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![an oil refinery with lots of industrial equipment]()
![an oil refinery with lots of industrial equipment]()
How a California port community embodies the deadly link between pollution and gun violence
Hundreds of people have been shot and killed in the industrial corridors of Wilmington, California.
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![A semi truck with exhaust coming out of pipes that cover a man using an asthma inhaler; inhaler prescription label in background]()
![A semi truck with exhaust coming out of pipes that cover a man using an asthma inhaler; inhaler prescription label in background]()
Switching to zero-emission cars and trucks could save more than 100,000 lives over the next three decades
The American Lung Association report also estimates $1.2 trillion savings in health care costs
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![Workers stand in front of a large cylinder building filling the sky with smoke.]()
![Workers stand in front of a large cylinder building filling the sky with smoke.]()
Study: Every single country is failing the WHO’s new air quality standards
Just 3 percent of the world's cities had an average air quality reading that met WHO standards in 2021.
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![A truck spreads salt on a road in Maine.]()
![A truck spreads salt on a road in Maine.]()
Road salt is imperiling US waterways. States might have a solution.
Crews dump more than 20 million metric tons of salt on US roads each winter. Could 'smart salting' help?
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Peak cherry blossom season in Washington, D.C. is early again
The harbinger of spring brings joy, but also growing unease over climate change
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![High gas prices are displayed at a Shell station on March 7, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.]()
![High gas prices are displayed at a Shell station on March 7, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.]()
Shell directors sued for ‘failing to prepare company for net zero’
Environmental law organization ClientEarth brings action and urges other shareholders to join.
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![Historic and tourist center Saint Paul Episcopal Church in Florida.]()
![Historic and tourist center Saint Paul Episcopal Church in Florida.]()
‘Preach now or mourn in the future’: How Key West faith leaders are confronting climate change
An island city’s billion-dollar route to climate resilience will need residential buy-in to succeed. Local places of worship could be pivotal.
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![Three people look at a tablet that reads “Census 2020"]()
![Three people look at a tablet that reads “Census 2020"]()
The census undercounted people of color. Here’s what that means for environmental justice.
Even minor census undercounts could have substantial knock-on effects and deprive needy communities of investment and representation.
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![a dark-colored car park at a red and white charging station for electric vehicles in front of a sign stating prices]()
![a dark-colored car park at a red and white charging station for electric vehicles in front of a sign stating prices]()
High gas prices have a lot more people searching for electric vehicles
But not everyone can afford to buy a new (or used) EV.
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![black and white photo of top halves of two semi trucks with smoke coming out of exhaust pipes]()
![black and white photo of top halves of two semi trucks with smoke coming out of exhaust pipes]()
Critics respond to EPA’s new plan to rein in pollution from heavy-duty trucks
Reducing harmful emissions isn't the same as eliminating them, they say
