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Everyone Deserves Clean Air and Water — No Matter Their Zip Code

Everyone Deserves Clean Air and Water — No Matter Their Zip Code

| Sep 1, 2021 | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI grew up in a loving family — financially poor, but spiritually rich. My family was blessed with the abundance of having my two strong grandmothers who helped us make it out of poverty. But when they both died from pollution-related illnesses, I learned that simply...
Factory Farms Are a Deadly Nuisance

Factory Farms Are a Deadly Nuisance

| May 19, 2021 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedWhen most people think about air pollution, they may imagine power plant smokestacks or car tailpipes. But an alarming new study forces us to think about deadly air pollution from another source: factory farms. New research finds that air pollution from agriculture...
A Textbook Case of Environmental Injustice

A Textbook Case of Environmental Injustice

| Apr 21, 2021 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyEven as the Biden administration commits to environmental justice, people in the Fifth District of Louisiana’s St. James Parish are mobilizing to stop a Formosa plastics plant accused of environmental racism in the majority-Black community. The controversy offers a...
Peaceful Nukes

Peaceful Nukes

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Water Is Life. Can We Protect It?

Water Is Life. Can We Protect It?

| Mar 17, 2021 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyFrom West Texas to Jackson, Mississippi, tens of millions of people struggled through late winter storms that froze pipes, broke water mains, and cut off electricity. They froze without showers, toilets, or washing machines — let alone drinking water — for days or...
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