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"Harriet Tubman’s Family Home Unearthed In Maryland Wildlife Refuge" [1]

"Tubman spent part of her childhood in the cabin before escaping slavery and leading others to freedom on the Underground Railroad."

Environmental Justice [2]
Natural Resources [3]
People & Population [4]
Public [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Source: HuffPost [7], 04/22/2021
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Controversial $2.5B Oil Terminal Moves Forward In Plaquemines Parish [8]

"Export terminal would be built on slave cemetery, emit 566,466 tons of greenhouse gases per year".

Climate Change [9]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [2]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Transportation [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [16], 04/21/2021
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‘Water Warriors’: US Women Banding Together To Fight For Water Justice [17]

"Deanna Miller Berry first learned of the scores of complaints about Denmark, South Carolina’s water supply, during her 2017 mayoral campaign."

Activism [18]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [2]
Environmental Politics [19]
Infrastructure [20]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Guardian [23], 04/21/2021
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"How Politics Is Shaping Biden’s Infrastructure Proposal" [24]

"From weatherization funds to electric vehicles, the White House made compromises to enlist a broad coalition that includes labor and communities of color".

Climate Change [9]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [2]
Environmental Politics [19]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Transportation [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Washington Post [26], 04/21/2021
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Jackson, Miss., Won’t Release Email About 2020 Water System Problems [27]

"The city of Jackson, Mississippi, has denied a TV station’s public records request for email about problems with the city water treatment system. WLBT-TV recently requested all city email related to the Environmental Protection Agency telling Jackson in March 2020 to bring its water treatment system into compliance with federal law."

Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [2]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: AP [29], 04/20/2021
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April 26, 2021

SEJ Webinar: The U.S. Climate Summit — What Comes Next? [30]

This #SEJ2021 webinar will provide an overview of the flurry of federal climate change activity since Biden took office. Hear from leaders in business, environmental justice and the climate youth movement on what comes next, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET.

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Climate Change [9]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Justice [2]
Environmental Politics [19]
Government [32]
People & Population [4]
Policy [33]
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National (U.S.) [22]

"Infrastructure Plan Lifts Tribes’ Hope of Turning on Water Taps" [34]

"Navajo Nation resident Percy Deal hopes that federal coronavirus relief, coupled with $2.3 trillion for infrastructure in the American Jobs Plan, will give him something his grandparents and even his parents didn’t have—running water in his home."

Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [2]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [35], 04/16/2021
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"Judge Nixes Civil Rights Bid to Block Chicago Metal Shredder" [36]

"A federal judge in Illinois has refused to halt city permits for a contested metal recycling plant slated to be built in a pollution-burdened neighborhood in South Chicago."

Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [2]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [37]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [38], 04/16/2021
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"Epic Drought Means Water Crisis On Oregon-California Border" [39]

"Hundreds of farmers who rely on a massive irrigation project that spans the Oregon-California border learned Wednesday they will get a tiny fraction of the water they need amid the worst drought in decades, as federal regulators attempt to balance the needs of agriculture against federally threatened and endangered fish species that are central to the heritage of several tribes."

Agriculture [40]
Climate Change [9]
Environmental Justice [2]
Environmental Politics [19]
Fish & Fisheries [41]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [5]
Northwest (OR WA) [42]
Source: AP [43], 04/15/2021
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Will Wildlife Refuge Benefit Heavily Polluted Albuquerque Neighborhood? [44]

"An urban wildlife refuge is meant to alleviate generations of environmental racism that has beset the historic neighborhood of Mountain View. That’s assuming it can meet the community’s needs".

Biodiversity [45]
Chemicals [46]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [2]
Natural Resources [3]
Public [5]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [47]
Source: Guardian [48], 04/15/2021
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