Mar 16, 2022
The study published in Environmental Health Perspectives found that no matter which of the main types of air pollutants you look at, people of color are breathing more of it. The study expands a body of evidence showing that African Americans, Hispanics,...
Mar 15, 2022
Historically, we recognize that there has been a significant disparity in the availability of ocean-related academic and career opportunities between students from underrepresented communities and those from communities that traditionally have had access to greater...
Mar 14, 2022
The Environmental Justice Leadership Forum on Climate Change established the following Principles of Climate Justice: Establish a zero carbon economy and achieve this by limiting and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with the levels advocated by the...
Mar 13, 2022
Environmental racism is the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards on people of color. Environmental justice is the movement’s response to environmental racism. “Environmental equity” is not environmental justice. “Environmental...
Mar 11, 2022
While there are lots of different definitions of climate justice, they all agree that climate justice “connects the climate crisis to the social, racial and environmental issues in which it is deeply entangled. It recognizes the disproportionate impacts of...
Mar 11, 2022
I highly recommend Yale Professor Dorceta Taylor’s book Toxic Communities: Environmental Racism, Industrial Pollution, and Residential Mobility. The book analyzes the forces that constrain, compel, or encourage the movement of minorities. It examines the...
