Articles by Yvette Cabrera
Yvette Cabrera is a former senior staff writer at Grist.
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![Residential street with palm trees, houses, and cars; oil refinery in near background]()
![Residential street with palm trees, houses, and cars; oil refinery in near background]()
Democrats’ climate hopes are riding on a new environmental justice bill
Here's what Republicans had to say about it.
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![Black silhouette of small plane flying towards airport lights]()
![Black silhouette of small plane flying towards airport lights]()
A California county moves to protect children from lead poisoning — but some aren’t ready for the solution
Decision to ban sale of leaded aviation fuel triggers pushback from FAA and pilots.
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![High school graduate walking past wall damaged by Hurricane Katrina]()
![High school graduate walking past wall damaged by Hurricane Katrina]()
In the aftermath of climate disasters, America’s vulnerable students struggle to recover
The GAO found that two-thirds of all public school students lived in counties that experienced major disasters from 2017 to 2019.
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![Image of school children crossing derelict train tracks]()
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Ghosts of Polluters Past
As new soil tests reveal the pervasiveness of lead contamination, one California barrio continues its long struggle for justice
