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Good Morning POU! The Black mothers behind one of the biggest environmental fights of the 20th century … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Environmental Injustice

Good Morning POU! Cancer Alley is the regional nickname given to an 85-mile (137 km) stretch of land along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, in the River Parishes of Louisiana, which contains over 200 petrochemical plants and refineries. As of 2012, this area accounted for 25% of the petrochemical production in the United States. By the 1970s the EPA … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Environmental Injustice

Good Morning POU. The Tragedy of Chester, Pennsylvania In the mind of Charles Lee, chairperson of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Committee to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the story of Chester, Pennsylvania, is the worst case of environmental racism he has ever seen. Chester, a predominantly poor and Black community located just southwest of … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Environmental Injustice

Good Morning POU! "Environmental racism" was a term coined in 1982 by Benjamin Chavis (pictured below), previous executive director of the United Church of Christ (UCC) Commission for Racial Justice. … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Environmental Injustice

Good Morning POU! This week we'll take a look at Environmental Justice....or rather in the case of how black communities are treated, environmental INjustice. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines “environmental justice” as being fairly treated and involved in creating and executing environmental policies and regulations, no matter your race, income level or … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: Environmental Injustice