Poverty and the Environment
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Beautiful struggle: Martin Luther King and the fight for the environment
On the anniversary of King's birthday, we search for common ground between those who fight to save wild places, and…
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Does pollution lock people into a cycle of poverty?
The EPA is funding grants to study environmental injustice and the effects of poverty and environment on health.
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A new sound, a new economyPeople often ask me what the environment has to do with poverty and why communities of color are getting so…
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A tour through Indian energy projects suggests small is beautiful
A local irrigation project in southern India.Courtesy Michael Foley Photography via FlickrGeorge…
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Think of the children, or think of your ski trip: Two ways to tell the climate story
Forty-five million people go hungry or undernourished because of droughts and disasters wrought by climate change,…
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A plan to jumpstart the global economy, defuse terrorism, and restore America’s world standing
America has lost its stature as a moral leader in today’s world. The global financial…
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Umbra advises on population
Q. Dear Umbra, You once replied to a request for some simple things all environmentally concerned individuals should do…
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Water too often overlooked in development efforts, U.N. report says
ISTANBUL — Fresh water and money have one thing in common: Their mismanagement has left billions of people without ready…
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Economics malpractice, climate and poverty, oil sands nightmares, and more WSJ dipshittery
• Max Schulz demonstrates how economics is typically used in the energy debate: "There's an unavoidable problem with renewable-energy…
