Articles by Rachel Ramirez

Rachel Ramirez is an environmental justice fellow at Grist

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What New Jersey’s new environmental justice law will and won’t achieve

New Jersey’s new law will shield poor communities from new sources of pollution. What about existing ones?

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One year later, what has New York’s landmark climate law accomplished?

"Goals are no good unless you meet them."

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Trump apparently proposed ‘selling’ Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria

Former Homeland Security Secretary Elaine C. Duke told the New York Times that Trump floated the possibility of "selling" and “divesting” the territory.

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These Louisiana activists are facing ‘terrorizing’ charges for a stunt they pulled 6 months ago

The arrests come just a week after activists won a court battle against the plastics manufacturer targeted by those now facing charges.

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