Posts Tagged ‘racism’
Tom Cormons named to new White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council
The White House today named the 26 members of the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council, a new body created to support the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to advance environmental justice nationwide by using all levers of the federal government. The first meeting is Tuesday, March 30, and will be open to the public. Learn more…
Read MorePlay Bears Witness to Knoxville’s Red Summer, 100 Years Later
“Red Summer,” a performance by The Carpetbag Theatre, Inc., highlights an episode of racial violence in Knoxville, Tenn., that occurred after a Black man was falsely accused of murder in 1919.
Read MoreHistory, health at stake in Buckingham County
The omissions and errors in the permitting process for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline regarding an African-American community in central Virginia amounts to racism. A state panel on environmental justice calls for a new process.
Read MoreA people’s tribunal on environmental justice impacts of fracked gas
Lakshmi Fjord, property owner in Buckingham County, Va., where a giant compressor station would be built, talks about the ongoing effort to stop the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the people coming together to fight it.
Read MoreCommunities Push Back Against White Supremacist Groups
In late April, citizens of Pikeville, Ky., and beyond took to the streets in opposition to the white supremacist hate groups that had converged in Eastern Kentucky for the “Take a Stand for White Working Families” rally.
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