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West Oakland faces a test: Undoing decades of environmental injustice

Highway and city planners saddled a once-proud Black community with freeways and diesel fumes, while more affluent neighborhoods were spared such burdens.
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Bill McKibben: America’s car culture and the road not taken

Bill McKibben: America’s car culture and the road not taken

With its highways and suburbs, modern America was built around the automobile and powered by fossil fuels. The oil crises of the 1970s provided an opportunity to change course and move to renewable energy, but momentum proved to be very short-lived.

Why labor leader Tefere Gebre has brought his organizing talents to Greenpeace

Why labor leader Tefere Gebre has brought his organizing talents to Greenpeace

'Here’s the core of it. There ain’t going to be any jobs on a dead planet.'
Los Angeles confronts its shady divide

Los Angeles confronts its shady divide

A lack of tree cover in low-income areas has left many residents especially vulnerable to rising heat. It's a legacy of the city's design—and its history of racist policies.

Why Los Angeles hasn't solved its transit crisis
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Why Los Angeles hasn't solved its transit crisis

The political gridlock behind the transit gridlock.
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‘Not about polar bears, but people.’ California Latino officials lead climate efforts
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‘Not about polar bears, but people.’ California Latino officials lead climate efforts

California State Sen. Ricardo Lara and Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia are part of a growing group of Latino politicians who have joined the climate change fight.
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