Is there environmental racism in Fort Worth? This group says, yes, and is fighting back
Some say Fort Worth’s Black and Hispanic neighborhoods bear the brunt of pollution as the city grows.
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Some say Fort Worth’s Black and Hispanic neighborhoods bear the brunt of pollution as the city grows.
Echo Heights, one of the city’s predominantly Black and Hispanic neighborhoods, is worse than 91 percent of the country for proximity to hazardous waste. The ZIP code’s average life expectancy in 2019 was just 73.4 years, well below the average for the county.
In my Arlington neighborhood, there are six chain grocery stores. Three are walking distance from my house. But across Lake Arlington and up Highway 287, the number of grocery stores, pharmacies, and sidewalks in southeast Fort Worth, specifically in the 76104 ZIP code, dries up. It’s no coincidence that 76104 has
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The requirement was passed after last year’s school shooting in Uvalde.