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Concentration of Oil and Gas Drilling in Black Neighborhoods Is Deliberate, Study Suggests

For decades, state governments and private companies have asserted that oil production sites were chosen solely by natural factors: where oil was most abundant, easiest to drill, and cheapest to procure. But a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley identifies more pernicious motivations, suggesting that social factors — namely race — […]

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