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.
Ep. 24: A Clean Power Postmortem
Ep. 23: Scientists Need Not Apply?
Ep. 22: The Quiet Dismantling of Obama's Environmental Legacy.
Ep. 21: Can We Talk About Climate Change Now?
Ep. 20: The Red State Paradox
Ep: 19. Renewables in the Trump Era: Doomed or Too Big to Fail?
Ep. 18: Meet the Republican Who is Breaking Ranks with Denial
Ep. 17: Trump Says Great Lakes a Local Issue. Congress Disagrees.
Ep. 16: And Environmental Justice For All?
Ep. 15: It's Not Pittsburgh or Paris. It's the Planet
Bonus Episode: Guess What Else the Border Wall Keeps Out
Ep. 14: Will This Land Still Be Your Land?
Ep. 13: The Climate of Mann
Standing Up for Science
Ep. 11: Powering Down the Clean Power Plan
Ep. 10: Three Takeaways from Trump’s First 60 Days
Ep. 9: Handcuffing the 'Food Police'
Ep. 8: Deconstructing the EPA
Ep. 7: POTUS versus WOTUS
Ep. 6: Postscript at Standing Rock
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