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These Black Los Angeles Residents May Soon Receive Environmental Reparations
The measure would send up to $5,000 to 1,000 households near the field, with funds drawn from penalized wells.
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These Black Los Angeles residents may soon receive environmental reparations
This story was originally published by Capital B and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As a child in the 1950s and ’60s, Regina Martin became so used to the oil pumpjacks near her home that she assumed every child lived beside them. Everyone was made “sick to [their] tummy” by the sulfurous, rotten-egg smell that […]
·San Francisco, United States
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Residents Harmed by Oil Drilling May Soon Receive Reparations Under New California Law
While lawmakers iron out the details, advocates hope this approach could serve as a model for addressing histories of environmental hazards often concentrated in Black and low-income neighborhoods.
·San Francisco, United States
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