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Can California’s cap and trade address environmental justice?

GreenBiz

Richmond, a diverse, industrial city where housing prices and incomes have lagged behind its Bay Area neighbors, has poor air quality and some of the highest rates of respiratory and cardiovascular disease in California. Like others, they found glaring disparities between disadvantaged communities and their whiter, more prosperous neighbors.

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Solving Social Media’s ‘Local Paradox’

Stanford Social Innovation

Later that same day, Cameron told The Root , he received a notification on local social network Nextdoor titled “Spook Alert,” a phrase used by his parents’ neighbors in Bethany Beach when Black people are spotted in the neighborhood. The problems of social media are often chalked up to anonymity and alienation.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

The company claims to be carbon-neutral, investing in reforestation and offshore wind to offset the emissions associated with its products and operations. . But what really got me interested in sustainability was back in investments," Collins recalls. . If you survived a garbage landslide, what would your next move be?

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