Environmental Justice Concerns in the Gulf Coast
It has been over 100 days since the explosion of British Petroleum’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig and we are months into the recovery and clean-up efforts of the largest oil spill in United States history. A new report by Robert…
E-Newsletter 4.2 – Environmental Justice Advocacy, Race, and Poverty (Part II)
Welcome to the second part of our e-newsletter series on environmental justice advocacy, race, and poverty. This e-newsletter highlights two case studies of environmental justice advocacy conducted in Northern California and details a successful university-community-advocate partnership to combat environmental and…
A case study of environmental justice work in West Oakland
I teach at Golden Gate University School of Law, in San Francisco, at our law school’s in-house clinic, which is staffed by lawyers, students and an environmental scientist. The Clinic primarily serves low-income communities bearing disproportionate environmental burdens. Our clients…