“We’re looking at the future. I want my grandkids to breathe fresh air and for West Oakland not to be underwater,” says Rev. Ken Chambers. He is one of many working to stop the coal export terminal.
The Bureau of Land Management has announced that it would pave the way for oil shale development in the Uinta Basin, near Utah’s scenic Book Cliffs and the Green and White rivers.
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Developers, politicians and Utah coal barons want to bring the state’s largest coal export facility to West Oakland. Who schemed up the idea to send trainloads of coal to one of the most burdened neighborhoods in the area, and who is working to keep this nightmare from becoming a reality?
Mientras que nuestra nación siga negando a los campesinos los mismos derechos y obligaciones que la ley ordena, ya sea por razones de trabajo desigual, inmigración o políticas ambientales, la lucha continuará.
As long as our nation continues to deny farmworkers equal rights and protections under the law, whether it’s from our inequitable labor, immigration or environmental policies, the fight will continue.