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Tag Archive 'South Bronx'

South Bronx Fights For the Right to Clean Air

Posted in Environmental Justice, Waste on Jul 14th, 2008

South Bronx residents have apparently had enough of the noxious fumes filling their neighborhood.   Ten residents along with Mothers on the Move (MOM), a local environmental justice group, have called in the help of NRDC to bring a lawsuit against the companies that operate the nearby sewage and fertilizer factories.  We hope they get […]

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Changing the Color of Green in the South Bronx

Posted in Community, Environmental Justice on Jul 9th, 2008

The New Republic has an awesome video on environmentalism in the South Bronx. From writer-reporter Dayo Olopade:
This video marks the first of a TNR TV series that will take an issues approach to contemporary environmentalism. This episode deals with matters of class and race in the green movement, with particular focus on the South Bronx–incorporating […]

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