Title: TASK: History of Environmental Justice in the U.S.
Course: GG 22/23 Leuphana-Copy > Section: 2.6 Environmental // Justice

Poor and minority communities tend to live in neighborhoods not far away from landfills, chemical waste facilities and power plants. Their health is at risk, but why did governments "fail" them repeatedly? Let's watch and discuss...

1. Watch the video below, take notes, and discuss the following questions:

© Source: ProPublica - Investigative journalism in the public interest
- In your opinion, is locating garbage and industrial facilities near low-income neighborhoods a case of environmental racism or a mere result of bad urban planning and land management?
- Why did George H. W. Bush create the Office of Environmental Justice inside the EPA?