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![EMA representative Richard Dae (C) registers Victor Leos (R) and his wife Sanjuanita for assistance after their home was damaged during Hurricane Ike September 20, 2008 in Galveston, Texas.]()
![EMA representative Richard Dae (C) registers Victor Leos (R) and his wife Sanjuanita for assistance after their home was damaged during Hurricane Ike September 20, 2008 in Galveston, Texas.]()
Who gets help after a hurricane or flood? FEMA will start tracking it by race
Nearly half of the people who ask for disaster aid don't get help. Is it discrimination?
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![The Chevron facility in Richmond, California is one of more than 400 toxic facilities at risk of major flooding events by 2100.]()
![The Chevron facility in Richmond, California is one of more than 400 toxic facilities at risk of major flooding events by 2100.]()
Toxic Tides: Climate change expected to cause 400 toxic California sites to flood by 2100
Communities of color are five times more likely than the general population to live within half a mile of a toxic site that could flood.
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![Federal drilling in Kern County. (Jesse Pluim / Bureau of Land Management)]()
![Federal drilling in Kern County. (Jesse Pluim / Bureau of Land Management)]()
Interior’s new oil and gas leasing plan sidesteps climate action
The report leaves the door open for new leases on public land. What does that mean for the West?
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![Solar panels on roof of white house]()
![Solar panels on roof of white house]()
Black and Latino neighborhoods pay more for energy despite far lower emissions
A new study explores the rift between who gets energy benefits and who bears energy burdens.
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![A large group of cows stands in front of a forest.]()
![A large group of cows stands in front of a forest.]()
Major fashion brands linked to deforestation in the Amazon, report finds
Obscure supply chains connect at least 100 companies to illegal logging and land clearing in Brazil.
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![Governor of West Virginia Jim Justice alongside a photo of coal]()
![Governor of West Virginia Jim Justice alongside a photo of coal]()
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice faces justice for coal crimes in Kentucky
Kentucky's newest strategy might stop coal barons from gaming the reclamation system.
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![A Black mother and her child stand together at the kitchen sink in Flint, Michigan]()
![A Black mother and her child stand together at the kitchen sink in Flint, Michigan]()
Flint water crisis victims reach $626 million settlement
The record breaking settlement is still just “a Band-Aid on a bullet wound,” residents say.
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![A silhouette of a young boy backdrops a plume of smoke rising from a refinery.]()
![A silhouette of a young boy backdrops a plume of smoke rising from a refinery.]()
After years of delays, Southern California’s new smog regulation promises to save lives
The new regulation is expected to prevent nearly 400 premature deaths over the next 15 years.
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![Lowndes County residents walking down a path]()
![Lowndes County residents walking down a path]()
In a first, the Justice Department will investigate whether Alabama’s sewage crisis violates civil rights
The investigation into Alabama's wastewater crisis marks a first-of-its-kind environmental justice probe.
