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A minuscule new HHS office has a mammoth goal: Tackling environmental justice
WASHINGTON — Ask 10 people how a federal health care agency might tackle “environmental justice,” and you’ll get 10 answers.
For Jackson, Miss., re...
Freight routes harm health of nearby residents: People of color, low incomes disproportionately harmed
EPA has proposed stronger emission standards for heavy trucks carrying freight.
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Seventy-two million peop...
Black and Hispanic children suffer disproportionately from asthma. Climate change is making it worse.
Ever since they were infants, LaRae Cantley’s four children were constantly in and out of the emergency room, because they couldn’t bre...
Class-action lawsuit brought against Jackson regarding water crisis
A class-action lawsuit has been brought against the City of Jackson in the city’s ongoing water crisis.
The latest, filed in the Southern Dis...
The Jackson Water Crisis: A Relic of Environmental Racism?
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By Kiyana Patel
Jackson, MS. —A weather-related calamity has shut off the water taps for many Jackson, Missouri households f...
Why Extreme Heat Affects Low-Income and Minority Communities More
Climate change is creating dangerously high temperatures that put human health at risk. But some communities are disproportionately affected by ext...
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