Steve Curwood

2 months ago | insideclimatenews.org | Steve Curwood

From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, aninterview by host Steve Curwood with journalist David Brancaccio. The Los Angeles fires this January ravaged entire neighborhoods, reducing thousands of homes to ashes. And one of those homes belonged to David Brancaccio. Brancaccio has worked in public radio and television for decades, and is best known as the host and senior editor of Marketplace Morning Report.

2 months ago | insideclimatenews.org | Steve Curwood

From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, aninterview by host Steve Curwood with the Rev. Ben Chavis, an environmental justice pioneer. In 1981, civil rights leader the Rev. Ben Chavis coined the phrase “environmental racism” after he was arrested for protesting North Carolina’s decision to dump tons of toxic waste in poor, predominantly Black Warren County.

2 months ago | ecotopical.com | Steve Curwood

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2 months ago | asianamericans.einnews.com | Steve Curwood

In 1981, civil rights leader the Rev. Ben Chavis coined the phrase “environmental racism” after he was arrested for protesting North Carolina’s decision to dump tons of toxic waste in poor, predominantly Black Warren County. Six weeks of demonstrations failed to stop the toxic dump, but the publicity sparked a movement that’s now known as environmental justice. North Carolina’s governor Jim Hunt eventually apologized, but it took until 2004 before the PCBs in Warren County were finally cleaned up.

Jul 6, 2024 | znetwork.org | Jade Stevens |Steve Curwood

Green spaces tend to be harder to come by in communities of color, one of the many consequences of redlining, the racist practice of denying mortgages to Black families. And Black and brown people often feel unsafe and unwelcome in wilderness and park areas dominated by white recreators. In a 2020 incident that went viral, a white woman called the police on a Black man who was birding in Central Park in New York City, sparking awareness about racism in outdoor spaces.