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| TABLE OF CONTENTS | Volume IX, Number 4
JULY/AUGUST 1998 |
COVER STORY
TOXIC TARGETS - Polluters That Dump on Communities of Color Are Finally Being Brought to Justice
Polluters That Dump on Communities of Color Are Finally Being Brought to Justice
By Jim Motavalli
CONVERSATIONS
DR. ROBERT BULLARD - Some People Don't Have 'The Complexion for Protection'
When, in 1979, Dr. Robert Bullard wrote a study called Solid Waste Sites and the Black Houston Community, nobody had heard of environmental racism (see the special report in this issue). It would be three more years before anyone used that phrase, but Dr. Bullard had plainly made the connection between toxic siting and communities of color, leading to the first lawsuit, Bean v. Southwestern Waste Management, (filed by his wife) that used civil rights law to challenge environmental discrimination. By 1991, when Bullard helped plan the first National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C., the fight for environmental justice was well-established, with activists from around the country making common cause with each other.
By Jim Motavalli
GREEN LIVING
CONSUMER NEWS: HEAD FOR THE HILLS - Low Impact Gear for the Great Outdoors
By Tracey C. Rembert
ECO-HOME: LIVING FILTERS - Do Houseplants Really Improve Indoor Air?
By Tracey C. Rembert
YOUR HEALTH: MERCURY RISING - Our Seafood Is Increasingly Contaminated With Toxins
By Becky Gillette
MONEY MATTERS: A SQUARE DEAL - Fair Trade Is Good Business For Third World Producers
By Lauren Otis
GOING GREEN: ALASKA IN MINIATURE - A Family Adventure on the Kenai Peninsula
By Wendee Holtcamp
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WHEN GREEN MEANS STOP
CURRENTS
THE DESERT'S OPEN VEINS - Native Rights and Water Fights in Albuquerque
HARVEST OF SHAME - Dissection's Deadly Toll Hits Frogs Hardest
OPENING THE IVORY DOOR - An Exercise in Democracy Pits Conservation Against Animal Rights
WHAT PRICE, MTBE? - A "Green" Gas Additive May be Causing More Problems Than It's Solving
BIRTH CONTROL OR BORDER PATROL? - The Sierra Club Votes Down an Immigration Initiative
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