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200 00$aEnvironmental racism and classism /$fAnne Cunningham, book editor
210  1$aNew York :$cGreenhaven Publishing,$d2017.
215   $a1 online resource (156 pages)
225 1 $aAt issue. American politics
311   $a1-5345-0016-2 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $a1. Building momentum for the environmental justice movement / Renee Skelton and Vernice Miller -- 2. Strategies to fight environmental injustice at home and abroad / Robert Bullard -- 3. Flint's water crisis fits a pattern of environmental injustice / Jean Ross -- 4. Religious voices play a critical role in environmental justice / Julia Watts Belser -- 5. The food industry is complicit with environmental racism / Food Empowerment Project -- 6. Government response to environmental hazards in minority communities is too slow / Ryan Schwier and Peter Elliott -- 7. Environmental racism is supported by the evidence / H. Spencer Banzhaf -- 8. Economics cannot justify unequal environmental risks / Rachel Massey -- 9. "Environmental justice" obscures persistent racism / Bryan K. Bullock -- 10. Environmental racism does not exist / David Friedman -- 11. Environmental racism should be put in perspective / Kent Jeffries -- 12. Corporations and governments place profits ahead of people / Anup Shah -- 13. India has not done enough to protect the environment after Bhopal / Edward Broughton -- 14. Environmentalism must bridge its racial divide / Brentin Mock -- 15. "Big green" NGOs placate liberal consciences, but do little good / Kat Stevens.
330   $aThis book provides many examples of poor and minority communities that suffer physically, emotionally, and financially from living in a toxic environment. With no political clout and few available resources, these victims find themselves abandoned by the environmental movement and bullied by environmental policies.
410  0$aAt issue (San Diego, Calif.)
606   $aEnvironmental justice
606   $aEnvironmentalism$xSocial aspects
610   $aEnvironmental racism.
615  0$aEnvironmental justice.
615  0$aEnvironmentalism$xSocial aspects.
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