Race and
Environmental
Degradation
US Focus:
Racism: It's in the Water
Why are people of color hardest hit by toxic air and water?
Race Best Predicts Whether You Live Near Pollution
Environmental racism extends far beyond Flint.
Autralia Focus:
Rio Tinto’s destruction of Juukan Gorge (article & video)
ANTAR website, 2025
https://www.antar.org.au/issues/cultural-heritage/the-destruction-of-juukan-gorge/
‘A stench of tokenism’: how environmental reforms ignore First Nations knowledge (article)
The Conversation, 2023
Aotearoa/NZ Focus:
The Resource Curse (article)
Catherine Delahunty, E-Tangata, 2026
https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/the-resource-curse/
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