Pour beaucoup, le réchauffement climatique peut sembler un problème distant, voire inexistant. Pourtant, dans de nombreux pays aux réalités géographiques et démographiques contrastées, ses effets se font déjà lourdement sentir, exacerbant des difficultés profondément enracinées. Au Bangladesh, la contamination de … Continue reading
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Unveiling the Fight Against Environmental Racism in Canada with Bill C-226
Envision a reality where environmental degradation is not a matter of bad luck but a targeted oversight, one that disproportionately impacts your community. Here, the very elements meant to nurture life, air, water, and soil, become silent aggressors under the … Continue reading
A path to disaster: Unpacking Lebanon’s Environmental Failures
“A thousand times dead, a thousand times relived,” echoes Lebanon’s history. Injustices. Corruption. Theft. Revolt. Resistance. Persistence. This phrase encapsulates the resilience of a nation striving to live in a country that mirrors its true essence, battling not just the … Continue reading
The covert nature of environmental racism and its consequences
Black civil rights leader Benjamin Chavis coined the term “environmental racism” back in the 80s as a way to describe the situation of environmentally harmful facilities primarily in minority communities. Essentially, these communities are disproportionately affected by the pollution of … Continue reading
Bill C-230: Confronting Environmental Racism in Canada
Environmental injustice and racial injustice tend to be recognized as separate issues, therefore Bill C-230, which puts them in conversion with one another, is crucial. However, this bill is only our starting point and there is a long ways to go.