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Toxic Sprawl: Pollution in the U.S.
April 10, 2002
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While government officials make agreements with corporations about how much toxic pollution is acceptable, some residents of polluted regions are saying "enough is enough." On this program we take a look at the environmental and social impacts of polluting industries. We also examine how unregulated and unlimited suburban sprawl locates these industries in communities of color.
Featuring:
Jesse Graham, Maine People's Alliance; Cathy Meilio, activist and resident of Stockton Springs, Maine; Richard Stander and Nancy Galland, members of the Penobscot Alliance for Mercury Elimination; David Pellow, assistant professor of Sociology and Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder; Jay Mendoza, director of the Health and Environmental Justice Project at the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition; Andrew Szasz, professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz
Maria Luisa Chavarin, resident of San Jose, California; Robert D. Bullard, editor of "Sprawl City: Race, Politics and Planning in Atlanta."
For more information:
"Sprawl City: Race, Politics and Planning in Atlanta"
Environmental Justice Resource Center
Clark Atlanta University
223 James P. Brawley Drive
Atlanta, Georgia 30314
404-880-6911;
fax: 404-880-6909
www.ejrc.cau.edu
Maine People's Alliance
27 State St., Suite 44
Bangor, Maine 04401
207-990-0672;
fax: 207-990-0772
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
408-287-6707; svtc@svtc.org
www.svtc.org
Natural Resources Defense Council
212-727-2700;
fax: 212-727-1773
www.nrdc.org
Environmental Media Services West
415-561-2325
www.emswest.org