Robert Bullard Isn’t Done Yet
More than 40 years after the Texas Southern University professor researched the first environmental justice case, communities of color still face an uphill battle claiming their right to clean air and a healthy neighborhood. Federal environmental justice legislation could change that.
More than 40 years after the Texas Southern University professor researched the first environmental justice case, communities of color still face an uphill battle claiming their right to clean air and a healthy neighborhood. Federal environmental justice legislation could change that.
Robert Bullard Isn’t Done Yet
More than 40 years after the Texas
Southern University professor researched the first environmental justice case, communities of color still face an uphill battle claiming their right to clean air and a healthy neighborhood. Federal environmental justice legislation could change that.
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On April 23rd, the president of Colombia, Iván Duque, signed a decree that
prohibits the manufacture, import and export of products containing added mercury. The decision comes within the framework of the Minamata Convention, a global agreement that Colombia signed in 2013 and ratified in 2019.
Carlos Eduardo Correa, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, celebrated the decree and affirmed, in an official statement, that this “is a great advance for the country.
With this measure, we seek to protect the environment . We are making steady progress on one of our main goals: to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 51 percent by 2030 ”. It should be noted that, in 2018, the South American country had already prohibited the use of this chemical element in mining activities. However, from now on the veto will be extended to all products that contain it,