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How Wall Street funds environmental injustice against women
A new report examines the link between banks, fossil fuels, and health risks to women
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A World of Equal Weight
An Aboriginal family beat back a fossil fuel conglomerate. It started with a walk.
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![Social activists, homeless residents, and supporters rally at the start of a 24-hour vigil to block a planned shutdown of a homeless encampment at Echo Lake Park in Los Angeles]()
As COVID restrictions lift, green spaces are the front lines in a fight for housing justice
L.A.’s Echo Park was an oasis for the unhoused during the pandemic — until the city forcibly removed them.
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Cascadia’s communities of color speak out against climate injustice
Activists say the government must listen to long-marginalized communities that feel climate change’s biggest impacts.
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Migrant children are being held in toxic U.S. detention centers
The Biden administration is preparing to detain thousands of migrant children at sites with histories of toxic contamination.
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Report: These stores offer bargain prices — and toxic products
U.S. retailers have a long way to go to phase out hazardous chemicals from their products and packaging.
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Fighting pipelines to the last mile
In British Columbia, Native communities, activists, and local government are split over new pipelines and their environmental risks.
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Why activists distrust this plan to cut emissions from cars and trucks
Many environmental justice advocates worry the interstate climate initiative will leave overburdened communities behind.
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After the winter storm, a Texas mobile home community’s nightmare was far from over
“It was a living nightmare for everybody.”
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Here’s why Pete Buttigieg’s tax on driving isn’t ready for prime time
Taxing drivers by the mile could disproportionately burden low-income workers, rural communities, and people of color.
