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The Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services (TEJAS) was established in 1995 by Juan Parras and Ana Parras under its original name, Unidos Contra Environmental Racism. The organization was born out of a commitment to environmental justice, focusing on addressing environmental hazards that disproportionately affect marginalized communities.
Today, various Aboriginal communities continue to be marginalized from society due to the development of practices, policies and programs that, according to J. Yee, "met the needs of white people and not the needs of the marginalized groups themselves". [24]
The number of Texas solar industry jobs in 2018 is around twice as much as those in Illinois but still far behind California. [6] It indicates that Texas has high potential to develop more renewable energy in the future considering the advantages such as sunny weather, flat land and friendly business climate. [6]
AccuWeather meteorologists are growing concerned that one or more long-lived, highly damaging thunderstorm events, known as derechos, will occur over portions of the Great Plains to the ...
Scientists have typically measured today's temperatures against a baseline temperature average for 1850-1900. By that measure, the world is now at nearly 1.3 C (2.4 F) of warming.
Communities of color, women, indigenous groups, and people of low-income all face higher vulnerability to climate change. [57] [19] These groups will be disproportionately impacted by heat waves, air quality, and extreme weather events. [58] Women are also disadvantaged and will be affected by climate change differently than men. [59]
The complexity of this issue, intertwined with economic needs and humanitarian concerns, demands solutions far beyond the political gamesmanship we've grown accustomed to from our state leaders.
Joan Martinez-Alier's influential concept of the environmentalism of the poor highlights the ways in which marginalized communities, particularly those in the Global South, are disproportionately affected by environmental degradation and the importance of including their perspectives and needs in environmental decision-making. Martinez-Alier's ...