"Poverty kept these Black Illinois farmers from sucking the land dry, like corporate farms. Stunning biodiversity was saved. Then white conservationists noticed, and started buying their food security out from under them. Must read story, _...Read More_

>"A product of environmental racism, “sacrifice zones” are located near pollution hot spots and are usually communities of color."

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This California landscape has a Confederate name—why? As conservation groups reckon with racist legacies, some see a chance to honor the Indigenous roots of the Alabama Hills. _...Read More_

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