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Why reducing lead exposure is part of an Orange County city’s new climate pledge
Santa Ana, California, declared a climate emergency last week -- and simultaneously pledged to protect its residents from lead contamination.
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![Awoman wearing a light yellow t-shirt and navy blue overalls holds a picture of her mother, an older woman. In the background you can see a kitchen with light beige walls and lime green tiles.]()
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2020 was the deadliest year for environmental activists. Here’s why.
Pandemic lockdowns erased safety networks and left environmental defenders more vulnerable to attacks.
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Baltimore is hooking up a Black megachurch with some serious solar battery power
Adding solar arrays plus battery storage to key community spaces could light the way for other storm-prone cities.
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Brooklyn pipeline disproportionately harms communities of color, complaint alleges
Community groups say National Grid and New York state agencies violated the Civil Rights Act.
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Report: To close the park access gap, open up schoolyards
Opening up schoolyards to the public would give 20 million more Americans access to a park.
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Study: Indigenous resistance has staved off 25% of U.S. and Canada’s annual emissions
That's the pollution equivalent of approximately 400 new coal-fired power plants.
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Ida left behind a water crisis in the Gulf
Hundreds of thousands of people remain without drinking water -- and there's no timeline for getting it back.
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Matthew Tejada is keeping the EPA’s eyes on environmental justice
“You need all the parties at the table, but that table is always centered on the community need.”
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Air pollution takes away billions of years of life expectancy — and many countries aren’t doing enough about it
Researchers say polluted air is the “greatest risk to global health."
