Across America, Five Communities in Search of Environmental Justice

InsideClimate News

Maleta “Queen” Kimmons has witnessed gentrification force people of color out of some Minneapolis neighborhoods, only to find their new homes saddled by polluting industries. In Reserve, Louisiana, Robert Taylor watched neighbors grow sick just as oil development sprung up all around him. All across the U.S., environmental and racial disparities have long overlapped—these five stories show how.

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