Environment and Race

In this episode, we sum up what we have discussed in the previous nine episodes and remind ourselves how interconnected everything is. 

Citations

Johnson, A. E. (2020, June 3). I'm a black climate expert. Racism derails our efforts to save the planet. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/06/03/im-black-climate-scientist-racism-derails-our-efforts-save-planet/.

GreenAction. Environmental Justice & Environmental Racism. Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice. http://greenaction.org/what-is-environmental-justice/.

In this episode, we will discuss the compressor station that was planned to be built in Union Hill, Virginia. 

Citations:

CBS 19 News. (2020, January 7). Permit for Buckingham County compressor station vacated. CBS 19 News. https://www.cbs19news.com/story/41533113/permit-for-buckingham-county-compressor-station-vacated.

Whitescarver, R. (2019, October 30). Environmental Racism and Dominion Energy. Getting More on the Ground. https://www.gettingmoreontheground.com/2019/10/30/environmental-racism-and-dominion-energy/.

In this episode, we will discuss the building of the Dakota Access pipeline on the Standing Rock Sioux tribe's land. 

Citations:

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. (2018). Standing Rock Sioux and Dakota Access Pipeline: Teacher Resource. Standing Rock Sioux and Dakota Access Pipeline | Teacher Resource. https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/plains-treaties/dapl.

Kearney, L. (2020, November 13). Future of Dakota Access pipeline uncertain as Biden presidency looms. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pipeline-dakota-access/future-of-dakota-access-pipeline-uncertain-as-biden-presidency-looms-idINKBN27S33D.

In this episode, we will talk about how environmental injustice has impacted indigenous communities. 

Citations:

Whyte, K. (2020). Indigenous Environmental Justice. In Environmental Justice: Key Issues (pp. 265–278). essay, Routledge.

Kashwan, P. (2020, September 2). American environmentalism's racist roots have shaped global thinking about conservation. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/american-environmentalisms-racist-roots-have-shaped-global-thinking-about-conservation-143783.

In this episode, we will the 17 principles of environmental justice set forth by the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit held in 1991.

Citations:

GreenAction. Environmental Justice & Environmental Racism. Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice. http://greenaction.org/what-is-environmental-justice/.

In this episode, we will discuss the leader of the civil rights movement and his contributions to the environmental justice movement. 

Dellinger, D. (2018, June 6). Martin Luther King Jr. - Ecological Thinker. Drew Dellinger. https://drewdellinger.org/martin-luther-king-jr-ecological-thinker/. 

Potomac Conservancy. (2019, December 20). 4 ways Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. left his mark on the environmental movement. Potomac Conservancy. https://potomac.org/blog/2020/1/1/mlk-environmental-justice.

In this episode, we will talk about how the residents of Flint, Michigan had to deal with a water supply laced with lead and the subsequent fight for clean water. 

Citations:

Denchak, M. (2018, November 8). Flint Water Crisis: Everything You Need to Know. NRDC. https://www.nrdc.org/stories/flint-water-crisis-everything-you-need-know.

Rutt, R., & Bluwstein, J. (2017, August 17). The Flint Water Crisis: quests for justice and mechanisms of suppression. ENTITLE blog - a collaborative writing project on Political Ecology. https://entitleblogdotorg3.wordpress.com/2017/08/16/the-flint-water-crisis-quests-for-justice-and-mechanisms-of-suppression/.

In this episode, we will discuss the report published in 1987 and 2007 by the United Church of Christ Commission for Racial Justice titled Toxic Wastes and Race and subsequently Toxic Wastes and Race at Twenty 1987 - 2007. 

Citations:

United Church of Christ. Commission for Racial Justice. (1987). Toxic wastes and race in the United States: A national report on the racial and socio-economic characteristics of communities with hazardous waste sites. Public Data Access.

Bullard, R. D., Mohai, P., Saha, R., & Wright, B. (2008). Toxic wastes and race at twenty: Why race still matters after all of these years. Environmental Law, 371-411.

In this episode, we discuss the protests in Warren County, North Carolina, which are seen by many as the start of the modern environmental justice movement. 

Citations:

Office of Legacy Management. (2020). Environmental Justice History. Energy.gov. https://www.energy.gov/lm/services/environmental-justice/environmental-justice-history.

Skelton, R., & Miller, V. (2016, March 17). The Environmental Justice Movement. NRDC. https://www.nrdc.org/stories/environmental-justice-movement. 

This podcast series is meant to be an introduction to the topic of environmental racism. In this episode, we introduce the topic and talk about Dr. Robert Bullard, largely recognized as the father of environmental justice. 

Citations:

Dr. Robert Bullard: Father of Environmental Justice. (2018). https://drrobertbullard.com/.

Murdock, E. (2020). A History of Environmental Justice. In Environmental Justice: Key Issues (pp. 6–18). essay, Routledge.