Your Take: Climate Change Is a Civil Rights Issue
- Abstract
As we honor the 40th anniversary of Earth Day and pay homage to the gifts of air, water, land, flora, fauna and the rich diversity of the animal kingdom, we must acknowledge that not all of the earth’s inhabitants have equal access to basic essential elements of life and well-being. Continued and progressive deprivation is a looming threat, in the form of climate change, to communities of color in the United States and countries predominated by people of color worldwide.
- Resource Type
- Opinion/editorial
- Author
- The Root
- Resource URL
- http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2010/04/climate_change_is_a_civil_rights_issue/
- Date
- April 23, 2010
- Organization Type
- Ngo
- Health and Human Impact
- Respiratory disease
- Climate and Environmental Impact
- Air pollution
- Other
- Climate and environmental justice/health equity