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Darryl Fears

Darryl Fears

Reporter & Staff Writer at The Washington Post

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Darryl Fears
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Bird lovers are grappling with honorary names linked to racists. Audubon tops the list.

A debate is underway in ornithology on whether to retain bird names honoring men who were enslavers, grave robbers and supremacists who defended the Southern cause.
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A harvest for the world: A Black family farm is fighting racism in ...

Leah Penniman is teaching people of color to work the land without tilling and pesticides that harm the land and air. Hundreds are on a waiting list to learn.
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A Black community in Northeast D.C. is surrounded by industrial pol...

Brentwood residents are opposed to a school-bus terminal in the area, and the city has denied the community’s request for an environmental impact assessment
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EPA just detailed all the ways climate change will hit U.S. racial ...

If the planet warms 2 degrees Celsius, new report warns, Black people are 40 percent more likely to live in places where extreme temperatures will cause more deaths.
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Black people are about to be swept aside for a South Carolina freew...

South Carolina destroyed Black homes to build I-26 and I-526 without much engagement. The state vowed to engage residents for a new project, but it still plans to take their homes.
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Latino community in Chicago fights relocated scrapyard ... - The Wa...

The facility relocated from Chicago’s affluent North Side to its working-class South Side, igniting a controversy over race, class and politics. Federal intervention and a hunger strike followed.
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Today’s COP26 theme is energy. Here’s what you need to know.

Negotiators in Glasgow, Scotland, must find a way to scale up the use of renewable energy in developing nations as they transition away from fossil fuels.

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With help from the Biden administration, activists defeat a potenti...

A permit that would have allowed owners to move a troubled metal scrapyard from a wealthy area in the city to a working-class area was denied.
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Biden officials launch 'screening tool' to help identify disadvanta...

The administration is calling on residents to use a “beta version” of its Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool over the next 60 days.
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A disease more lethal than covid-19 has nearly wiped out northern ....

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says white-nose syndrome has driven 97 to 100 percent population decline.
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Why dozens of bird species are losing human names linked to racists...

The American Ornithological Society says it will alter all human names of North American birds, starting with up to 80 species.