News 2019

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1. 12/04/2019 “Students at Houston ‘Environmental Justice’ School Among Young People Seeking Climate Action,”  Perla Trevizo, Houston Chronicle.
2. 11/02/19 “2020 Dems Target Inequality with Green Plans,” Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill.
3. 10/25/2019 “Acres Homes is No Place for a Concrete Plant and Other Polluters [Editorial],” Editorial Board, Houston Chronicle.
4. 10/22/2019 “Guardian Debuts Environmental Justice Series with Dedicated Reporter,” Ruth McCambridge, Nonprofit Quarterly.
5. 10/21/2019 “Racism Dictates Who Gets Dumped on: How Environmental Injustice Divides the World”
6. 10/11/2019 “Managed Retreat from Climate Change is Leaving the Most Vulnerable Behind,” Drew Costley, One Zero.
7. 10/07/2019 “Black Communities Need Climate Help, Groups Tell Congress,” Stephen Lee, Dean Scott and Tiffany Stecker, Bloomberg Energy & Environment Report.
8. 10/07/2019 “Sustainability Efforts Must Address Social Inequalities forst, Environmental Justice Scholar Says,” Jalen Blue, Vanderbilt MyVU.
9. 10/06/2019 “Peabody Hosts Environmental Justice Expert Dr. Robert Bullard for Dean’s Diversity Series Lecture,”  Adin McGurk, Vanderbilt Hustler.
10. 09/26/2019 “Professor Recognized for Activism: William Julius Award Honors People Who Promote Diversity,” Kaitlyn Tejero, The Daily Evergreen.
11. 09/13/2019 “The Environmental Movement Needs to Reckon with Its Racist History,” Julian Brave Noisecat, Vice.
12. 09/10/2019 “Houston Hopes Thursday’s Democratic Debate at Historically Blck University Drives Conversation,” Melanie Eversley, Forbes.
13. 09/10/2019  “Environmental Racism: It’s Real and Democratic Candidates Must Show How They’ll Address It,” [Opinion] Robert D. Bullard, The Houston Chronicle.
14. 09/05/2019 “Environmental Justice Was a Climate Forum Theme: Here’s Why,” Maggie Astor, The New York Times.
15. 08/29/2019 Dr. Robert Bullard: The Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication. Climate One Release. The award recognizes a natural or social scientist who has made extraordinary scientific contributions and communicated that knowledge to a broad public in a clear and compelling fashion.
16. 08/09/2019 “TV News Must Do A Better Job Covering Environmental Justice. Here Are Some Good Examples,” Evlondo Cooper, Media Matters of America.
17. 08/19/2019 “Intelligence Thieves: How Toxic Pollutants Are Robbing Communities of Color,” Tara Lohan, The Revelator.
18. 08/08/2019 Dr. Robert D. Bullard to receive the 2019 William Julius Wilson Award for the Advancement of Social Justice and will give lecture “The Question for Environmental, Climate and Racial Justice in the United States” at Washington State University, Pullman, WA  September 25, 2019.
19. 07/08/2019 “Cancer Alley Residents Take the Fight for Environmental Justice on the Road,”  Julie Dermansky, DeSmog.
20. 06/28/2019  “Chair Grijalva, Rep. McEachin Launch Historic Efforts to Draft Environmental Justice Bill Based on Feedback at Environmental Justice Convening,” Chairman Raul Grjalva, U.S. Congress, Natural Resources Committee.
21. 06/27/2019 “Video: Rep. Donald McEachin, Raul Grijalva Host ‘First-of-Its-Kind’ Congressional Convening on Environmental Justice,” Blue Virginia.
22. 06/14/2019 “W. Kamau Bell: Heed the Warning Sign Toxic Cities Are Sending,” W. Kamau Bell, CNN United Shades of America.
23. 06/12/2019  “Not in My Backyard: Environmental Justice 101,” Marshall Shepherd, Forbes
24. 05/31/2019 “CNN Ran a ‘Climate Justice’ Segment and This is Progress,” Justine Calma, Grist.
25. 05/29/2019 “CNN Story Examines How Climate Change and Environmental Racism Harms Communities of Color,” Evlondo Cooper, Media Matter.
26. 05/29/2019  “How Climate Change Impacts People of Color,” Bill Weir, CNN.
27. 05/21/2019 “Trash-Burning Power Plants Wind Up in Our Most Marginalized Communities, Report Finds,” Yessenia Funes, Earther.
28. 04/24/2019 “Robert Bullard on Environmental Justice,” Washington Journal, C-SPAN.
29. 04/23/2019 “Dr. Robert Bullard Interview: What Role Does Race Play in Shaping Environmental Policies,” Here and Now, NPR.
30. 04/17/2019 “Dr. Robert Bullard: Lessons from 40 Years of Documenting Environmental Racism,” Tara Lohan, The Revelator.
31. 04/11/2019 “Unsafe to Stay, Unable to Go: Half a Million Face Flooding Risk in Government Homes,” Sarah Mervosh, The New York Times.
32. 04/10/2019 “COMMENTARY: Environmental Racism is Real, Destructive and Deadly,”  Stacy M. Brown, Black Press USA.
33. 04/01/2019 “They Don’t Call It Cancer Alley for Nothing,” Jesse Lu Baum, Big Easy Magazine.
34. 03/20/2019 Dr. Robert D. Bullard was recently named to Apolitical Climate 100: The World’s Most Influential People in Climate Policy list for 2019.  Professor Bullard was selected in the Academic and Advocacy category.
35. 03/11/2019 “Blacks, Hispanics Breathe More Pollution Than They Make,” Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press.
36. 03/11/2019 “Unequal Air: Pollution from Whites Disproportionately Affects Blacks, Hispanics,” Doyle Rice, USA Today.
37.  03/07/2019 “FSU Hosts Father of Environmental Justice,” Kara Irby, Florida State University News.
38. 02/21/2019 “Greening the Community: The Father of Environmental Justice,” Jamie Valentine, Tallahassee.com Community Blogs.
39. 02/19/2019 “Black History Month: Why African Americans Are Leading Fight for Environmental Justice,” Robert D. Bullard, OpEdNews.
40. 02/01/2019 “Some of Houston’s Most Historic Neighborhoods Are Becoming Top Spots to Own a Home,” Rebecca Hennes, The Houston Chronicle.
41. 01/31/2019 “Professor: Lower Income Communitie Subjected to Elevated Environmental Health Threats,” Brittany Johnson, ABC4.com Salt Lake City, Utah.
42. 01/30/2019 “Here’s How a Houston Neighborhood is Taking Action After Decades of Environmental Injustice,” Katie Moore, EDF Texas Clean Air Matters Blog.
43. 01/28/2019  “The Quest for Environmental Justice and the Politics of Place and Race,” Robert D. Bullard, The Climate Reality Project.
44. 01/25/2019 Interview with Dr. Robert D. Bullard:  Place and the Politics of Pollution. Doug Fabrizio, RadioWest | KUER.org.
45. 01/19/2019 “Why Climate Change Would Have Alarmed Dr. Martin Luther King,”  Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.
46. 01/01/2019  “The ‘Original Sin’ of Air Quality Regulations is Keeping Communities Polluted. But That’s Changing,” Meg Wilcox, Environmental Health News.

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