{"id":1694,"date":"2024-08-12T07:00:13","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/?p=1694"},"modified":"2024-08-11T13:18:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T17:18:36","slug":"environmental-racism-in-the-carolinas-a-closer-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/environmental-racism-in-the-carolinas-a-closer-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Racism in the Carolinas: A Closer Look"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Black people, especially in the South Carolina Lowcountry, are disproportionately affected by the climate crisis and environmental racism. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lctakesaction.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lowcountry Action Committee<\/a>, a Black-led grassroots organization, is fighting against environmental racism in North Charleston, where a hazardous waste site is being considered for development into a heavy industrial boat manufacturing facility. Black residents are pushing back against this, citing concerns about the impact on their health and the environment.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"al\">Crisis in the Carolinas: Racial Disparities, the Climate Catastrophe and Environmental Racism in the Lowcountry<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@lctakesaction\/crisis-in-the-carolinas-racial-disparities-the-climate-catastrophe-and-environmental-racism-and-a5b74dc3757a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/medium.com\/@lctakesaction\/crisis-in-the-carolinas-racial-disparities-the-climate-catastrophe-and-environmental-racism-and-a5b74dc3757a<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Related Reading<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><script src=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/widgets.js\" data-type=\"book\" data-affiliate-id=\"102171\" data-sku=\"9781479861781\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black people, especially in the South Carolina Lowcountry, are disproportionately affected by the climate crisis and environmental racism. The Lowcountry Action Committee, a Black-led grassroots organization, is fighting against environmental racism in North Charleston, where a hazardous waste site is being considered for development into a heavy industrial boat manufacturing facility. Black residents are pushing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/environmental-racism-in-the-carolinas-a-closer-look\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Environmental Racism in the Carolinas: A Closer Look&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-social-justice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1694"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1696,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1694\/revisions\/1696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}