Living Downstream Visits Birthplace of Environmental Justice
This story comes from Warren County, North Carolina. In the early 1980s, Warren County became a flash point in the fight for something that didn’t have a commonly used name at the time: environmental...
View ArticleLiving Downstream: The Klamath Water Wars
This is the story of a 15-year conflict over what would be the biggest dam removal ever, a modern cowboys and Indians tale that shows how victories for Native American rights still come with fits of...
View ArticleEnvironmental Justice for Non-Recognized Tribes
Non-Federally Recognized Tribes Struggle to Protect Environmental and Cultural Assets By Debra Utacia Krol and Allison Herrera Read more about federally non-recognized tribes. Valentin Lopez was...
View Article'Living Downstream' Exposes Agent Orange Plight in Florida
Last year we brought you the story of civilian workers at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, who tested the defoliant Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. Today these workers are in their 70s and 80s...
View ArticleLiving Downstream Podcast: Season 2 Preview
Season 2 of Living Downstream: The Environmental Justice Podcast premieres Earth Day (4/22/21). Producers are checking in from around the country, from California to North Carolina. And we'll talk with...
View ArticleStruggling to Breathe in the Bronx
More than a year into the pandemic, the Bronx is still the New York City borough with the highest death rate from COVID-19. That's where we begin the second season of our Living Downstream podcast....
View ArticleCatherine Coleman Flowers: Warrior for Environmental Justice
On this episode of Living Downstream, we meet Catherine Coleman Flowers. In 2020, she released her first book, Waste: One Woman's Fight Against America's Dirtiest Secret. The book documents her...
View ArticleNew Growth in the Birthplace of Environmental Justice - Encore
The 40th anniversary of PCB protests in North Carolina is about to be commemorated. To mark the occasion, we revisit one of the most listened-to episodes from our first season. This story comes from...
View ArticleGenerations in Houston's 5th Ward Contend With Contamination, Cancer Clusters
On this episode of Living Downstream, we visit Houston's Greater Fifth Ward, to learn how creosote contamination has degraded the health of people living near a rail yard. We talk with residents, who...
View ArticleWest Oakland's 'Diesel Death Zone'
For decades, community members and allies have complained about the diesel truck traffic around the Port of Oakland. People who live in this neighborhood, between several freeways and backing up to one...
View ArticleChicken Country, North Carolina: Justice on the Factory Floor
On this episode of Living Downstream: The Environmental Justice Podcast, Victoria Bouloubasis visits a rural county where the multicultural workforce kept America fed during the pandemic. We'll meet...
View ArticleDegrees of Injustice: The Social Inequity of Urban Heat Islands
On this episode of Living Downstream, Texas Public Radio’s Yvette Benavides takes us to Central and South Texas where summer days are frequently in the upper 90’s, but where in many low income...
View ArticleThe Little Town That Would Transform the World
On this episode of Living Downstream, we take you to a little city with big plans for changing the world. While we’re there, we ask what role local governments can play in the movement for climate...
View ArticleThe Sea Next Door
From Northern California Public Media and Mensch Media, this edition of Living Downstream is guest hosted by Molly Peterson. This time, from the Coachella Valley, east of Los Angeles, we’re talking...
View ArticleHealth, Wealth and Race in Today's Louisiana
This season, we’re looking at environmental racism across the country, and today that takes us to the sugarcane covered, oil-rich region at the intersection of southern Louisiana and the Gulf of...
View ArticleSeeking Justice: On Repeat, In Every Language, Unceasingly
For this final Living Downstream episode of the season, we're dropping in on three recent webinars: One gathering considered Social and Environmental Justice at Upaya Zen Center in New Mexico. Another...
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