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![A woman dressed in black pants and an olive green blouse addresses people in the yard of a home in rural Alabama with a failing sanitation septic system.]()
![A woman dressed in black pants and an olive green blouse addresses people in the yard of a home in rural Alabama with a failing sanitation septic system.]()
A landmark investigation brings environmental justice to rural Alabama
Federal investigators found that Alabama neglected a Black community's sewage and sanitation needs — then punished them for the results.
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![The stacks of the Salt River Project generating station near Randolph, Arizona.]()
![The stacks of the Salt River Project generating station near Randolph, Arizona.]()
A historic Black community fights to block Arizona utility’s expansion plan
The town of Randolph is is now virtually surrounded by gas plants, pipelines, a hazardous waste site and a steel company contracted to manufacture the former president’s border wall.
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![digital collage of paper mill and buildings with river and billboard set against background of mountains]()
![digital collage of paper mill and buildings with river and billboard set against background of mountains]()
As one Southern community mourns a paper mill’s closure, another rejoices
On the Pigeon River, one town celebrates a paper mill's closure as another mourns — and both face an uncertain future.
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After a Houston-area chemical fire, toxic benzene lingered for weeks, endangering residents
Pollution from the 2019 fire remained elevated long after shelter-in-place warnings ended, according to an analysis of previously unreported air and monitoring data.
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![U.S. President Joe Biden is surrounded by environmental justice advocates and U.S. EPA Administrator Michael Regan as he signs an executive order addressing environmental justice issues in the Rose Garden of the White House.]()
![U.S. President Joe Biden is surrounded by environmental justice advocates and U.S. EPA Administrator Michael Regan as he signs an executive order addressing environmental justice issues in the Rose Garden of the White House.]()
New Biden executive order takes aim at environmental injustice
Past and present pollution will now be taken into account before new industry moves into already beleaguered neighborhoods.
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A transition to clean energy was supposed to be equitable. Instead, it’s hurting Indigenous communities.
“I constantly receive information that Indigenous Peoples fear a new wave of green investments."
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![A woman installs solar panels on a roof in Isabela, Puerto Rico.]()
![A woman installs solar panels on a roof in Isabela, Puerto Rico.]()
What could $1 billion do for Puerto Rico’s energy resilience? Residents have ideas.
As the Department of Energy aims to boost energy reliability in Puerto Rico, local solutions are already doing just that.
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![Imiría Lake in Peru]()
![Imiría Lake in Peru]()
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Deep in the Peruvian Amazon, the Shipibo people are battling conservation authorities to reclaim management of their land.
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![Aerial view of a tree-filled neighborhood]()
![Aerial view of a tree-filled neighborhood]()
In Washington state, a new initiative to boost urban tree cover
The Washington Tree Equity Collaborative aims to bring more greenery to underserved communities.
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![Collage of hand holding magnifying glass with image of DAPL protest in center]()
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After infiltrating Standing Rock, TigerSwan pitched its ‘counterinsurgency’ playbook to other oil companies
More than 50,000 pages of newly released documents detail how the security firm targeted pipeline opponents and tried to profit off its surveillance tactics.
