There’s a growing understanding that racial disparities in the U.S. extend beyond policing, to public health and the environment. Communities of color are more likely to breathe polluted air, live near polluting industries and be exposed to toxic chemicals. And now COVID-19 is disproportionately threatening these same communities
Our guest is environmental justice leader Mustafa Santiago Ali. From 1993-2017, Ali served as Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization and Assistant Associate Administrator as a founding member of the EPA Office of Environmental Justice. But when the Trump administration proposed drastically cutting EPA’s budget and eliminating the Office of Environmental Justice, Ali resigned in protest. Now Ali is the VP of environmental justice at the National Wildlife Federation.
Series Finale
"Sound science is not leading the decisions made by this nation."
Trump’s Last Act: Drilling in the Arctic Refuge
What does Biden's win mean for the environment and the fight to rein in climate change?
How the Environment is Playing in Swing States
Will 2020 be the Year of the Climate Voter?
Trump vs the Courts
Losing RBG
Labor Unions and Environmentalists Join Forces to Defeat Trump
Why the Trump Administration is Rolling Back a Climate Rule that Big Oil Actually Likes
@ Interior: Victories and Defeats for Oil Industry
2020: Our last chance to save the planet?
Major defeats for pipelines…and Trump.
Trump issues final rules to weaken NEPA
Living on Earth: Bill McKibben on the Divestment Movement
Tracking Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks
Can Joe Biden Convince Climate Voters He Is One of Them?
Trump's Executive Order to Keep Meat Plants Open Could Be Risky. Here's Why.
If it Ain't Broke What Are We Fixing, Exactly?
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