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An Environmental Justice Test Case for Trump’s EPA: A Creek That Smells Like Death

EPA expressed alarm at contamination in a creek near a predominantly Black neighborhood. Then the agency eliminated its civil-rights office and has taken no further action.

By Lisa Sorg

Arieann Harrison talks with longtime Hunters Point resident Antoine Mahan about his concern that truck traffic to and from the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard may be worsening air quality along Innes Avenue, where he lives. Credit: Audrey Mei Yi Brown/San Francisco Public Press

Toxic Waste Cleanups Take Longer in Marginalized San Francisco Communities

By Audrey Mei Yi Brown, San Francisco Public Press

How Climate Change Exacerbates ‘Weathering,’ the Physical Toll of Racism

By Nina Dietz

From Snow to Heat, Extreme Weather Events Pose Outsized Risks for Food Delivery Workers

By Kiley Price

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