Seeking environmental justice on Chicago’s South Side
Some neighborhoods on the South Side have long had pollution from heavy industries operating nearby. Reset takes stock of the problem.
Black and Latino residents in Chicago are more likely than their white counterparts to be exposed to industrial pollution. As a result, they have higher rates of asthma and other chronic health conditions.
Reset explores why environmental racism exists on the South Side, where the industrial hotspots are today and how local leaders are working toward environmental justice.
GUESTS: Karen Weigert, director of Loyola University Chicago’s Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility, Reset Sustainability contributor
Gina Ramirez, mother living on the Southeast Side, Midwest outreach manager for Natural Resources Defense Council
Naomi Davis, founder and president of Blacks In Green
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Seeking environmental justice on Chicago’s South Side
Some neighborhoods on the South Side have long had pollution from heavy industries operating nearby. Reset takes stock of the problem.
Black and Latino residents in Chicago are more likely than their white counterparts to be exposed to industrial pollution. As a result, they have higher rates of asthma and other chronic health conditions.
Reset explores why environmental racism exists on the South Side, where the industrial hotspots are today and how local leaders are working toward environmental justice.
GUESTS: Karen Weigert, director of Loyola University Chicago’s Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility, Reset Sustainability contributor
Gina Ramirez, mother living on the Southeast Side, Midwest outreach manager for Natural Resources Defense Council
Naomi Davis, founder and president of Blacks In Green