News 2018

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1. 12/20/2018 “Robert Bullard: Environmental Justice Isn’t Just Slang, It’s Real,”  Oliver Milman, The Guardian
2. 12/18/2018 “Op-Ed: Trump’s Climate Report Makes Clear that Environmental Injustice Exists,” Robert D. Bullard, PBS.
3. 12/06/2018 “Why Energy Justice: by Robert Bullard, the Father of Environmental Justice,” Raya Salter, LinkedIn Blog.
4. 12/05/2018 “What Response to Climate Change Gives You Hope?”  Movement Leaders, The Progressive.
5. 12/04/2018 Watch “Father of Environmental Justice” Dr. Robert Bullard and former vice president Al Gore discuss health and economic impacts of climate change on vulnerable U.S. communities | The Climate Reality Project 24 Hours of Reality (HR-23) 27:46.
6. 11/23/2018 “Climate Change Will Shrink US Economy and Kill Thousands, Government Report Warns,” Jon Christensen and Michael Nedelman, CNN.
7. 11/01/2018 “New Book Examines Energy, Justice, How Policy Affects Those Outside of Decision Makers, Politicians,” KU News Service. KU Today. Edited by Raya Salter, Carmen Gonzalez, and Elizabeth Ann Kronk Warner, with Foreword by Robert D. Bullard,  Energy Justice: U.S. and International Perspectives(Edward Elgar Publishing, November 2018).
8. 10/19/2018 “Want to Build a Stronger Climate Movement? Integrate,,” Climate Nexus with Robert D. Bullard, Huffington Post.
9. 09/14/2018 “A Bus Tour Through the Past, Present and Future of Environmental Justice,” Gregory Scruggs, Next City.
10. 09/07/2018 “When the Freedom to Breathe in a Privilege,” Christina Colon, Sojourner.
11. 08/29/2018 “Power at the People’s Tribunal on Harvey Recovery in Houston,” Larisa Manescu, Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club.
12. 08/03/2018  A Call to Support GoFundMe Campaign to Raise $25,000 to Send 100 Youth and Student Climate Leaders the the Sixth Annual HBCU Climate Change Conference to be held in New Orleans, LA from September 20-23, 2018.
13. 08/01/2018  Dr. Robert D. Bullard was Named One of 22 Climate Trailblazers and will be attending the Global Climate Action Conference to be held in San Francisco, CA from September 12-14, 2018. Of the 22 Climate Trailblazers, six live in North America, three in Central or South America, two in Europe, four in Africa, three in Asia and four in Australia or Oceania.
14. 08/01/2018  “Global Climate Action Summit Selects 22 Climate Trailblazers Ahead of Landmark Event,” Global Climate Action Summit, Feature Press Release.
15. 05/01/2018 “Harris County Votes in Favor of Aug. 25 for Multi-Billion-Dollar Flood Control Bond Election,” Mihir Zaveri, Houston Chronicle.
16. 04/23/2018  “Precarious Life of Texas Farmworkers Becomes Riskier with Warming,” Scott Waldman, Scientific American.
17. 03/25/2018  Robert Bullard to Give Honorary Geographer Talk at 2018 AAG Conference in New Orleans, “Father of Environmental Justice” Blog, DrRobertBullard.com.
18. 3/22/2018 “Birmingham Activists Score a Victory for Environmental Justice,” Rachel Dovey, Next City.
19. 03/16/2018 “Questions of Environmental Justice Take Center Stage,” Investigative Reporting Workshop, American University School of Communication.
20. 03/13/2018 “Hip Hop Caucus Launches New Environmental Justice Podcast,” Ayana Byrd, Color Lines.
21. 03/06/2018 “Environmental Racism Case: EPA Rejects Alabama Town’s Claim Over Toxic Landfill,” Oliver Milman, The Guardian.
22. 03/02/2018 “EPA Finds Black Americans Face More Health-Threatening Air Pollution,” Phil McKenna, Inside Climate News.
23. 03/01/2018 “Why Race Matters When We Talk About the Environment: An Interview with Robert Bullard,” Lauren Reed, Greenpeace USA.
24. 02/26/2018  “We Can’t Truly Protect the Environment Unless We Tackle Social Justice Issues Too,” Amal Ahmed, Popular Science.
25. 02/26/2018  ”Six Months After Harvey, Environmental Justice and Climate Change Absent from Houston’s Recovery Plans,” Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now.
26. 02/25/2018 “Africatown: Small Black Town Fighting a Billion Dollar Company That’s Devastating Its Community with Toxic Waste,” Amara Jackson, Atlanta Black Star.
27. 02/22/2018 “In 46 States, People of Color Deal with More Air Pollution Than White People Do, Study Finds,” Nidhi Subbaraman, Buzzfeed News.
28. 02/08/2018  “Battle Over Dirty Air Brewing in West Oakland,” Amal Ahmed, KQED Science.
29. 02/06/2018 Dr. Robert Bullard is Keynote Speaker at the Just Transition 2018 Conference “The Just Transition Towards a Low-Carbon Economy – Integrating Climate, Energy and Environmental Justice” | March 1-2, 2018 | Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
30. 02/05/2018 Dr. Robert D. Bullard to join former Houston Mayor Bill White as keynote speakers at the Air Alliance Houston’s State of the Air Gala | Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. | Health Museum – Houston, Texas.
31. 01/19/2018 “Q&A: From Accidental Environmentalist to the Father of Environmental Justice,” Lisa Patterson, Davidson College News.
32. 01/16/2018 “Waste Dumps Remain a Burden for Minority Neighborhoods,” Elizabeth Miller, WOSU Public Media.
33. 01/15/2018 “MLK’s Environmental Justice Threatened by Trump Administration,”  Catalina Jaramillo, StateImpact Pennsylvania.
34. 01/13/2018 “Environmental Consortium Addressing Inequality Convenes in Houston on Saturday,” Cindy George, Houston Chronicle.
35. 01/09/2018 “National Academies  Announce Initiative on Climate Communication: Appoints Advisory Committee.” National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) Press Release.
36. 04/23/2018  “Precarious Life of Texas Farmworkers Becomes Riskier with Warming,” Scott Waldman, Scientific American.
37. 01/03/2018 “Beyond Standing Rock: Environmental Justice Suffered Setbacks in 2017,” Phil McKenna, Inside Climate News.
38. 01/01/2018  “2018 Urban Planning Faculty Citation Analysis,”  Tom Sanchez, Planning Knowledge and Research.

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