environmental racism
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Michigan Announces $600M Settlement in Flint Water Lawsuit
The state of Michigan announced Thursday it will pay $600 million to settle a suit with Flint residents affected by…
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Dominion Energy Scraps Plans for $8 Billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Dominion Energy's controversial plan to construct a natural gas pipeline crossing Virginia and including a community largely populated by African…
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Kamala Harris to Lead COVID-19-Related Brain Trust on Water Justice, Equity Issues
Sen. Kamala Harris (D), along with the National Wildlife Federation and others aligned with the final installment of the Congressional…
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CHAVIS: Stop Excluding People of Color in Environmental Policies
Protecting the environment should be about protecting people, regardless of the color of their skin, their ethnicity or race, where…
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Intersectionality of Environmental Racism & Eugenics
As The Washington Informer commemorates 50 years of Earth Day — a celebration that marks decades of active engagement to…
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Remembering the Flint Water Poisoning on Earth Day
For more than a year, state officials, beginning with Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, dawdled and stonewalled as complaints from frustrated…
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Attorney Ben Crump Talks New Book, ‘Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People’
Famed civil rights attorney Ben Crump has written a new book that examines the troubling history of environmental racism in…
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Climate Change Isn’t a ‘White Thing,’ Environmental Justice Advocates Warn
The climate crisis is real.
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Prosecutors Drop Criminal Charges in Flint Water Case
Prosecutors recently dropped charges against state and local officials once facing accusations of neglect in the ongoing Flint water contamination…
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Black Women’s Health a Grave Matter
Glad to see the coverage of Black women's maternity health and the crisis that we are in in America.
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