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  • Trucks are seen driving through the Ironbound district near the intersection of Hawkins St. and Ferry St. in Newark, in Newark, NJ, on November 18, 2015
    Deep dive
    May 27, 2022

    500 trucks pass through one Newark intersection in an hour. Kids are paying...

    Truck pollution causes asthma in young children. Community groups like South Ward Environmental Action in Newark, New Jersey, are fighting...

  • A row of suburban homes with a power plant spewing plumes of smoke directly in the background
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    May 16, 2022

    Pennsylvania puts a price on carbon

    Pennsylvania is set to become the first major fossil fuel state to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a group of soon-to-be 12...

  • Shaina Oliver, a member of the Navajo Nation from Shiprock, New Mexico and a Moms Clean Air Force field organizer
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    May 6, 2022

    Major oil refinery censured over toxic air

    Toxic pollution from Suncor oil refinery in Colorado exceeded permitted limits more than 500 times in two years

  • Pollution from Suncor oil refinery in Colorado
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    May 4, 2022

    Stopping pollution from Suncor refinery

    In a groundbreaking decision, the EPA questioned air pollution permits for one of the largest oil refineries in the Rocky Mountain region...

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