The analysis from the Center for American Progress and environmental justice group, Justice Outside found communities of color are three times more likely than white communities to live in places with severe nature loss — neighborhoods with fewer parks and trees and higher levels of pollution.
Researchers say those disparities can overlap with long histories of mining and oil and gas development located near communities across the West.
“Nature deprivation isn’t just about the aesthetics of who has access to ‘big nature,’” said report co-author Rena Payan of Justice Outside. “It’s also about who has access to clean air and clean water.”…