Truthout
Environmental Justice
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In Alabama, a Landfill Operator Sues Its Black Critics Amid Civil Rights Complaints
Alabama residents say the landfill pollutes their majority-Black neighborhood and harms their health. Now, they're being sued.
Protesters Crash Gulf of Mexico Offshore Drilling Lease Auction
Environmentalists say offshore fossil fuel development will endanger marine ecosystems and contribute to climate change.
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Environmental Justice: What the Candidates Missed in Flint – and the Rest of the Country
Presidential candidates have commented on Flint's contaminated water crisis, but less so on systemic environmental racism.
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Lax Regulatory Enforcement Leaves Thousands at Risk of Lead Poisoning in California
State regulators have repeatedly failed in their testing, enforcement and cleanup of various lead-contaminated sites in California.
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The Slow-Motion Crisis in the Urban US
Millions of residents in poor city neighborhoods live in environments that assault their health on a daily basis.
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Residents of Southside Syracuse Fight to Stop Construction of a Sewage Plant
“They figured our neighborhood is Black, so they'll do it.”
Drought Relief Bill Threatens to Drown Sacred Sites of a Northern California Tribe
Members of the Winnemem Wintu tribe in California are bracing for one of their biggest environmental justice struggles yet.
Federal Agencies Ignore Environmental Health Risks for Millions of Prisoners
Advocates say government agencies consistently ignore environmental health factors when racing to build prisons.
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Diversifying the Environmental Movement Isn’t Enough
Calls to diversify often ignore the racist complexities associated with the history of the movement.
Taking the Mic: Why Structural and Environmental Racism Matter
There is a phrase used again and again when people bring up something uncomfortable about the environmental movement. We are told that we are being “divisive.”