environmental justice
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Asthma rates are starting to fall — just not for the poorest kids
Racial and socioeconomic disparities that plague the distribution of childhood asthma are thriving.
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If you’re poor or black in New Jersey, we have some unsettling news for you
Proxmity to contaminated sites in New Jersey differs on race and class lines.
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Environmental justice scores a win in California carbon policy
Governor orders the state to collect data about cap-and-trade policies' impact on different communities, in a step toward environmental equity.
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Short film shows how climate change is swallowing Louisiana
This video reminds us that for some communities, climate change is already here.
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Environmental justice groups are not impressed with expected Paris agreement
We're not doing nearly enough, says It Takes Roots, a delegation of communities on the frontlines of climate change.
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![Philippine's President Benigno Aquino delivers a speech during the opening session of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, November 30, 2015.]()
![Philippine's President Benigno Aquino delivers a speech during the opening session of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, November 30, 2015.]()
Philippines president talks climate justice in Paris
'Invariably, those who have the least bear most of the burden,' says the leader of the forum for nations that will take the hardest hits from climate change.
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Oil lease on sacred Blackfeet land is canceled — but the fight is far from over
In Montana, the Blackfeet tribe have been fighting the oil drilling leases for decades.
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Florida to rebuild jail on land prone to flooding. Climate change will only make things worse
Despite rising sea levels, massive floods, and a previous explosion, Florida decided not to relocate the jail.
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One of the first free towns founded by former slaves is being taken over by Big Oil
The residents of Mossville, La., have spent years living near multiple industrial plants and have the chronic diseases to show for it.
