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After Trump’s DEI cuts, communities struggle to fix problems with raw sewage, air pollution and erosion

After Trump’s DEI cuts, communities struggle to fix problems with raw sewage, air pollution and erosion Projects ranging from air monitoring in Georgia to installing indoor plumbing in an Alaskan village to providing septic tanks in Alabama have collapsed, leaving residents in the lurch.Listen to this article00:0000:00Cheryl Middleton, a resident of rural Lowndes County in…

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After Trump’s DEI cuts, communities struggle to fix problems with raw sewage, air pollution and erosion

Projects ranging from air monitoring in Georgia to installing indoor plumbing in an Alaskan village to providing septic tanks in Alabama have collapsed, leaving residents in the lurch.

A portrait of a woman overlaid onto a landscape image showing a white PVC pipe stretched across a lawn.
Cheryl Middleton, a resident of rural Lowndes County in the Black Belt region of Alabama, has gone almost three decades without a working sewer or septic system. Instead, a plastic pipe carries raw sewage from her home and empties it near her backyard.Charity Rachelle for NBC News

In Lowndes County, Alabama, where inadequate plumbing leaves yards damp with raw sewage, children risk contracting parasites if they play barefoot outside.

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Peru steps up fight against illegal gold mining as activity enters protected Amazon reserve

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By STEVEN GRATTAN Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] Leer en español <!– –> <!– –> Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit PUERTO MALDONADO, Peru (AP) — Eight Peruvian navy personnel jumped from a helicopter into a clearing carved out of the Amazon rainforest by illegal gold…

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