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Environmental Justice
Scott Pruitt’s First Big Test at EPA: Flint-Style Lead Contamination in Indiana
Will Scott Pruitt keep the promise he made after the emergence of the crisis in Flint, Michigan?
Scholarships Presented to Black Youth in North Carolina Recall Kochs’ Troubling History on Education and Race
Scholarships are part of a broader effort by Fueling US Forward to tout the "positives" of fossil fuels.
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A Step Toward Environmental Justice in North Carolina’s Hog Country
After years, people living near industrial hog farms across Eastern North Carolina had their fears pollution recognized.
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Health and Neighborhood Are Too Often Linked — These People Are Out to Change That
Across the US people are trying to reduce inequities in how environment affects physical well-being.
EPA’s Inaction Made Way for Lead Poisoning in Children, Lawsuit Claims
Seven years after promising new standards for assessing lead dust dangers, the federal government hasn't delivered.
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In Latin America, Environmentalists Are Being Murdered by the Hundreds
Conflict over surging development in Latin America is a driving factor of the rising murders rates over land disputes throughout the region.
Environmental Justice Activists Fight Plans for Federal Prison on Mountaintop-Removal Site
Environmental justice activists are demanding federal agencies count prison populations when assessing environmental justice impacts.
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Water Activists, Your White Privilege Is Showing
White supremacy and white privilege often obscure the racist structures that create water contamination crises.
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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.