News

4/23/2013  "Environmental Justice Soldiers on Without a King, Queen, or Major Dollars," Bentin Mock, Colorlines.

3/24/2013 "Within mainstream environmental groups, diversity is lacking," Darryl Fears, Washington Post.

3/15/2013 "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Houston Activists Say New Recycling System is Not the Way to Go," Vanessa Pina, Houston Press.

3/14/2013 "Will EPA's 'Environmental Justice' Outlast Lisa Jackson?," Brentin Mock, ColorLines.

2/25/2013  "Robert Bullard, father of environmental justice, speaks at UT in ESI lecture," Miles Hutson, The Daily Texan.

2/21/2013 "Father of environmental justice movement to speak at UT," Asher Price, Austin American-Statesman.

2/19/2013 "Interview - The Environmental Justice Leader: Robert Bullard," Matha van Gelder, Green American Magazine, January/February.

12/28/2012 "Urban Living Legend," Katti Gray, Diverse Issues in Higher Education.

8/22/2012  "Truth to Power," Ted Genoways, Onearth Magazine, Fall.

8/20/2012  "Robert Bullard: Environmental Justice Icon," Aswad Walker, Defender Network.

7/27/2012  "EPA: Agency Creates Mapping Tool Aimed at Identifying 'Environmental Justice' Hot Spots," John McArdle, Greenwire.

6/13/2012  "Old King Coal: Welcome to Uniontown, Living Amid Industrial Slop," Tom Zeller, Jr., Huffington Post.

5/1/2012    "In Their Backyards: Robert D. Bullard on the Politics of Where We Put our Trash," Rebekah Cowell, The Sun Magazine, Issue 437.

3/14/2012  "Everybody's Movement: Environmental Justice Across New England," The Journal of the Conservation Law Foundation, No. 1, Winter.

12/08/2011 "Poster Child" for Environmental Racism Finds Justice in Dickson, TN, Al Huang, NRDC Switchboard.

11/18/2011  Dr. Robert D. Bullard: Justice for Our Children, Marcia G. Yerman, Huffington Post.

11/17/2011   Dr. Robert D. Bullard: Justice for Our Children , Marcia G. Yerman, Moms' Clean Air Force.

11/1/2011   Dr. Robert Bullard: The Environment "Must Not Be Compromised" Brentin Mock, Loop21.

10/20/2011   Bullard: Health Equality is Key Component of Environmental Justice, Furman University NewsPress.

10/17/2011  Barbara Jordan Mickey-Leland School of Public Affairs (SPA) Welcomes New Dean, Michael O. Adams, Texas Southern University Barbara Jordan Institute Blog.

7/7/2011 Environmental Justice Advocates Hail EPA Rule Providing More Oversight of Hazardous Waste Recycling John McCardle, The New York Times.

6/3/2011 EPA proposal would reduce harmful emissions by Hank Johnson and Robert D. Bullard, Crossroadsnews.com.

5/26/2011 Communities of Color, Poverty Bear Burden of Air Pollution by Earthjustice, Press Release, CommonDreams.org.

5/2/2011 Hot Zones Summit Challenges Environmental Injustice by Ed Kang, Environmental Factor, NIEHS News

4/11/2011 New APHA Book Examines Racial Equity, Environmental Health by Teddi Dineley Johnson, The Nation’s Health, APHA

2/28/2011 Dr. Robert Bullard Speaks on Rebuilding After Katrina by Carolyn Boyce, Cuyahoga Community College (West Campus), The Voice

2/13/2011 Back of the Bus: Mass Transit, race and inequality by Andrea Bernstein and Nancy Solomon, with Laura Yuen and Casey Miller, Transportation Nation, WNYC

2/1/2011 Egypt Protests; Environmental Justice, Black History; Rap Prodigy by staff, The Michael Eric Dyson Show

1/21/2011 How to Keep America Moving by Laura Barrett, Honolulu Civil Beat

11/21/2010 Environmental justice issues take center stage by Juliet Eilperin The Washington Post

9/28/2010 The Gulf Oil Spill: An Environmental Justice Disaster by Julie Weiss, Tolerance

9/29/2010 Environmental Justice Comes Back to Life by Emily Badger for Miller-McCune

9/22/2010 Administration vows to advance Environmental Justice by Melanie Eversley, USA Today

8/21/2010 Stories of Survival in the Post-Katrina Gulf by Brentin Mock, The Root

8/16/2010 Waste from BP Oil Spill Cleanup Has Gulf Residents Near Landfills Concerned by Krissah Thompson for Washington Post

8/4/2010 Here’s Where BP is Dumping Its Oil Spill Waste by ColorLines

8/4/2010 Where’s All That Oil Pill Going? by the Press Register staff

8/3/2010 Environmental Justice Concerns in the Gulf Coast by Maya Roy, The Race Equity Project

8/3/2010 BP’s Dumping Oil-Spill Waste in Communities of Color, Study Finds by Michelle Chen, ColorLines

6/23/2010 The United State of Transportation Inequity by Laura Barrett for the Huffington Post

6/17/2010 Seeking Environmental Justice in the Gulf, Brentin Mock for The Root

5/20/2010 Environmental Justice Discussed at U.S.-Brazil Meeting on Joint Action Plan to Eliminate Racial Discrimination (JAPER), EPA International Programs

5/4/2010 Siting Nukes in a Poor Black Town, If Black President Does It, Is It Still Environmental Racism? by Bruce Dixon, The Huffington Post

5/3/2010 Obama’s Nuclear Energy Proposal Sparks Debate Among Black Environmentalists by Eboni Farmer, Black Voices News

4/22/2010, Greening Black America: Environmentalists to Watch, Cynthia Gordy, Brentin Mock & Regina R. Robertson, Essence Magazine

1/10/2010 Hurricane Propels Jackson’s justice Quest at EPA by Dina Cappiello, The Associated Press

12/3/2009 EPA Drops Rule Allowing Hazardous Waste to Be Burned as Fuel (ENS)

11/18/2009 EPA Keeping Close Eye on Louisiana, New Chief Lisa Jackson Says in N.O. by Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune

7/22/2009 EPA Vows to Examine Hazardous Waste on Poor Communities by Amy Littlefield, Los Angeles Times

12/22/2008 Will Environmental Justice Finally Get Its Due? by Brentin Mock, The American Prospect

8/25/2008 Newsweek Names Robert Bullard One of  Environmental Leaders of the Century, Newsweek

4/1/2008 Job Trails by Kelly Virella, The Chicago Reporter

3/10/2008 Water Contamination Suite Filed Against Dickson County, Tennessee by ENS

11/29/2007 For Landfill’s Neighbor, 35 Years is Enough by Taylor Sisk, The Carrboro Citizen

11/15/2007 Patterns Emerge on Race and Environment by Taylor Sisk for The Carrboro Citizen

11/8/2007 The Grassroots of Environmental Justice by Taylor Sisk, The Carrboro Citizen

11/1/2007 Toxins Threaten to Uproot Entire Town by Mark Weisenmiller, IPS

10/19/2007 Environmental Justice for All by Tracy Fernandez Rysavy, Co-op America Quarterly Fall 2007

9/9/2007 The World’s A Dirty Place When You Are Poor by Diane Roberts, St. Petersburg Times

9/6/2007 EPA Smog Proposal Sparks Debate Over Environmental Justice by Daniel Cusick  Greenwire

8/2/2007 HBCU Experts Call on Congress to Assist Minority Communities Near Toxic Waste Sites by Charles Dervarics, Diverse Issues in Higher Education

7/25/2007 Robert D. Bullard testifies at the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Health first-ever environmental justice hearing on Oversight of the EPA’s Environmental Justice Programs, Washington, DC

7/17/2007 Bullard: Green Issue is Black and White by CNN

7/1/2007 Fight for Environmental Justice, NAACP, Crisis Magazine

5/9/2007 Study: Mostly Minorities Live Hazardous Waste by Mike Dunne, The Advocate

5/3/2007 Leaders of African American, Hispanic, and Religious Groups Take Global Warming to Capitol Hill, Rosanne Skirble, Voice of America News,

4/25/2007 Justice Delayed by Curt Guyette, Metro Times

4/24/2007 Environmental Justice Stalled, Report Finds by Cindy Skrzycki, Washington Post

4/12/2007 State Has Most Minorities Near Toxic Facilities by Janet Wilson, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

3/20/2007 A Well of Pain by Lynne Duke, Washington Post

2/3/2007 Disaster's Consequences: Hurricane's legacy includes arsenic by Aimee Cunningham, Science News Online

1/18/2007 Study: Children living near Houston Ship Channel have greater cancer risk by Cindy Horswell, Houston Chronicle

12/5/2006 Activists use research to win pollution battles by Charisse Jones, USA Today

10/2/2006 Poisoned on Eno Road by Bob Herbert, The New York Times

4/6/2006 Toxic Tour: Father of Environmental Comes to the Old Pueblo City by Victoria Harben, Tucson Weekly

3/14/2006 Justice in Time: Meet Robert Bullard, the father of environmental justice by Gregory Dicum, Grist

10/3/2005 Signs of Environmental Hazards Dampen Katrina Homecoming by Michelle Chen for The New Standard

9/16/2005 New Orleans’s Dispossessed Reach for Cohesion and Clout by Jonathan Tilove, Newhouse News Service

9/8/2005 Race to the Bottom Slow Katrina Evacuation Fits Pattern of Injustice During Crisis, by Lisa Featherstone, Grist

9/2/2005 Gulf 's Toxic Stew Adds to Crisis for Black Residents, by Mary M. Chapman, BET News Report

6/3/2005 Bianca Jagger, Mayor Gavin Newsom, Dr. Robert Bullard Speak at UN World Environment Day Event by Forbes.com

3/23/2011 Interview of Robert D. Bullard, Is Nuclear Energy the Best Alternative, NPR, Tell Me More Show.

2/13/2011 An interview of Robert D. Bullard, Back of the Bus: Race, Mass Transit and Inequality, National Public Radio (NPR).  

2/1/2011 Interview of Dr. Robert D. Bullard, Environmental Justice, Black History, The Michael Eric Dyson Show

2/19/2010 Odette Yousef interviews Robert D. Bullard, WABE Radio, State of Black Atlanta Summit Paints Bleak Picture.

10/27/2007 Steve Curwood interviews Robert D. Bullard, “Post-Katrina Injustice,” NPR, Living on Earth 

9/29/2006 Jeff Young, NPR Living on Earth, “EPA Watchdog,” an interview with Robert D. Bullard. 

5/2/2006 Ed Gordon interviews Robert D. Bullard, “Report Faults Post-Katrina Cleanup,” NPR, News & Notes with Ed Gordon.

3/8/2011 Enviro Speaker: A Prominent American Scholar Says Native Communities in Canada’s Oil Sands May Want to Study the Plight of American Poor Following the B-P Oil Spill and Hurricane Katrina,” CKWS Television, Kingston, ON (2:00 min.)

12/15/2010 Robert D. Bullard presenting at the White House Forum on Environmental Justice Washington, DC.

10/22/2010 Robert D. Bullard gives Convocation address at Carleton College, Northfield, MN Quicktime Video (33:47 MB).

10/04/2010 Robert D. Bullard gives lecture, The Quest for Environmental Justice: Human Rights and the Politics of Pollution, at the Human Rights: Reframing the Public Health Agenda Symposium, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI (16.22 min.)

5/3/2010 Interview with Robert D. Bullard for American Makeover Episode 1: Sprawlanta, a film (9:48 min.) 

6/17/2009 Bullard Final, Transportation Justice, Strategy Center Capitol Hill Briefing (6:09 min)

5/25/2009 3/8/2011 Enviro Speaker: A Prominent American Scholar Says Native Communities in Canada’s Oil Sands May Want to Study the Plight of American Poor Following the B-P Oil Spill and Hurricane Katrina,” CKWS Television, Kingston, ON (2:00 min.)

5/25/2009 Bullard – Environmental Justice, The Praxis Project (3:51 min.)

2/7/2008 Video of  Robert D. Bullard giving The Quest for Environmental Justice: Human Rights lecture at UC Santa Barbara (52. Min.)

8/6/2008 Dr. Robert D. Bullard presents Achieving Livable Communities and Environmental Justice Martin Luther King, Jr. lecture at the Smithsonian, Washington, DC. (1:45 min.)

1/8/2008 Conversation: Dr. Robert Bullard, The Grand Rapids Community College GRCC Behavioral Science, interviewed by Dr. Michael Vargo (29:49 min.)

11/29/2007 Tour Spotlights Effects of Water Contamination on Dickson Family , Channel 5 News,  Nashville, TN (2:24 min.)

7/17/2007 Bullard: Green Issue is Black and White “People You Should Know” (1:49 min.)

2/3/2007 Energy and Transportation, Lecture Series (1:49 min.)

2/3/2007 Bullard: Converging on Health, Lecture Series (0:53 min.)

10/24/2005 Environmental Justice Professor Robert BullardOn How Race Affected the Federal Government’s Response to Katrina, Amy Goodman, Democracy Now (16:30 min.)

4/4/2002 Robert Bullard Visits Dartmouth, Environmental Justice for All Lecture, Environmental Studies Program. Dartmouth University, Video Clips (7.9 MB).