The Torch had an opportunity to interview via Zoom Dr. Robert Bullard. Bullard has been at the forefront of environmental justice for over 40 years. Where did you grow up? I grew up in South Alabama, in a small-town named Elba. It’s right on the bottom of the state, close to Florida. So what led…
Keystone XL is a 1,179-mile pipeline intended to transfer 830,000 barrels of oil from Alberta, Canada to Nebraska. Approved in 2010 by Canada’s National Energy Board, pipeline production was halted in 2015 by President Obama in response to public opposition from Native Americans, First Nations and environmental groups. Just days after his inauguration, President Trump…
Tension swept through the Petersen Barn Community Center on Jan 25. as speaker Pablo Alvarez, Beyond Toxics’ environmental justice community organizer, declared, “We cannot continue to have an 18-year less life expectancy than the rest of Eugene.” Beyond Toxics, a local nonprofit organization, believes that it is the right of the community to know what…
