EJ&: The Entertainment Industry
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The entertainment industry has driven culture and consistently tops itself with spectacle and extravagance. That spectacle comes with environmental costs. Dr. Hunter Vaughan joins the podcast to talk about the nature and history of the harmful environmental impacts of the movie industry, the disproportionate distribution of those impacts in marginalized communities, the role of the consumer in the industry's environmental harms, and the rise of greenwashing. Check out Dr. Vaughan's recent book, Hollywood's Dirtiest Secret: The Hidden Environmental Costs of the Movies, and his other work...
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EJ&: The Bond Market
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Environmental injustice is rooted in structural racism, exploitation, and a disregard for the well-being of our climate. But one thing has fueled climate degradation and will continue to do so if we preserve the status quo: money. Today, I speak with Justine Leigh-Bell, Executive Director of the Antrhopocene Fixed Income Institute, about the role of financial markets, specifically the bond market, in either promoting or inhibiting EJ. The global bond market is worth over $125 trillion, and that money is starting to be harnessed for EJ and climate change mitigation purposes. But who has access...
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EJ&: Public Health
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Dean Dayna Bowen Matthew is the current dean of the best law school around, The George Washington University Law School. She has had an incredible career already, from her days in the Senate as an advisor to working on civil rights issues at the EPA to her groundbreaking research and writing on equity and public health. One of the starkest examples of environmental injustice comes in the form of health disparities. Frontline communities continue to suffer from higher levels of cancer, asthma, heart disease, obesity, and a host of other health impacts that shorten lifespans. There is a...
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EJ&: The Law
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Professor Cliff Villa joins the podcast to discuss environmental justice and the law. Professor Villa served for 22 years as legal counsel for the Environmental Protection Agency, and he now teaches environmental law and environmental justice at the University of New Mexico. Check out his Professor Villa's bio and accomplishments here: And read his amazing new article on EJ in modern legal practice here:
info_outlineProfessor Cliff Villa joins the podcast to discuss environmental justice and the law. Professor Villa served for 22 years as legal counsel for the Environmental Protection Agency, and he now teaches environmental law and environmental justice at the University of New Mexico.
Check out his Professor Villa's bio and accomplishments here: https://lawschool.unm.edu/faculty/villa/index.html
And read his amazing new article on EJ in modern legal practice here: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/law_facultyscholarship/892/