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From the Ground Up: Environmental Racism and the Rise of the Environmental Justice Movement (Critical America)by Luke Cole
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:When Bill Clinton signed an Executive Order on Environmental Justice in 1994, the phenomenon of environmental racism — the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards, particularly toxic waste dumps and polluting factories, on people of color and low-income communities — gained unprecedented recognition. Behind the President's signature, however, lies a remarkable tale of grassroots activism and political mobilization. Today, thousands of activists in hundreds of locales are fighting for their children, their communities, their quality of life, and their health.<P>From the Ground Up critically examines one of the fastest growing social movements in the United States, the movement for environmental justice. Tracing the movement's roots, Luke Cole and Sheila Foster combine long-time activism with powerful storytelling to provide gripping case studies of communities across the U.S — towns like Kettleman City, California; Chester, Pennsylvania; and Dilkon, Arizona — and their struggles against corporate polluters. The authors effectively use social, economic and legal analysis to illustrate the historical and contemporary causes for environmental racism. Environmental justice struggles, they demonstrate, transform individuals, communities, institutions and even the nation as a whole. Book News Annotation:Cole (director, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation's Center
on Race, Poverty, and the Environment) and Foster (law, Rutgers
University) examine the movement for environmental justice in the
United States. Tracing the movement's roots and illustrating the
historical and contemporary causes of environmental racism, they
combine their analysis with a narrative account of struggles from
around the country—including those in Kettleman City, California,
Chester, Pennsylvania, and Dilkon, Arizona. In so doing, they
consider the transformative effects this movement has had on
individuals, communities, and environmental policy.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:Critically examines the eruption of the environmental justice movement by combining storytelling and case studies from communities around the U.S. that have chosen to stand up against corporate polluters.
About the AuthorLuke Cole is director of the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation's Center on Race, Poverty, and the Environment. Sheila Foster is Associate Professor at Rutgers University School of Law, Camden. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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