mediamattersforamerica:North Carolina’s industrial hog farms are clustered in a region with th
mediamattersforamerica:North Carolina’s industrial hog farms are clustered in a region with the state’s densest population of rural African-American residents. Coal ash ponds are located in low-income rural areas. Compounding the issue, in July, the Trump administration loosened Obama-era requirements for coal-ash disposal. Again and again, low income communities and communities of color are hit hardest by environmental disasters. -- source link
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