Sentences with phrase «environmental sacrifice zones»
«These are environmental sacrifice zones that the environmental justice movement has been fighting for 30 years,» said Robert Bullard, dean of the Barbara Jordan - Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University, who is considered the «father» of environmental justice.
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You're right, of course, that the decision - makers already know about the environmental cost of the oil sands (hence, the «sacrifice zoning» of past strategies).
Oil sands development is a matter of provincial government policy: in a government policy paper (the Mineable Oil Sands Strategy) issued a few years ago (and since recalled), the core area of the oil sands resources in Alberta was designated a «sacrifice zone», within which it was acknowledged that significant and irreversible environmental impact would be permitted to occur, to enable the realization of the significant economic benefits such development promised.
If global corporations are allowed to turn our state into a sacrifice zone, reap massive short - term profits, and significantly add to greenhouse gas emissions, the true costs of drilling in terms of environmental impacts, quality of life, and long - term cleanup costs would be passed on to state residents.