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LISTEN: Jose Ramon Becerra Vera on democratizing science

“In their own way, they’re becoming experts, not just of their experiences but also of the data collection process.”

Jose Ramon Becerra Vera joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss arming residents in his native Inland Empire region of California with air pollution data to advocate for their health and community.

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Rethinking highway expansion in the face of climate concerns

As the U.S. grapples with climate change, activists are challenging the traditional expansion of highways, highlighting the environmental and community impacts.

Shannon Osaka reports for The Washington Post.

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A boutique hotel helps explain the benefits of businesses and government teaming up to conserve energy

Businesses’ voluntary climate plans can do a little. Combined with state and local government policies, they can do a lot.
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How mobile homes can fight climate change.

In the wake of rising housing prices, mobile home residents are banding together to buy the land under their homes.
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Invenergy’s natural gas powerplant outside Pittsburgh nixed

Another proposed natural gas power plant has been called off in Western Pennsylvania, this one after eight years of development, permitting and opposition.

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Without tree cover, urban Californians are hit harder by heat, air pollution

California cities have the least urban tree canopy in the U.S. A Los Angeles housing project shows how residents can transform their environment — if they can get support.
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Fighting for food sovereignty amid B.C. wildfires

Major efforts to rebuild food systems, gone in an instant as a wildfire tore through the Shuswap region in B.C. But that won’t stop community organizers.

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