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December 9, 2021 11:01 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/9/22826615/investigation-environmental-racism-amazon-warehouses
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Amazon is expanding its empire of warehouses at breakneck speed, and it’s building most of them in neighborhoods of color, according to a new investigation by Consumer Reports. That ultimately burdens Black and brown communities with the truck traffic, noise, and pollution that warehouses bring.
Almost 70 percent of Amazon warehouses in the US are in neighborhoods with a higher proportion of residents of color than what’s typical in other neighborhoods in the rest of the metro area, according to Consumer Reports. Fifty-seven percent of neighborhoods near Amazon warehouses have more low-income residents, too. To suss this out, Consumer Reports cross-referenced data from the Environmental Protection Agency, US Census Bureau, and a...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/9/22826615/investigation-environmental-racism-amazon-warehouses
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