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The US committed to meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, but like other countries, it's struggling to make progress

  • Written by Scott Schang, Director of Environmental Law and Policy Clinic; Professor of Practice, Wake Forest University
The US committed to meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, but like other countries, it's struggling to make progressMany colonias along the Texas-Mexico border still lack basic infrastructure, including running water.AP Photo/Eric Gay

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