Grist

OCTOBER 9, 2019

As they walled off rivers and created dry islands from what was previously soggy marsh, they discovered incredibly rich soil. No one foresaw that this very bounty — soil rich with organic material — would, over time, become a curse of sorts. That organic material contains copious amounts of carbon. And the land began to sink.

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Soil Methane Carbon Organic 87

GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2020

Queen attributes the issues that north Minneapolis faces today — the vacant homes, the poor access to medicine and food, the proximity to industrial pollution — to a lack of Black ownership and the political power that accompanies wealth. Los Angeles: Latino children in Boyle Heights play in lead-contaminated soil.

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Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Pollution 540

AGreenLiving

JULY 6, 2020

Queen attributes the issues that north Minneapolis faces today — the vacant homes, the poor access to medicine and food, the proximity to industrial pollution — to a lack of Black ownership and the political power that accompanies wealth. “If you don’t own anything, you’re not changing nothing.”

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Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Pollution Business Energy Monitoring 28

Grist

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Health care, already a longstanding challenge in the islands, is expected to get worse, as temperatures rise and mosquito-borne diseases like dengue and Zika proliferate. Hotter temperatures have already limited harvests of traditional foods and medicine used by many indigenous nations.

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Climate change Agriculture Fossil fuels Sea level rise 144