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Environmental justice asserts that everyone should be able to live in a clean environment and be healthy, not just those who can afford it. | Environmental justice asserts that everyone should be able to live in a clean environment and be healthy, not just those who can afford it. | ||
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| + | Robert Bullard, sociologist widely regarded as the first to articulate the concept of environmental justice. One of the leaders of the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit in 1991. Most recently has been writing about Hurricane Katrina as the latest environmental sacrifice zone. Professor Bullard was featured in the July 2007 CNN People You Should Know, Bullard: Green Issue is Black and White - CNN.com | ||
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| + | In this [http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2006/03/14/dicum/ interview] Bullard explains why the environmental justice movement is different than mainstream environmental organizations. | ||
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| + | How have hurricane responses also created Superfund sites in poor neighborhoods? Bullard discusses this in an [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/24/1414234 interview with Amy Goodman] on Democracy Now. | ||
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| + | See Majora Carter, Van Jones, Winnona LaDuke and others on the [http://ic.ucsc.edu/college8core/c8wiki/index.php/Eco-heroes Eco-Heroes] page, as well as the links below. | ||
Revision as of 16:40, 1 September 2008
Environmental justice asserts that everyone should be able to live in a clean environment and be healthy, not just those who can afford it.
Robert Bullard, sociologist widely regarded as the first to articulate the concept of environmental justice. One of the leaders of the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit in 1991. Most recently has been writing about Hurricane Katrina as the latest environmental sacrifice zone. Professor Bullard was featured in the July 2007 CNN People You Should Know, Bullard: Green Issue is Black and White - CNN.com
In this interview Bullard explains why the environmental justice movement is different than mainstream environmental organizations.
How have hurricane responses also created Superfund sites in poor neighborhoods? Bullard discusses this in an interview with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now.
See Majora Carter, Van Jones, Winnona LaDuke and others on the Eco-Heroes page, as well as the links below.
Articles in category "Environmental Justice"
The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
