Articles by Yvette Cabrera

Yvette Cabrera is a former senior staff writer at Grist.

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Here are the environmental justice stories to watch in 2020

This year promises to foreground efforts to hold the government accountable for the unequal impacts of pollution, climate change, and extreme weather.

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Booker’s plan for black colleges would tap those on climate change’s frontlines to fight it

The New Jersey senator, son of two graduates of historically black colleges and universities, wants to invest $100 billion in the schools.

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Wildfires are getting worse, and so is the deadly smoke they bring with them

Another reason to worry about wildfires: They could be releasing lead stored in plants and trees.

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‘Climate chaos’ is displacing the world’s poor communities

Those 👏🏽 least 👏🏽 responsible 👏🏽 for 👏🏽 warming 👏🏽 are 👏🏽 suffering 👏🏽 most 👏🏽 from 👏🏽 it.

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