Siting a petrochemical hub in a city causes problems

Illustration by Shawn Hileman Philadelphia, We Have a Solution interview by Heather Shayne Blakeslee Matthew Tejada, a former clean air advocate in Houston, is now the director of the Office of Environmental Justice at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Tejada spoke with Grid about his trajectory from community organizer to federal appointee, lessons learned along

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Will hospitals become allies in the fight for clean air?

The Smog of War by Heather Shayne Blakeslee In Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 2013, a giant digital television was broadcasting pictures of a blue sky and white clouds: The toxic smog over the city prevented people from seeing the actual sky.  For years, some weather forecasters said the opaque skies were caused by “fog,” without

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