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Environmental Racism
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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.
In California’s Imperial Valley, Residents Aren’t Waiting for Government to Track Pollution
For marginalized communities along the California-Mexico border, projects to gather and share scientific reports are crucial to holding agencies accountable.
Poisoning the Water Equals Cultural Death: Flint, Michigan, as Precursor to New Administration’s Environmental Policies
Watching the Flint water crisis unfold should have triggered a collective warning that more destruction would come.
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The US Is Suffering From a Very Real Water Crisis That Few Are Acknowledging
Flint is just a tiny piece in a much larger story.
Flint, Standing Rock Prove the Impact of Environmental Issues on Communities of Color
With national media undercovering these stories, it's just a matter of time before it happens to another community.
Flint: As Two Unelected Emergency Managers Are Charged Over Water Poisoning, Will Gov. Snyder Be Next?
Michigan's attorney general has filed criminal charges against four officials over the Flint water contamination crisis.
Oklahoma Political Elite Fan the Flames of Environmental Deregulation in Trump’s US
Is this the countdown to the next Wounded Knee?
12,000 US Schools Are Within a Mile of a Hazardous Chemical Facility
In the absence of federal policy for schools located near dangerous sites, community activists search for safer solutions.
Michigan Officials Seek to Block Court-Ordered Bottled Water Delivery in Flint
Michigan wants to block bottled water delivery to Flint residents, leaving the elderly without access to clean water.