discrimination in environmental impact

By: Oliver Milman The New York teenager has been included among a group of advisers to the president – a remarkable journey from protesting in front of the White House. If a week is a long time in politics, the past year has been an…
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By: Bob Berwyn Centered in the equatorial tropics, Africa is the world's hottest continent, and millions of people there are facing a growing threat from deadly heat waves. But no one knows how many people have died or been…
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By: Adrienne Hollis The Paris agreement threw a lifeline to millions of people of color facing a premature death. Trump is tearing that away, writes Adrienne Hollis, the Senior Climate Justice and Health Scientist at the Union of…
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By: Inés M. Pousadela In early 2020, as millions went into lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the environment experienced temporary relief from the impacts of human activity. As skies cleared and birds and animals claimed city…
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By: Andrew McCormick EVERY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION is critical in its way. Even so, 2020 manages to feel unique. With a deadly virus stalking the land and crashing the economy and political polarization so high that the truth itself…
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By: Rachel Ramirez “I can’t breathe.” These were among the final words that George Floyd and Eric Garner gasped before their deaths at the hands of white police officers. That plea has become part of the current rallying cry for…
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By: Rachel Ramirez Adán Vez Lira, a prominent defender of an ecological reserve in Mexico, was shot while riding his motorcycle in April. Four years earlier, the renowned activist Berta Cáceres was shot dead in…
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The founder of Reformation, the darling of sustainable millennial fashion brands, has stepped down from her role as CEO after multiple accusations of deep-running workplace racism embedded in the company. Yael Aflalo will be replaced by…
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By: Shannon Osaka Already stressed by the threat of coronavirus and widespread unemployment, the United States has erupted into protests after the killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, by a Minneapolis police…
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By: Ari Kelo From unleashing toxic pollutants in neighborhoods populated by people of color to building oil pipelines on indigenous lands, environmental racism has a long and disturbing history in the United States. Despite this, most…
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