Tag #Environmental Justice

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Coldwater Creek Radioactive Waste Links to 44% Increased Cancer Risk in Nearby Children

A Harvard study confirms a 44% higher cancer risk for children near Missouri's Coldwater Creek (1940s-60s) due to radioactive waste from the Manhattan Project and Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, leaching contaminants into the creek via uncovered drums; the expanded Radiation Exposure Compensation Act n...

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Good Health and Well-being
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Climate Activist Highlights Legal Battles and Human Cost of Climate Change at Rimini Conference

Filmmaker Nic Balthazar presented his documentary "Duty of Care", which follows the Shell climate lawsuit, and his play "For Rosa", which dramatizes the death of a young climate activist, at the ECca 2025 climate conference in Rimini, Italy, highlighting the human cost of climate inaction and the ne...

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Climate Action
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Amazon's Data Center in Spain: Water Consumption Sparks Rural Protests

Amazon's data center in Villanueva de Gállego, Spain, consumes 750 million liters of water annually, exacerbating drought conditions and sparking protests from local farmers who face water restrictions while the tech giant's water usage is seemingly unchecked.

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Clean Water and Sanitation
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Spanish Court Rules Livestock Pollution Violates Human Rights

A Spanish court ruled that authorities violated residents' human rights due to pollution from intensive livestock farming in Galicia, ordering immediate action to stop the pollution and restore residents' right to a healthy environment.

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Clean Water and Sanitation
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Peru's Lobitos Faces Another Oil Spill, Exposing Systemic Failures

On July 7th, 2025, a new oil spill of 5.46 barrels occurred near Lobitos, Peru, from Petroperú's inactive well 383, affecting the fishing community and highlighting ongoing issues with oil infrastructure and environmental oversight. This follows a December 2024 spill and reveals systemic failures wi...

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Life Below Water
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Hualapai Tribe Lawsuit Highlights Green Transition's Human Rights Concerns

The Hualapai tribe in Arizona is suing the US Bureau of Land Management for approving lithium mining near their sacred hot spring, H'a'Kamwe', highlighting growing concerns about human rights and environmental abuses in the green energy transition; a federal judge temporarily halted drilling.

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Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
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Illegal Waste Export to Tunisia Spurs International Action

In 2020, 7,900 tons of Italian waste mislabeled as recyclable plastic were illegally exported to Tunisia; activist Semia Labidi Gharbi's campaign led to the return of 6,000 tons and stricter EU waste export regulations.

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Responsible Consumption and Production
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Trump Grant Cuts Cripple Bronx Nonprofits

The Trump administration's sweeping cuts to federal grants threaten over 84% of the 342 nonprofits in the Bronx, leading to layoffs, budget cuts, and jeopardizing vital services for a community already struggling with poverty and inequality, potentially resulting in a collective deficit of nearly 30...

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Reduced Inequality
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£1 Billion UK Mission to Integrate Nature into Urban Areas

A £1 billion UK initiative, NatureTowns and Cities, will invest £15.5 million in 40 towns and cities to improve access to green spaces, using innovative projects like greening permits and environmental justice maps, aiming to benefit 5 million people by 2035.

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Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Carmichael Coal Mine: Indigenous Protest, Water Contamination, and Legal Battle in Queensland

For over four years, a protest fire has burned near the controversial Carmichael coal mine in central Queensland, Australia, highlighting a conflict between the Wangan and Jagalingou people and Bravus (formerly Adani) over the mine's impact on their sacred water source, Doongmabulla Springs, where h...

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Clean Water and Sanitation
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EPA Cancels $2.7 Billion in Grants, Disproportionately Impacting Environmental Justice

The EPA canceled over 600 grants totaling $2.7 billion since the Trump administration, disproportionately affecting environmental justice initiatives and blue states, jeopardizing crucial projects like Kipnuk, Alaska's $20 million riverbank protection grant.

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Climate Action
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Bolivian Wildfires Force Indigenous Community Displacement

The Tie Uñá Ayoreo community in Bolivia's Santa Cruz region has been displaced for three years after wildfires destroyed their homes and land, highlighting the impact of deforestation and lack of government support on indigenous communities.

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No Poverty

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