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January 25, 2021 80 mins
This episode of Warm Regards focuses on the intersections, but also the disconnects, between environmental justice and climate justice movements. First, Jacquelyn and Ramesh talk with Dr. Sacoby Wilson about his work with communities throughout the United States who are facing the consequences of environmental racism, and his beliefs that scientists’ publications are not enough to enact meaningful change for communities struggling with environmental injustice. We then shift to a more global frame, speaking with Dr. Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò on climate colonialism, and how climate change is inextricably linked with the histories of colonialism, and how we can avoid continuing that legacy in a warming future. To view a transcript of this episode, see our Medium page: https://ourwarmregards.medium.com/environmental-justice-and-climate-justice-with-dr-sacoby-wilson-and-dr-dr-ol%C3%BAf%E1%BA%B9%CC%81mi-o-t%C3%A1%C3%ADw%C3%B2-4c9ac0a8587d Show Notes Environmental justice factsheet from the University of Michigan: http://css.umich.edu/factsheets/environmental-justice-factsheet World Resources Institute report on the largest emitters: https://www.wri.org/blog/2014/11/6-graphs-explain-world-s-top-10-emitters Why climate change is an environmental justice issue: https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2020/09/22/climate-change-environmental-justice/ What is climate justice? https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2020/07/what-is-climate-justice/ Climate change is also a racial justice problem: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2020/06/29/climate-change-racism/ The US is the richest country in the world, with the largest wealth gap: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/business/united-states-is-the-richest-country-in-the-world-and-it-has-the-biggest-wealth-gap.html For more about how the response to Hurricane Katrina caused gentrification in New Orleans: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-12/new-orleans-gentrification-tied-to-hurricane-katrina We still don’t know how many people died in Hurricane Katrina: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/we-still-dont-know-how-many-people-died-because-of-katrina/ Don’t repeat the mistakes of the Katrina recovery: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/14/opinion/hurricane-katrina-irma-harvey.html For more about how communities of color are marginalized in terms of solar power: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/solar-powers-benefits-dont-shine-equally-on-everyone/ To read more about Dr. Sacoby WIlson’s work, visit his University of Maryland website: https://sph.umd.edu/people/sacoby-wilson Dr. Wilson directs the Community Engagement, Environmental Justice and Health Lab https://sph.umd.edu/laboratory-resources/community-engagement-environmental-justice-and-health-ceejh The Lab can also be found on Medium and Twitter: https://ceejhlab.medium.com https://twitter.com/ceejhlab Fumes Across the Fenceline https://www.naacp.org/climate-justice-resources/fumes-across-fence-line/ Coal Blooded https://www.naacp.org/climate-justice-resources/coal-blooded/ Toxic Waste and Race (1987) https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1310/ML13109A339.pdf Toxic Waste and Race at Twenty https://www.ucc.org/environmental-ministries/environmental-ministries_toxic-waste-20/ Yessenia Funes's story on Earther https://earther.gizmodo.com/im-scared-study-links-cancer-alley-air-pollution-to-hi-1843484042 To learn more about Dr. Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò and his work, see his website: http://www.olufemiotaiwo.com You can also follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OlufemiOTaiwo Selected publications by Dr. Táíwò: https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/10/10/case-for-climate-reparations-crisis-migration-refugees-inequality/ https://theconversation.com/how-a-green-new-deal-could-exploit-developing-countries-111726 “The Great Climate Migration,” an article by ProPublica and the New York Times, recommended by Dr. Táíwò https://www.propublica.org/series/the-great-climate-migration
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