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The little-known open-source community behind the government’s new environmental justice tool
Inside the White House’s unpublicized experiment in open governance.
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![Three people look at a tablet that reads “Census 2020]()
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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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![Two 18-wheeler trucks pass through a neighborhood below an orange sky with a basketball hoop in the foreground.]()
![Two 18-wheeler trucks pass through a neighborhood below an orange sky with a basketball hoop in the foreground.]()
The Biden administration is updating truck pollution standards
"We really should have been doing this yesterday"
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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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Study: People of color breathe more polluted air, regardless of income
U.S. air quality has gotten better, but disparities remain
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![U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland delivers remarks at the 2021 Tribal Nations Summit.]()
![U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland delivers remarks at the 2021 Tribal Nations Summit.]()
Deb Haaland is taking on racist names on federal lands
“It is well-past time for us, as a nation, to move forward, beyond these derogatory terms.”
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In a first, the Justice Department will investigate whether Alabama’s sewage crisis violates civil rights
The investigation into Alabama's wastewater crisis marks a first-of-its-kind environmental justice probe.
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![Rose Auger, a Cree spiritual elder, opened the summit asking for spiritual union to all participants. With her, left to right: Benjamin Chavis, Jr., Gail Small, Toney Anaya, Syngman Rhee.]()
![Rose Auger, a Cree spiritual elder, opened the summit asking for spiritual union to all participants. With her, left to right: Benjamin Chavis, Jr., Gail Small, Toney Anaya, Syngman Rhee.]()
The event that changed the environmental justice movement forever
Thirty years later, organizers reflect on the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit.
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Study: Indigenous tribes lost 99% of land to colonization
Settlers pushed tribes into land more at risk from climate change
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EPA finally has an action plan to improve water infrastructure and sanitation for US tribes
Indigenous leaders push for increased tribal consultation and funding
