Articles
Here is a compilation of articles on various different environmental justice topics, organized as online articles or journal articles. Read through the summaries and click on any title to read the full article!
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Online Articles
Online Articles
This article discusses why people of color, especially those living in poverty, are more at risk for COVID-19 .
This article explains how women of color face a higher mortality during pregnancies and births, and how climate change is worsening this injustice.
A brief article by the Climate Reality Project that describes what environmental racism is and why it is important to help end it.
This article explains how Indigenous people are especially affected by climate change and other environmental hazards.
This article by Vanessa Daza discusses the connections between Feminism and Environmentalism, as well as other intersectional identities in this movement.
This article by American Progress describes how environmental racism came to be and how it is affecting people today. It also talks about how we can move forward with positive change.
This article by Tristan Bove explains the origins of Ecofeminism and how it is necessary to combat environmental and feminist issues together.
This article from ProPublica discusses the severity of climate change and environmental issues are forcing people to relocate, even in America.
This article from The Atlantic explains how segregation influences racial makeups of different populations today.
This article from the Sierra Club discusses the connection between racism and environmental issues.
This article shares the perspectives of four different Indigenous leaders while explaining how important fire is to forest management.
The many maps displayed in this article focus on migrations that have been and will be prompted by the effects of climate change.
Focused on California's forests, this article describes the direct effects of controlled burns practiced by Indigenous groups on ecosystems.
A compilation of articles and essays regarding Environmental Racism issues.
A series from ProPublica that discusses the many effects of Climate Change on different communities in America.
A series from the Guardian that reports about how Climate Change is worsening environmental inequalities in the United States.
This article from the UN gives brief descriptions of 13 Indigenous activists and their contributions to achieving sustainability and social justice.
This brief article from the Center for Biological Diversity covers multiple topics of Food Justice including the roots of Food Justice, Maternal Care, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
This file from the United States EPA describes ways to go about assessing instances of Environmental Justice on various levels.
This article from Bloomberg CityLab analyzes water scarcity in major cities of the Southwestern United States. There are many interactive maps that help readers to understand how climate change and policy are affecting this issue.
Journal Articles
Journal Articles
This report was one of the first studies conducted to determine the connection between hazardous waste sites, communities of color, and impoverished communities.
This article emphasizes the importance of enforcing more sustainable farming and food production practices in order to achieve Food Justice.
This 2018 article discusses the history of capitalism and the western diet. It is also explained how diet quality is linked to environmental sustainability through various studies and research.
This philosophy article by Karen J. Warren describes how environmentalist and feminist movements are inherently connected through oppressive conceptual framework.
This article from 2016 discusses the gender roles of women and how environmental and social burdens disproportionately fall on them.
A 2019 journal article that describes the history of environmental racism and provides many current global examples.
This article explains how people can experience food insecurity and food deserts, especially in urban communities. Then solutions involving agroecology and urban infrastructure are discussed.
This article discusses how colonialism has fueled climate change and how making higher education more accessible and sustainable can aid in mitigating it.
This article covers the exposure to light pollution based on race, class, and urbanization rates. The disproportionate consequences are discussed as well as future research and potential solutions.
This article explains how the COVID-19 pandemic helped to expose systemic oppression and created more environmental injustices for marginalized communities.
This article discusses the gaps in climate education and reception between the scientific community and different groups of people, with a focus on racial and ethnic identities, social class, and gender.
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