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Environmental Racism
Black Communities Across the US Refuse to Be Sacrifice Zones for Data Centers
From Texas to Virginia and everywhere in between, Black residents are confronting these projects in different ways.
Big Tech Data Centers Compound Decades of Environmental Racism in the South
The American South has long been a site of both corporate extraction and fierce political resistance.
Hurricane Katrina Aftermath Is Both Reverberating and Amplifying 20 Years Later
Democracy and the social safety net are being attacked like they were after the storm, says journalist Jordan Flaherty.
Study: Oil & Gas Industry Linked to Tens of Thousands of Deaths, Preterm Births
But the findings, based on data from 2017, likely underestimate the health toll of the US oil and gas lifecycle.
Latinx Communities Face Disproportionate Health Impacts From Factory Farming
A new report found higher levels of fine particulate matter in areas near cattle and hog farms across the US.
Activists From “Cancer Alley” Launch US Tour to Confront Fossil Fuel Financiers
The “Toxic Billionaire Tour” targets the financial backers of natural gas projects that have devastated the region.
By Revoking Core Climate Finding, Trump Puts Black Neighborhoods at Risk
The EPA has spent months gutting key regulations, but repealing the Endangerment Finding could be the worst blow yet.
Communities Near Data Centers Struggle Now. Trump’s AI Plan Will Make It Worse.
The plan calls for reducing regulations and making federal lands available for constructing data centers.
New Report Documents Racist Rot at the Core of the Petrochemical Industry
Economist Michael Ash shares new data on racial disparities in the industry — a major purveyor of environmental racism.
Historic Black Community Takes On Elon Musk Over Environmental Racism
South Memphis residents are fighting back against unpermitted pollution from the world’s most powerful supercomputer.