The Poor Community of the Planet

The poor community is just a sample, but a big one, of a population that has encountered environmental injustice over the years. Diamond, the residential area in Norco, was a major area in the United States of America, where this was quite frequent. The public, especially the black community suffered due to this since industries used to function and dump waste material on their land thus leading to many health hazards. The white community did not see this as a factor influencing their stay since they reasoned that their economy was developing at an enormous rate. According to (Lerner, 2005), an explosion that occurred in 1988 led several people to death and residents evacuated. This tragic event became a turning point for the inhabitants of Diamond since it showed the presence of intoxicated waste materials in their area. From this point onwards, leaders and activists began to emerge from the community, the environmental agencies, the media, and also the government so as to boycott the issue. The residents demanded relocation to a more stable and well-situated area so as to build their lives from there. The white community did not support the relocation of the black community although the same health hazards influenced them. After a while, their efforts bore fruits, and it resulted in their migration from an area of potential health risks to an area with no such racial encounters. Since we are in modern times, Global warming, caused by many of our modern industries, serves as a major problem that hinders our community development. The future projection shows that the surrounding water bodies will subside most of the areas on sea shores due to the release of toxic substances. For this to stop, we need to act together to solve this global issue by finding ways of minimizing the release of these toxic materials. If we accomplish this, then the future might just be changed for a better tomorrow.

Reference

Lerner, S. (2005). Environmental ethics perspective. A struggle for environmental justice in Louisiana’s chemical corridor. Retrieved from www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1253744/