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Climate & Social Justice

EPA’s Environmental Justice Tool Designed to Map, Protect Vulnerable Populations
Environmental Justice Movement Continues to Dodge Dirty Obstacles
Snarl of Issues Creates Environmental Injustice
Climate Crisis Turns Up Heat On Marginalized Communities

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Environmental Injustices Dumped on Two Providence Neighborhoods Illuminate Impacts of Structural Racism

Environmental injustices and the apathetic attitudes that allow them to fester collide head-on in two neighborhoods along Providence's toxic waterfront. This intersection of societal inequality highlights the numerous environmental-justice issues Rhode Island faces.

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New Report Outlines Equitable Climate Action Plan for Rhode Island
Ocean State Confronts Environmental Justice Along Its Coast
Push Made to Make Public Street a Coastal Right of Way Again

Attorney General Intervenes in Proposed Fossil Fuel Plan That Concerns Port of Providence Neighbors

PROVIDENCE — Attorney General Peter Neronha has filed a motion to intervene in the Sea 3 Providence LLC project before the Energy Facility Siting Board. His office is concerned the project could impact nearby neighborhoods already burdened by industrial operations and the associated air pollution.

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Enough is Enough: Polluted Providence Neighborhoods Sick of Fossil Fuels
Study Finds Black People in Rhode Island Exposed to Higher Levels of Air Pollution
Interfaith and Advocacy Collaboration Could Drive Climate Action

Access to the Coast is an Environmental Justice Issue

For many Indigenous people, the original inhabitants of southern New England’s coastal areas, and people of color a lack of shoreline access is deeply disturbing and a generations-long problem.

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No Trespassing: Coastal Land Taken from Indigenous People Walled Off with Signs, Fences and Chains
South County Confronts Long-Standing Coastal Challenges
Climate Coalitions Jockey for Statehouse Influence
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