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Activists are looking to banking regulations to combat climate change
Changes in the banking sector over the past half-century have produced dramatic consolidation, making a handful of big banks outsize financial engines in the fossil fuel industry.
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The air pollution disaster that echoes in the Ohio train derailment
What is an industry-made disaster, and what is caused by natural factors like weather?
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We mythologize highways, but they’ve damaged communities of color
Planners of the Interstate Highway System ignored warnings that they were damaging poor Black and Latino neighborhoods.
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Oil and oil spills have long gone hand in hand
New technology has facilitated the transportation of oil, but spills remain a risk.
Stephen Hausmann: A largely forgotten flood ignited the environmental justice movement
The Rapid City flood helped define pervasive environmental injustice and catalyze action.
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Justin McBrien: Disaster flicks like ‘Don’t Look Up’ won’t spur climate change action. Here’s why
The climate crisis is very different from an errant asteroid. Stopping it demands far more than listening to scientists and trusting their technical solutions.
Jayson Maurice Porter: The problem of environmental racism in Mexico today is rooted in history
Afro-Mexicans played a critical role in the country’s independence but have been marginalized.
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