Recognizing Earth Day two days following the Chauvin verdict illustrates this complex, abstract, exhausting, and overwhelming image of what being a Black environmentalist in America consists of. The fight for climate change in the eyes of white environmental scientists, economists, lawyers, consultants, conservationists, journalists, and advocates can be isolated into one issue, dimension, and reality; … Continue reading Celebrating Earth Day While Mourning
(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) Whenever I would travel across the Schuylkill River in the great city of brotherly love, it would feel like I was entering a scene of a horror film. Looking out the window from the Girard Point Bridge, I’d see smoke coming out of enormous gas plants, creating a dark, gloomy, foggy … Continue reading How an Oil Refinery violated ‘The Right to Breathe’ in South Philadelphia
(A/P JOHN MINCHILLO, CTV NEWS) The mission of this blog is to spread awareness on the environmental injustices that occur in vulnerable communities from corporations, industries, and capitalist America creating greenhouse emissions. Emissions in areas where these point sources are not forced to send their children to school in, but what black communities are forced … Continue reading “I CAN’T BREATHE”
It is inevitable that poorer communities are hit the hardest when a crisis occurs. Whether it is a natural disaster, economic recession, or pandemic, communities of lower income are impacted far greater than any other. Unemployment rates in this country are increasing drastically, the 2.2 million students who depend on the free /low-cost meals from … Continue reading How Environmental Racism and COVID-19 are Connected
Nicetown is a neighborhood located in Northwestern Philadelphia with a population of 4,540. 85% of that population are African American. For the past couple of years, protesters were seen in Nicetown on Wissahickon Avenue, a site where a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) natural gas power plant will be operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation … Continue reading The Right to Clean Air in Nicetown, Philadelphia
The March for Science was held on Earth Day two years ago in Washington D.C. Organizers and protesters came together to support the fight for Climate Change and the Trump's administration take on the issue. Photo : Bitania Yemane. Do you care about the air you breathe, the water you drink? That is a short … Continue reading An Introduction: What is Environmental Justice and Why Should I Care?
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