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The EPA was on the cusp of cleaning up ‘Cancer Alley.’ Then it backed down.
Documents obtained by Grist reveal the sweeping changes that the EPA was negotiating before giving in to GOP pressure.
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![ponds filled dark liquid next to smoke stacks of coal plant next to Lake Michigan]()
![ponds filled dark liquid next to smoke stacks of coal plant next to Lake Michigan]()
New EPA rules tell polluters in Great Lakes communities to clean up legacy coal waste
One advocate calls the coal ash pits in her town a "ticking time bomb."
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![A stop sign is posted on a beach filled with construction equipment.]()
![A stop sign is posted on a beach filled with construction equipment.]()
There’s big climate money out there for small towns. But will they get it?
How advocates are helping understaffed communities field complicated federal grants.
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![A gloved human hand holds a plastic bottle under a faucet.]()
![A gloved human hand holds a plastic bottle under a faucet.]()
Study: Black and Hispanic communities more likely to have drinking water with PFAS
Report says 18 million Americans have drinking water with "forever chemicals."
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![A man walks by shelves filled with heat pumps in an appliance store.]()
![A man walks by shelves filled with heat pumps in an appliance store.]()
Broken furnace? In the Bay Area, soon you’ll have to replace it with a heat pump
Regulators ban the sale of gas-powered furnaces and water heaters, starting in 2027.
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![Steps leading to a home with sewage and wastewater in the yard directly below]()
![Steps leading to a home with sewage and wastewater in the yard directly below]()
An Alabama clean water fund discriminated against Black communities, complaint alleges
The state is accused of making access to federal dollars so hard that the people who needed it most got nothing.
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Why the White House’s environmental justice tool is still disappointing advocates
New changes “ended up making the program less focused on people of color than it originally was,” one advocate said.
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![Digital collage: historic map of Mobile Bay, sign to Africatown, photo of Cudjo Lewis, and illustration of a slave ship]()
![Digital collage: historic map of Mobile Bay, sign to Africatown, photo of Cudjo Lewis, and illustration of a slave ship]()
How the seeds of environmental racism were planted in the Progressive Era
Africatown, the only U.S. community established by West Africans who survived the Middle Passage, demonstrates the long roots of environmental injustice.
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![an aerial image shows flood damage in apartment complex in Orlando Florida after Hurricane Ian in September, 2022.]()
![an aerial image shows flood damage in apartment complex in Orlando Florida after Hurricane Ian in September, 2022.]()
After Hurricane Maria, many Puerto Ricans fled to Florida. Then Ian happened.
The state's affordable housing crisis has made it almost impossible for storm victims to get back on their feet.
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![Yellow caution sign in California warning of flood zone due to rain]()
![Yellow caution sign in California warning of flood zone due to rain]()
Study: Los Angeles’ major flood risk is much higher than previously thought
A 'hundred-year flood' would disproportionately affect the county's Black communities.
