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fromStreetsblog
1 week ago

Sneak Peek: In Their Book, 'The War on Cars' Hosts Explore Life After the Automobile - Streetsblog USA

Far from serving as a figurative and literal vehicle for freedom and independence, cars exclude vast numbers of people from full enfranchisement in society -children, older people who have lost the ability to drive, people with disabilities that prevent them from driving, people who can't afford to buy or operate a car. Automobiles have produced far more collective damage to the world, in terms of death, illness, and environmental destruction, than nearly any other invention in human history.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

The battle for sand: Murders, impunity and environmental destruction in the Dominican Republic

Commercial sand and gravel extraction is over-excavating the Nizao Riverbed, causing bank collapse, river disappearance, and local intimidation to prevent reporting.
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