greenjustice

A collection of all news articles tagged with Green Justice

The foul air outside my window

A small -- and impoverished -- tribe in Nevada suffers from the health impacts of a nearby pollution-spewing coal-fired power plant.

by William Anderson , Oct 20, 2011
Greening a city ... and pushing other colors out

The proposed redevelopment of San Francisco's Bayview neighborhood worries its longtime black residents, who fear gentrification will drive them out.

by Rachel Waldholz, May 31, 2011
Activist brings diversity to green orgs

Marcelo Bonta's Center for Diversity & the Environment works to bring people of color into the environmental movement.

by Terri Hansen, Dec 23, 2010
Fields of dreams

"Farmworker Reality Tours" teach citizens about the lives of California's migrant farmworkers.

by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Oct 31, 2010
Breathing easy

In West Oakland, Calif., the Breathmobile fights inner city asthma.

by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Oct 08, 2010
A mobile health solution

A day with the asthma-fighting crusaders of West Oakland, Calif.

by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Oct 08, 2010
The life and death of Desert Rock

The Navajo Nation's proposed 1,500-megawatt coal plant always rested on shaky ground. Now, it may collapse entirely.

by Laura Paskus, Aug 13, 2010
Into the wild

Rue Mapp's group Outdoor Afro encourages black people to explore nature and learn about things like bird-watching.

by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Jun 25, 2010
Urban habitat

The ups and downs of an Audubon nature center in the middle of low-income urban L.A.

by Cally Carswell, May 05, 2010
Sinclair flare up

The Sinclair, Wyo., oil refinery has long been one of the state's most notorious polluters, but until recently, no one seemed to care.

by Cally Carswell, Apr 23, 2010
Just journalism, or hegemonic narrative?

Sofia Martinez responds to High Country News' coverage of environmental justice in Albuquerque's Mountain View neighborhood.

by Sofia Martinez, Mar 25, 2010
The Forgotten Mesa

Without basic services, life on Pajarito Mesa is all about surviving.

by Cally Carswell, Feb 05, 2010
The Shot Heard Round the West

Twenty years after the SouthWest Organizing Project accused conservation groups of ignoring environmental justice, diversity in the movement remains elusive.

by Marty Durlin, Feb 01, 2010
'The environment ... is where we live'

A group of determined activists in Mountain View, N.M., fights for environmental justice in a poor and polluted neighborhood.

by Arla Shephard and Ray Ring, Feb 01, 2010
The Group of 10 respond

Two decades after the SWOP letter, the big environmental groups report their progress on the issue of environmental justice.

by Marty Durlin, Feb 01, 2010
Dueling Claims

A tribal attempt to protect New Mexico's Mount Taylor sparks a bitter struggle over uranium mining, religious differences and claims to an ancient landscape.

by Laura Paskus, Dec 02, 2009
Is Obama's goal of diversity trumping other goals?

Three recent Obama nominations have drawn flak from environmentalists.

by Ray Ring, Sep 03, 2009
The dark side of dairies

A combination of lax laws and poor oversight leaves dairy workers vulnerable to exploitation and on-the-job dangers.

by Rebecca Clarren, Aug 24, 2009
On the waterfront

Bay Area environmental leader Whitney Dotson works to restore his community's waterways -- and health.

by Jeremy Miller, Jun 08, 2009
Rebooting Urban Watersheds

In California, grassroots activists work to restore damaged East Bay waterways and the impoverished communities that surround them.

by Jeremy Miller, Jun 08, 2009