New Season of Broken Ground Podcast Focuses on Women in the South Fighting for Environmental Justice
Conversation series uncovers what drives these leaders to tackle environmental problems
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ In celebration of Earth Day, the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) launched its latest season of
Broken Ground, talking with women in the South who are on the frontlines of the fight for environmental justice. The latest conversation series aims to highlight some of the women who are changing the environmental landscape with their leadership.
This season, Broken Ground talks with women on the frontlines of the fight for environmental justice. Subscribe to hear directly from these activists who are trailblazing a path to a healthier environment for all.
âHe changed my lifeâ: Hundreds line the street as Capt. Justin Bedwell is brought home
Mother s life changed by Captain Bedwell By Bobby Poitevint | March 3, 2021 at 1:21 AM EST - Updated March 3 at 2:02 AM
BAINBRIDGE, Ga. (WALB) - Hundreds of people stood in the pouring rain Tuesday afternoon to honor
Dozens of law enforcement officers and first responders from across Georgia drove their vehicles in a procession, leading his body home from Tallahassee, where he died Monday.
Investigators said Captain Bedwell was critically injured when shot over the weekend while aiding Seminole County deputies trying to stop a car that fled a traffic stop.
Norfolk families share snow fun photos after Storm Darcy
| Updated: 20:05, 11 February 2021
Storm Darcy buffeted large parts of south Norfolk this week and, while it did bring with it plunging temperatures and travel disruption, many families banished the boredom by enjoying the simple outdoor fun supplied by snowfall.
For families across the region, the past year has been strange and worrying, but with several inches of snow falling, children and their parents revelled in the chance to wrap up warm and plunge into the drifts with sledge in hand and creative views on the perfect snowman, in mind.
Families across the region have since been sharing their photos of winter fun.
Analysis By
Michael Phillis | February 5, 2021, 7:13 PM EST President Joe Biden s promise to secure environmental justice is an ambitious effort to achieve long-sought equity for poor and minority communities that experts say could maybe, finally, put teeth behind the lip service that has been paid to the concept.
The president made a multifaceted approach to environmental justice the concept of addressing the disproportionate environmental harms faced by largely poor, minority communities an integral part of his climate change strategy as outlined in an executive order signed about a week after he took office.
That climate change order is intended to force the government to address the outsized burden disadvantaged communities have borne from pollution, often stemming from industrial facilities in those areas. It directs the federal government to step up enforcement of environmental laws, commits to steer clean energy investments toward those communities