Article 4AMJC 'They chose us because we were rural and poor': when environmental racism and climate change collide

'They chose us because we were rural and poor': when environmental racism and climate change collide

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Megan Mayhew Bergman
from Environment | The Guardian on (#4AMJC)

The environmental movement has a long history in America's south - yet people of color and impoverished communities continue to face dangerous pollution

It doesn't surprise me that the environmental justice movement began in the south, a place where, historically, the pressure of injustice builds until it explodes into organized resistance.

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