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Focus on housing and jobs or the climate fight ‘goes nowhere’

How low-income Brooklynites with a green vision vanquished a developer ‘Goliath.’ Latest in a series.
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Unequal impact: The deep links between inequality and climate change
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Unequal impact: The deep links between inequality and climate change

Activist Elizabeth Yeampierre has long focused on the connections between racial injustice and the environment and climate change. She believes people may finally be listening.

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Low-income neighborhoods are most vulnerable to climate change, activists say
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Low-income neighborhoods are most vulnerable to climate change, activists say

"There have been years and decades of disinvestment and benign neglect that has led to environmental degradation.”
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