ENVS203: Environmental Ethics, Justice, and World Views

4.2: Environmental Injustices throughout the World

• 4.2.1: Case Study 1: Fall River and New Bedford, MA

  • Bristol Community College Multicultural Committee: Daniel Faber's "Environmental Justice" Page

    Watch this video, which begins with the speaker taking a broad-brush look at environmental injustices across the U.S. and the globe. He then narrows focus to discuss specific environmental issues within Fall River and New Bedford, MA. As the video presents many issues of potential health degradation, attempt to link this perceived favor for economic development over environmental health with one of the four environmental ethics studied in Subunit 2.1.
    

• 4.2.2: Case Study 2: Chevron Refinery in Richmond, CA

  • Democracy Now!: "Chevron Oil Refinery Fire in Richmond, California Forces Over 900 Residents to Hospitals" URL

    Watch this video. How do you believe the demographics of the local community allow for the presence of the Chevron facility? Do you think such a facility would be present in a predominantly white Californian community?