Articles by Brentin Mock
Brentin Mock is a staff writer at CityLab and Grist's former justice editor. Follow him on Twitter at @brentinmock.
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Oil company poisons town; judge says it doesn’t owe its victims a penny
Citgo was found guilty of criminal violations of the Clean Air Act, but apparently doling out damages would have been far too complicated.
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EPA’s next challenge: Protect communities in nation’s industrial dumping grounds
Over the years, lax permitting practices have turned many communities of color and low-income into pollution clusters. A new effort sets out to address that.
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Chemical plants endanger 134 million Americans. Who gets the worst of it?
If you guessed, "B. Blacks, Latinos, and the poor," congratulations! You're correct. A new report dishes out all the dirty details.
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EPA takes on three villains at once: Pollution, climate change, and racism
Decades ago, the federal government recognized that people of color were getting unequal protection under environmental laws. That may finally change.
