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The Robert D. Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice at Texas Southern University was launched to address longstanding issues of systemic inequality and structural racism that cause disproportionate pain, suffering and death in Black and other people of color communities.

Today, environmental justice is a headline—registering on the radar of the media, green groups, health, civil rights, human rights and racial justice organizations, social media networks, academic consortia, and educational institutions.  Before environmental justice movement burst onto the national scene it was commonplace, and a generally accepted norm by the larger society, government and industry that steering pollution to poor and people of color communities and away from white and affluent communities was no big deal. For African Americans and other people of color it was a big deal, and they began to wage a frontal assault on environmental racism and began demanding environmental justice for all.

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Green Light to Pollute In Texas....Again

-Green Light to Pollute in Texas: Proposed Buildout of Petrochemical Facilities Targets Most Vulnerable Communities, Again, is a comprehensive report from researchers at the Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice at Texas Southern University.

The study analyzes 89 new or expanding petrochemical facilities across five of the state’s regions.


The findings are stark:
-9 out of 10 facilities are planned in counties with higher concentrations of people of color and families living in poverty.
Nearly half are in neighborhoods ranked among the worst 10% in the U.S. for toxic air releases.
-93% sit near other high-risk chemical plants covered by federal Risk Management Plans — compounding the threat of explosions, leaks, and chronic disease.

In this documentary, residents detail how expanding industry in their backyards has changed the fabric of their communities.