Environmental Justice Grabs a Megaphone in the Climate Movement

Type: 
Literature
Publication: 
Mckenna, Phil . “Environmental Justice Grabs a Megaphone in the Climate ...” Inside climate news, 5 Jan. 2018, insideclimatenews.org/news/04012018/environmental-justice-climate-activism-standing-rock-black-lives-matter.
Year Published: 
2018
Organization: 
Inside Climate News
Description: 

From the Native American standoff against a crude oil pipeline at Standing Rock to leadership at this year's United Nations climate conference by Fiji, a small island nation whose very existence is threatened by sea level rise, 2017 was the year the needs of the dispossessed washed like a wave to the forefront of the environmental movement.

Category: 
indigenous, environmental justice, racial justice, activism, climate change