Environmental justice has the White House's attention, building on 40 years of struggle – but California suggests new funding won't immediately solve deeply entrenched problems
- Written by Tracy Perkins, Assistant Professor, School of Social Transformation, Arizona State University
Smokestacks in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Wilmington.Citizen of the Planet/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesA new office within the Environmental Protection Agency is bringing increased attention to a once-obscure concept: environmental justice.
The Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights will...





