{"id":3179,"date":"2020-10-01T10:40:01","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T15:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.org\/?p=3179"},"modified":"2021-01-26T13:20:03","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T18:20:03","slug":"environmental-racism-climate-change-disproportionately-affects-people-of-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.org\/environmental-racism-climate-change-disproportionately-affects-people-of-color\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental racism: Climate change disproportionately affects people of color"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-3180 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Refinery-fire.jpg\" alt=\"Onlookers view a refinery fire from a distance as black plumes fill the air.\" width=\"485\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Refinery-fire.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/combonimissionaries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Refinery-fire-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/combonimissionaries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Refinery-fire-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/combonimissionaries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Refinery-fire-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/combonimissionaries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Refinery-fire-200x120.jpg 200w, https:\/\/combonimissionaries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Refinery-fire-400x240.jpg 400w, https:\/\/combonimissionaries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Refinery-fire-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/combonimissionaries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Refinery-fire-800x480.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/>In recent months, the larger climate movement has started <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">to embrace the fight <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">against environmental <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">racism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Environmental racism is <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">the disproportionate <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">impact environmental <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">hazards have on people <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">of color. Environmental <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">justice is the movement\u2019s response to environmental racism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/greenaction.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">GreenAction<\/span><\/a> <\/strong>\u2014 a grassroots environmental justice <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">movement, &#8220;Environmental racism refers to the institutional rules, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">regulations, policies or government and\/or corporate decisions that <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">deliberately target certain communities for locally undesirable land uses <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">and lax enforcement of zoning and environmental laws, resulting in <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">communities being disproportionately exposed to toxic and hazardous <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">waste based upon race.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Not only do threats related to climate change disproportionately affect <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">developing countries (in which a majority of citizens are people of color), <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">but negative environmental activity affects communities of color in <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">developed nations much more seriously than white communities. In the <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">United States, the communities most likely to experience environmental <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">racism are the indigenous communities and poor urban black <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In July, <em>Time<\/em> magazine wrote about environmental racism, stating &#8220;For <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">decades, environmental-justice advocates in the U.S. have worked to <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">bring attention to the heightened environmental risks faced by <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">communities of color: higher levels of lead exposure, higher risks of facing <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">catastrophic flooding, and poorer air quality, to name just a few.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Photo Credit: <em>Pollution released by refinery fire. Greg Kunit\/Creative <\/em><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Commons (Flickr)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Read more from <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5864704\/environmental-racism-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Time Magazine<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. Read more from the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/press\/en\/2019\/gaef3516.doc.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UN<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent months, the larger climate movement has started to embrace the fight against environmental racism. Environmental racism is the disproportionate impact environmental hazards have on people of color. 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