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Great Salt Lake dust harms Pacific Islanders and Hispanics
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Great Salt Lake dust harms Pacific Islanders and Hispanics

Research from the University of Utah shows that Pacific Islanders and Hispanics are most affected by dust from the Great Salt Lake's exposed bed, highlighting the environmental justice issue in the region.

Amy Joi O'Donoghue reports for Deseret News.

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New Mexico residents raise environmental justice concerns

New Mexico residents raise environmental justice concerns

On the southern edge of New Mexico’s largest city is a Hispanic neighborhood that used to be made up of a patchwork of family farms and quiet streets, but industrial development has closed in over the decades, bringing with it pollution.

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Latino USA: Ever since the oil

Latino USA: Ever since the oil

North Dakota saw the biggest growth rate of Latinos and Latinas in the United States between 2010 and 2020. Oil and gas jobs drew many people to the state. However, with oil and gas comes controversy, especially for the environment and Indigenous communities.

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How New Mexico’s largest wildfire set off a drinking water crisis

How New Mexico’s largest wildfire set off a drinking water crisis

In a community ravaged by fire, floods and contaminated drinking water, residents wonder, ‘What’s next?’ And who will pick up the bill?
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Latino activism leads in grassroot efforts on climate change

After experiencing global warming’s firsthand effects, U.S. Latinos are leading the way in activism around climate change, often drawing on traditions from their ancestral homelands.

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Schumer and Latino leaders tout spending plan's environmental credentials

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is teaming up with a broad array of Hispanic leaders on Wednesday to tout the Democratic spending bill's environmental credentials.
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