

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9 Min
By: Brenton Zola

California will ban sale of new diesel trucks by 2036

The new rule seeks to accelerate large-scale vehicle electrification in an effort to protect the environment and public health

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5 Min
By: Lily Levine

Enbridge’s Line 5 threatens Indigenous land and peoples

Despite the harm oil companies like Enbridge have already caused, a federal judge refused to decommission Line 5

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9 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

California healthy soil initiatives must recognize historical racial injustice

So long as California’s government resists recognizing the deep roots of racial injustice and its intersection with climate injustice, green initiatives will continue to fall short

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10 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

Restoring Hawaiian fishponds revitalizes food systems and cultures

Loko i‘a, or fishponds, in Hawai‘i are a chance to wrest food security and culture back from American colonization

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8 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

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

Jacksonians have been concerned for decades over access to clean water

More than 80% of the population in Jackson, Mississippi, is Black, and the residents there remain under a boil water notice without an end date in sight

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5 Min
By: Imani Stephens

Extreme heat increases the need for BIPOC mental health care

BIPOC are more likely to bear the brunt of extreme heat while struggling with barriers to mental health care

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10 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

The Biden administration may detain immigrant youth at a toxic site

In Homestead, Florida, an agricultural town just 25 miles south of Miami, organizers are anxiously awaiting news from the Biden administration about whether or not a nearby detention center for migrant teenagers will reopen. As many as 3,728 youth between the ages of 13-17 were incarcerated in the privately

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11 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

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