Articles by Senior Staff Writer Lylla Younes
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How abandoned oil wells plague the Osage Nation
A century after the events of "Killers of the Flower Moon," abandoned oil wells litter the Osage Nation.
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Backyard sewage and parasitic disease: EPA opens a civil rights probe in Alabama
Advocates allege the state hindered Black residents from receiving critical federal funds.
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New EPA watchdog report says refineries can’t police themselves
Many of these refineries are located in and around neighborhoods of color.
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‘Extreme victory’: Years of organization leads to the shuttering of a toxic polluter in south Memphis
The closure of one of the nation's most toxic medical equipment sterilization facilities will reduce residents' exposure to carcinogenic ethylene oxide.