By Rachel Godsil (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) In November 1995, the East New York Community Committee Against the Incinerator celebrated a victory: the Committee had just defeated a wood-waste incinerator slated for a permit in the primarily African-American and Latino community of Brooklyn's East New York area. A few months later, another Brooklyn … [Read more...] about “The Streets, the Courts, the Legislature and the Press: Where Environmental Struggles Happen” by Rachel Godsil (May-June 1996 P&R Issue)
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“Race and Poverty Data as a Tool in the Struggle for Environmental Justice” by Mary L. Moss (July-June 1996 P&R Issue)
By Kary L. Moss (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) This Special Issue of Poverty & Race, for which I am Guest Editor- the second half of which will appear in the next issue-focuses on the importance of racial and other demographic data in the Environmental Justice Movement. A common theme in the four case-studies presented here is the importance of information … [Read more...] about “Race and Poverty Data as a Tool in the Struggle for Environmental Justice” by Mary L. Moss (July-June 1996 P&R Issue)
