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So Happy Together
The environmental case for integrated communities |
Sheryll Cashin |
21 Mar 2006 |
Soapbox |
| The following passage is excerpted from The Failures of Integration: How Race and Class Are Undermining the American Dream. (For more on this issue, read an interview with the author.) The growing concern with sprawl creates an interesting possibility for alignment of urban and suburban, white and minority, affluent and poor interests. Advocates for low-income people and for cities and older suburbs ... |
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| Topics: books, environmental justice, politics, Poverty and the Environment (all these topics) |
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That'll Anacostia
A plan to spruce up D.C.'s Anacostia River has some residents anxious |
Ethan Goffman |
15 Mar 2006 |
Main Dish |
| In the southeast corner of Washington, D.C., the capital of the most powerful nation in history, lies a polluted, neglected neighborhood known as Anacostia. Slated for a grand renewal project centered on the local river that gives it its name, the area stands at the juncture of poverty and opportunity. If plans move forward, it will one day be a showcase of urban design, with revi ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, green space, placemaking, politics, Poverty and the Environment, public lands, Washington DC (all these topics) |
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Pyramid Schemes
A little time in the lab could teach big business how to help the poor |
John Elkington, Mark Lee |
14 Mar 2006 |
Full Disclosure |
| By John Elkington and Mark Lee 14 Mar 2006 |
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| Topics: business, environmental justice, Full Disclosure, health, politics, Poverty and the Environment (all these topics) |
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Here We Go Again
Robert Bullard explains why the response to Katrina wasn't a fluke |
Gregory Dicum |
14 Mar 2006 |
Main Dish |
| In the course of my interview with environmental-justice scholar and leader Robert Bullard, we discussed his current work on the history of environmental racism in the South. He had plenty to say about the ways that inadequate government response to disasters has affected people of color over the past seven decades. I asked him whether Katrina was part of the norm or stood out somehow ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, health, Louisiana, politics, Poverty and the Environment, Tennessee, Texas, toxics (all these topics) |
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Justice in Time
Meet Robert Bullard, the father of environmental justice |
Gregory Dicum |
14 Mar 2006 |
Main Dish |
| Robert Bullard says he was "drafted" into environmental justice while working as an environmental sociologist in Houston in the late 1970s. His work there on the siting of garbage dumps in black neighborhoods identified systematic patterns of injustice. The book that Bullard eventually wrote about that work, 1990's Dumping in Dixie, is widely regarded as the first to fully articulate t ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, health, Louisiana, politics, Poverty and the Environment, Tennessee, Texas, toxics (all these topics) |
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SWOP and Go
Tomasita González, environmental-justice organizer, answers readers' questions |
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10 Mar 2006 |
InterActivist |
| Tomasita González, of SouthWest Organizing Project. Albuquerque and Santa Fe, and probably other cities and towns in New Mexico, are seeing lots of development of housing for new residents. What are the environmental implications? How seriously is the water supply strained? Are underprivileged or minority communities affected? -- Mark Stephen Caponigro, New York, N.Y. Thanks for the question ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, InterActivist, interview, New Mexico, politics, Poverty and the Environment, waste, water conflicts (all these topics) |
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Caste From the Past
Environmentalism's elitist tinge has roots in the movement's history |
Matthew Klingle, Joseph E. Taylor III |
08 Mar 2006 |
Soapbox |
| By Matthew Klingle and Joseph E. Taylor III 08 Mar 2006 Pretty, yes, but what about the people? Photo: National Park Service. North Americans love their heroes, and environmentalists are no exception. The hall of fame includes some of the biggest hitters from our nation's past: John Muir, David McTaggart, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Paul Watson, David Brower, Rachel Carson, and Edward Abbey, to name just a few ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, environmental movement, politics, Poverty and the Environment (all these topics) |
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Walking the Line
What Mexican activists can teach the U.S. about poverty and the planet |
Oliver Bernstein |
07 Mar 2006 |
Soapbox |
| As the border organizer for Sierra Club's Environmental Justice program, I bounce back and forth across the U.S.-Mexico border supporting grassroots environmental activists. More than the food, language, or currency, the biggest difference from one side to the other is what issues are considered "environmental." Perhaps nowhere else on earth is there such a long borde ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, health, Mexico, politics, population, Poverty and the Environment, Sierra Club, sprawl, United States, waste, water conflicts (all these topics) |
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González in 60 Seconds
Tomasita González, environmental-justice organizer, answers Grist's questions |
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06 Mar 2006 |
InterActivist |
| Tomasita González. What work do you do? I work as a community organizer at SouthWest Organizing Project, based in Albuquerque, N.M. What does your organization do? For over a quarter century, SWOP has worked to build an environmental-justice movement in disenfranchised, working, and people-of-color communities. In the '90s, we sought to challenge the mainstream "Group of Ten" ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, InterActivist, interview, New Mexico, politics, Poverty and the Environment, waste, water conflicts (all these topics) |
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I Will Simply Survive
While the wealthy may strive for 'simple living,' the poor try simply surviving |
Elizabeth Chin |
01 Mar 2006 |
Soapbox |
| While the wealthy may strive for "simple living," the poor try simply surviving By Elizabeth Chin 01 Mar 2006 In the early 1990s, I knew a 10-year-old boy named Davy who had never been to Toys "R" Us. When I told his story, people would often respond to this part of his life with a sort of sentimental longing. "How wonderful that he has never been to that awful place," they'd say. Davy's lack of experience, however, was a marker not of his prot ... |
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| Topics: Connecticut, environmental justice, green living, politics, Poverty and the Environment, United States (all these topics) |
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Dipping Alito in the Water
Clean-water cases go before Supreme Court |
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21 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Dipping Alito in the Water Clean-water cases go before Supreme Court The Supreme Court will hear two cases with immense consequences for federal clean-water protections this week. Both were brought by Michigan developers who were unable to build on parcels of land when they were denied Clean Water Act permits. The legal challenges amount to a frontal attack on the scope of the CWA; if successful, mor ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, news, politics, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Down for the Count
Facts and figures on poverty in the United States |
Sarah Kraybill |
13 Feb 2006 |
Counter Culture |
| $35,000 -- basic-needs budget for a U.S. family of four (two adults, two children), as calculated in An Atlas of Poverty in America 1 $19,157 -- poverty line for a family of four (two adults, two children) in the U.S. in 2004, as established by the U.S. Census Bureau 2 More Americans are feeling the squeeze. Photo: iStockphoto. $19,000 -- amount spent by Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's wife Columba during ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, lists, politics, Poverty and the Environment (all these topics) |
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Poverty & the Environment
An article index for our seven-week series |
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13 Feb 2006 |
Main Dish |
| Weeks One & Two: Land and People Week Three: Consumption Week Four: The Midpoint Week Five: The Movement Week Six: The Good Fight Week Seven: Looking Ahead Weeks One & Two: Land and People What constitutes "the environment" in American environmentalism? The iconic images of the movement -- California's redwoods, Yosemite's Half Dome, the arches at Zion -- suggest one answer: the envir ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, politics (all these topics) |
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Poverty & the Environment
Introducing a seven-week series on the intersection of economic and ecological survival |
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13 Feb 2006 |
Main Dish |
| Consider this central paradox of U.S. environmentalism: In much of popular and political culture, the movement is dismissed as the pet cause of white, well-off Americans -- people who can afford to buy organic arugula, vacation in Lake Tahoe, and worry about the fate of the Pacific pocket mouse. And yet, the population most affected by environmental problems is the po ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, politics (all these topics) |
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Bodies, Asbestos, and Motion
Controversial bill to create asbestos trust fund moves ahead in Senate |
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08 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Bodies, Asbestos, and Motion Controversial bill to create asbestos trust fund moves ahead in Senate An epic drama is playing out in the U.S. Capitol over ... asbestos. Seriously. A bill -- which, after a 98 to 1 vote in the Senate yesterday, will now move to the floor for debate -- would create a $140 billion industry-financed trust fund for victims of asbestos-related illness, but would ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, Harry Reid, health, news, politics, toxics (all these topics) |
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Unjust Breathe
Blacks more likely than whites to be breathing polluted air |
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14 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Unjust Breathe Blacks more likely than whites to be breathing polluted air Sadly, few will be shocked to hear that black Americans are more likely than whites to be breathing the nation's most unhealthy air. An Associated Press analysis of year-2000 data from two federal sources -- the EPA's Toxics Release Inventory and the Census Bureau's population count -- reveals that blacks nationwide are 79 perce ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, environmental justice, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Just Joshin'
Electric-car driver was not an eco-terrorist, FBI admits |
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16 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Just Joshin' Electric-car driver was not an eco-terrorist, FBI admits The FBI will issue a rare "letter of regret" and pay environmentalist Josh Connole $100,000 after mistakenly arresting him for domestic terrorism. Agents followed Connole for several days in 2003, after arson-vandalism attacks at four Southern California car dealerships in which gas-guz ... |
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| Topics: electric vehicles, environmental justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Black and White and Mad All Over
Unlikely allies send a dispatch from an enviro-justice tour in Michigan |
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05 Nov 2005 |
Dispatches |
| Lynn Henning (left) is a farmer whose family grows corn and soy on 300 acres in Hudson, Mich. She is an organizer with the Sierra Club's Water Sentinels program, testing local rivers and creeks for contamination from factory farms. Rhonda Anderson (right) is a single mother and longtime community activist in Detroit. She is an environmental-justice organizer for the Sierra Club. Saturday ... |
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| Topics: Dispatches, environmental justice, Michigan, politics (all these topics) |
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So a Priest Walks Into an Environmental Protest ...
Brazilian priest on hunger strike to stop water-diversion scheme |
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06 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| So a Priest Walks Into an Environmental Protest ... Brazilian priest on hunger strike to stop water-diversion scheme Roman Catholic bishop Luiz Flavio Cappio has been fasting for 10 days in a modest chapel 600 feet from Brazil's Sao Francisco River, aiming to halt a massive water-diversion project. The $1.8 billion government plan involves building hundreds of miles of canals and other infra ... |
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| Topics: Brazil, environmental justice, news, politics, water conflicts (all these topics) |
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Laws and Effect
Jay Tutchton, head of environmental law clinic, answers readers' questions |
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23 Sep 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Jay Tutchton, head of the Environmental Law Clinical Partnership. Have you encountered government resistance and hostility to the work that your clinic does? -- Evelyn Goss, Austin, Texas Frequently. The government and industry groups have long recognized that there is little distinction between having no environmental laws and having environmental laws that are not enforced. They understand ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, InterActivist, interview, politics (all these topics) |
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Law & Order: Environmental Victims Unit
Jay Tutchton, head of environmental law clinic, answers Grist's questions |
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19 Sep 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Jay Tutchton. What work do you do? I am the director of the Environmental Law Clinical Partnership at the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law. We introduce law students to the world of public-interest environmental litigation and train them in the basic skills of the trade, and we file the best lawsuits we can on behalf of our clients to advance environmental p ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, InterActivist, interview, politics (all these topics) |
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Touch and Goshute
Feds approve nuclear-waste dump on Utah tribe's land |
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12 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Touch and Goshute Feds approve nuclear-waste dump on Utah tribe's land On Friday, the Bush administration approved a controversial $3.1 billion plan for a massive temporary radioactive-waste dump on a Utah Indian reservation -- a win for nuclear-power interests. A private firm and the sovereign Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians struck up the agreement for the repository, so the plan has ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, news, politics, pollution and waste, Utah (all these topics) |
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Race to the Bottom
Slow Katrina evacuation fits pattern of injustice during crises |
Liza Featherstone |
08 Sep 2005 |
Main Dish |
| Much of the world -- including white America -- has been shocked by the devastation in New Orleans, and by the ongoing failures it has exposed at every possible level of government. Even normally unflappable TV news anchors and politicians have been moved to outrage, asking why those left behind were mostly black, poor, disabled, elderly. Veterans of the environmental-justice movem ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, Louisiana, politics (all these topics) |
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Forgive Us Our Debts
Why aren't conservationists fighting poverty? |
Jon Christensen |
11 Aug 2005 |
Soapbox |
| It's a shame. Conservationists are sitting on the sidelines while the Big Game unfolds before our eyes. A major campaign is under way to change the terms of development, alleviate crushing debt, and help poor people around the world live better lives. Successes are being racked up. And conservation and environmental groups are nowhere to be seen. There are 39 groups listed as partners in the Camp ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, non-government organizations, politics (all these topics) |
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Hear Me Out
Task force takes aim at NEPA, freaks out environmentalists |
Suzi Parker |
04 Aug 2005 |
Main Dish |
| Rep. Richard Pombo meets the press in April. Photo: U.S. House of Representatives. You have to want to get to Nacogdoches, a Texas town that's not on the way to anywhere. This eastern outpost, nearly 150 miles from Houston, is the oldest town in the state, with enough lore to fill volumes. It's the site where, in the 1700s, the legendary Father Margil struck a rock twice during a drought and water f ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, Jay Inslee, politics (all these topics) |
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