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Significant Environmental and Climate Impacts Are Impinging on Human Rights in Every Country, a New Report Finds

Significant Environmental and Climate Impacts Are Impinging on Human Rights in Every Country, a New Report Finds
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Report Details Devastating Harms to TX Communities From Petrochemical Industry

The report also noted the lack of adequate enforcement and oversight from local and state regulators.

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Cost of Doing Business? Amnesty Int l Documents Health, Environmental Impact of Fossil Fuels in Texas

Cost of Doing Business? Amnesty Int l Documents Health, Environmental Impact of Fossil Fuels in Texas
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Houston Ship Channel deemed sacrifice zone in new pollution report by Amnesty International – Houston Public Media

The international human rights organization found that people in communities near the ship channel, which are predominantly low-income communities of color, have life expectancies up to 20 years shorter than largely white and affluent areas about 15 miles away. Amnesty International pinned the problem on the petrochemical industry as well as state and federal environmental regulators.

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Amnesty International report: Pollution has made Houston Ship Channel communities a sacrifice zone

The average life expectancy in predominantly nonwhite communities along the Houston Ship Channel, the site of largely unregulated petrochemical production, is up to 20 years less than nearby predominantly white communities, according to a report released Thursday by Amnesty International. The 52-mile channel is lined by more than 600 petrochemical plants that operate 24 hours per day,…

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