Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and the Rise of Local Solutions [rwjf.org]
By Sharon Roerty, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, April 15, 2021 Earth Day will be 51 years young this April 22 nd —and I have been a witness to every one of them. The environmental activism that it launched and inspired has shaped me as an individual, shaped culture in the U.S. and beyond, and shaped the planet we all share. And it continues to evolve, as evident by the present-day focus on environmental justice and disproportionate health impacts felt by low-income communities and...