OPB: UO’s new institute fighting the common roots of racial and environmental injustice

https://www.opb.org/article/2021/03/07/university-of-oregon-environmentalism-debate-racial-injustice/

2020 was a year when many of our society’s problems became impossible to ignore. The summer of protests for racial justice led to more frank and public discussions about Oregon’s racist history, and September’s wildfires burned 1.6 million acres, illustrating the increasing urgency of climate change.

But an increasing number of academics, environmentalists and activists are asserting that these aren’t two disconnected issues; that they’re intertwined, with common roots in the same societal forces […]