Native American Heritage Month: The decades-long struggle for environmental justice
(11/16/17 5:37am)
Today’s environmental news is filled with talk of climate change, deforestation, and pollution, as we witness reports of unseasonable weather and higher rates of unnatural disasters. Yet, there is another environmental concern that many witness as part of daily life that is not commonly discussed: environmental injustice. Environmental injustice is defined by The Environmental Justice Movement as “the disproportionate exposure to environmental harms in low-income and/or minority communities.” Environmental injustice is a pandemic that spans from large organizations to small communities near and far.