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Study explores why Indigenous communities may accept oil extraction despite its harms
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The uneven distribution of oil extraction's impacts and benefits helps explain why some Indigenous communities accept it, newly published research shows.
The uneven distribution of oil extraction's impacts and benefits helps explain why some Indigenous communities accept it, newly published research shows.
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