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Freight routes harm health of nearby residents: People of color, low incomes disproportionately harmed
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EPA has proposed stronger emission standards for heavy trucks carrying freight.
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Black and Hispanic children suffer disproportionately from asthma. Climate change is making it worse.
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Ever since they were infants, LaRae Cantley’s four children were constantly in and out of the emergency room, because they couldn&rsqu...
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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Why Extreme Heat Affects Low-Income and Minority Communities More
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Climate change is creating dangerously high temperatures that put human health at risk. But some communities are disproportionately affect...
Smoke from ag burning contributes to long-term health effects for Valley Latino residents
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This is part of the series When the Smoke Clears, produced with the support of the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Impact Fund....
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