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Gas turbines, which environmentalists say adds to already dirty urban air, are visible at an xAI data center on Riverport Rd in Memphis in April.

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Colossal Polluter: NAACP Moves to Sue Musk in Memphis

by Willy Blackmore June 23, 2025June 26, 2025

A train passes a petrochemical plant during a tour dubbed a Toxic Tour on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019, in Deer Park. The tour will visited sites in and around the geater Houston community In advance of its three-day symposium, "Toward a Better Future: Transforming the Climate Crisis." The goal of the tour is to give participants a further understanding of environmental justice issues.

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Climate Justice, the Houston Way

by Willy Blackmore June 16, 2025June 16, 2025

A laptop keyboard and Grok on App Store displayed on a phone screen are seen in this illustration photo

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Memphis Had a Smog Problem Long Before Elon Came to Town

by Willy Blackmore June 9, 2025June 9, 2025

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) building is seen in Washington, DC.

Trump Is Ignoring St Louis’s Devastating Tornado

by Willy Blackmore June 3, 2025June 9, 2025

The Denka, formerly DuPont, factory in Reserve, Louisiana, on August 12, 2021. - Silos, smokestacks and brown pools of water line the banks of the Mississippi River in Louisiana, where scores of refineries and petrochemical plants have metastasized over a few decades. Welcome to "Cancer Alley." Industrial pollution on this ribbon of land between New Orleans and Baton Rouge puts the mostly African-American residents at nearly 50 times the risk of developing cancer than the national average, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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In Cancer Alley, There’s No Pollution Monitoring While Black

by Willy Blackmore May 27, 2025June 3, 2025

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Disaster Aid Was Already Unequal. Will Changes at FEMA Make Things Worse?

by Willy Blackmore May 19, 2025May 19, 2025

Chicago May Get a Way to Keep Polluters Out of Black Neighborhoods

by Willy Blackmore May 12, 2025May 12, 2025

Fish and plastic pollution in sea. Microplastics contaminate seafood. Animals in the sea cannot live, San Diego Bay, California, USA.

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Trump’s EPA Really Wants to Get Rid of Climate Justice Grants

by Willy Blackmore May 8, 2025May 8, 2025

At a public hearing last week, Black residents of a site Elon Musk's company xAI has selected for a new supercomputer project pushed back against the plans, saying it will create even more pollution than the community already deals with.

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Black Folks to Elon Musk: Hands Off Our Neighborhood

by Willy Blackmore April 28, 2025April 28, 2025

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Grok, What Happens in Memphis When You’re Asked a Question?

by Willy Blackmore April 22, 2025April 21, 2025