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[http://www.goldmanprize.org/2008/centralsouthamerica Pablo Fajardo and Luis Yanza] are fighting for justice after what has been called one of the most catastrophic environmental disasters in history. They leading an unprecedented community-driven legal battle against a global oil giant. According to the plaintiffs, beginning in 1964 and through 1990, Texaco dumped nearly 17 million gallons of crude oil and 20 billion gallons of drilling wastewater directly into the Ecuadorian Amazon. | [http://www.goldmanprize.org/2008/centralsouthamerica Pablo Fajardo and Luis Yanza] are fighting for justice after what has been called one of the most catastrophic environmental disasters in history. They leading an unprecedented community-driven legal battle against a global oil giant. According to the plaintiffs, beginning in 1964 and through 1990, Texaco dumped nearly 17 million gallons of crude oil and 20 billion gallons of drilling wastewater directly into the Ecuadorian Amazon. | ||
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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. See also Chemicals and Air
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.
Majora Carter video ***** Environmental Justice
Van Jones (Oakland CA Environmental Justice). Jones, civil rights leader and founding and executive Director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. Jones has made a name for himself linking prisons and environmental injustice, working in a pro-active way to ensure that marginalized inner city youth will not miss out on the next wave of “green capitalism.”In this short one page article Van Jones argues against the environmental limits idea, but showing that the damage from Hurricane Katrina was not just the force of nature, but the negligence of the U.S. government. Good simple article for considering how environmental justice gets defined. Interview 2008 book on greening the economy. Book Excerpt. Here is an Oct 2008 interview (audio).
Winona LaDuke Native American activist. article on native rice and GMO's.
Pablo Fajardo and Luis Yanza are fighting for justice after what has been called one of the most catastrophic environmental disasters in history. They leading an unprecedented community-driven legal battle against a global oil giant. According to the plaintiffs, beginning in 1964 and through 1990, Texaco dumped nearly 17 million gallons of crude oil and 20 billion gallons of drilling wastewater directly into the Ecuadorian Amazon.
Twenty-Five Stories from the Central Valley, an online exhibit, uses photos, theater, stories and sound to paint a vivid picture of the environmental toxins that “the other California” lives with every day. Women leaders give us a window into the little-known lives of people who are making this region safer for everyone. Their stories are shocking, sad, and inspiring.
Organizations
Environment Justice for All Recently did a national tour, and has posted videos (including Oakland, Silicon Valley, Hunter's Point, Delano)
Directory of EJ organizations, including [http://www.panna.org/ Pesticide Action Network
Video
(See also Environmental Films)
Majora Carter video ***** Environmental Justice
Van Jones "A New Green Deal" (see Eco-heroes). 2009
Toxic Tour (Deborah Woo's East Bay tour) / produced by Community Television of Santa Cruz County 1998 Media Center VT6652
Books
Faber, Daniel, Capitalizing on environmental injustice : the polluter-industrial complex in the age of globalization / Daniel Faber. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2008. Google Book
Environmental justice and environmentalism : the social justice challenge to the environmental movement/ edited by Ronald Sandler and Phaedra C. Pezzullo Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2007 S&E Stacks - GE220 .E578 2007
Articles in category "Environmental Justice"
The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
