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04 March 2026

ASSOCIATED PRESS: Trump climate health rollback likely to hit poor, minority areas hardest, experts say

In a stretch of Louisiana with about 170 fossil fuel and petrochemical plants, premature death is a fact of life for people living nearby. The air is so polluted and the cancer rates so high…
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21 January 2026

TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO: New data reveals air pollution concerns in Texas Latino communities

A new community air-monitoring effort has found elevated levels of fine particle pollution in several heavily Latino Texas communities, highlighting ongoing concerns that Latino neighborhoods often face higher exposure to unhealthy air and the health…
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05 January 2026

WHYY NEWS: How nature is fostering kids’ creativity in Philadelphia

Four-year-old Alvin Lingat-Santiago loves to watch marbles zoom down a track. “I love marble runs!” he shouts beneath a canopy of trees in northwest Philadelphia in November. “Because I like rolling stuff.”
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04 December 2025

OUTDOOR ALLIANCE: Trip Report: California Outdoor Advocacy with Congressman Jared Huffma

Over the past six years, the Outdoor Alliance California team has worked closely with Congressman Jared Huffman (CA-02) and his office to champion conservation and enhance public access to the district’s most treasured landscapes—from the…
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04 December 2025

HOODLINE: El Paso’s Air ‘Not Safe To Breathe,’ Local Advocate Warns

On Wednesday, Hilda Berganza, climate program manager at the Hispanic Access Foundation, sounded a blunt warning about El Paso’s air quality, saying pollution has climbed into unsafe territory and is posing a growing health risk…
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03 December 2025

NBC EL PASO: Report: El Paso ranks 9th in U.S. for ozone pollution

Research conducted by the Hispanic Access Foundation and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has revealed that El Paso ranks as the ninth-most polluted U.S. city for ozone in the 2024 IQAir World Air Quality…
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