Tag: Environmental Racism
These Moms Are Leading the Fight Against Environmental Racism
On an evening in 1969, a mother carefully prepares dinner in the kitchen. Six siblings drape themselves over schoolwork downstairs, and a grandmother tends to her garden next door. The mother cries out, “¡La cena está lista!” (dinner is ready). In minutes, 18-year-old Jesse Marquez and his five younger siblings are sitting down to eat at the table, when an explosion pushes them all to the floor.
Jesse shakily stands up and notices an incessant ringing in
No, America Doesn’t Actually Need “Sacrifice Zones”
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Does the Climate Bill Throw Environmental Justice Under the Bus?
This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration cofounded by Columbia Journalism Review and The Nation strengthening coverage of the climate story.
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Is the new climate bill as big a deal as they say?
Yes.
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Is it big enough to save us?
No, not by itself.
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Does it throw environmental justice under the bus?
Yes, as usual, but