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From Grass Roots to Green Spaces

Crusade to reduce pollution in South Bronx is now a full-time cause for a would-be writer

By Brennen Jensen

New York

Eight years ago, Majora Carter was finishing up a graduate degree in creative writing, with dreams of going on to fame and fortune as an author.

Then 35,000 tons of garbage intervened.

That's how much residential refuse New York City officials...

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