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“Clean This Place, Don’t Displace”: Activists Battle for Environmental Justice in Washington, DC
Following the People's Climate March, Washington, DC residents have redoubled their fight for better air quality.
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As Trump Works to Gut EPA, Report Finds One Quarter of Country Drinks Substandard Water
The Trump administration has proposed slashing funding for drinking water programs.
North Carolina Lawmakers Side With Factory Farms as Communities of Color Suffer From the Spraying of Hog Manure
North Carolina lawmakers passed House Bill 467, which limits the damages that residents could collect against hog farms.
#WageLove: Water Activists Build a Global Movement
Civil rights lawyer Alice Jennings is pushing the courts to see clean water in Detroit and Flint as a human rights issue.
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How Gentrification Is Killing US Cities and Black Lives
“How to Kill a City” exposes how gentrification monetizes the loss and destruction of Black communities.
The Legacy of Monsanto’s PCBs: Oozing Pus, Birth Defects and Immune Problems
In 1937, GE and Monsanto made a business decision to continue making PCBs despite knowing that they were highly toxic.
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After Los Angeles Youth Sued City for Discriminatory Drilling Practices, the Oil Industry Sued Back
In Los Angeles, the number of residents living less than a mile from an oil well is in the tens of thousands.
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Flint Victory Is Replicable, Residents Say: Other Cities Should Ditch Their Lead Pipes
State officials have agreed to replace the city's lead water pipes by 2020.
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While One Louisiana Town’s Lead-Tainted Water System Is Replaced, Dozens of Others Deteriorate
“No one in America should have to live that way.”
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East Chicago’s Pleas for Clean Drinking Water Go Unanswered as Trump Moves to Weaken EPA
The White House's budget cuts would seriously weaken protections for low-income people of color.