December 16, 2009
Environmental Justice
Climate Justice
By Peggy M. Shepard and Cecil Corbin-Mark
This special issue edited by West Harlem Environmental Action (WE ACT) highlights climate justice: The need to develop studies, policies, and interventions that address the ethical and human rights dimensions of global warming, the disproportionate burden of legacy pollution, the unsustainable rise in energy costs for low- income families, and the impacts of energy extraction, refining, and manufacturing on vulnerable communities....
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