Racial injustice and climate change are two of the most urgent challenges facing democracies today. The Repair Lab at UVA’s Karsh Institute of Democracy explores the relationship between those issues and deepens understanding of the causes, consequences, and countermeasures of environmental and climate injustice locally and around the world.
NEWS
Newport News Residents Say Coal Dust Is the Source of Health Problems
"Asthma rates downtown were double that of Newport News as a whole and also double the state of Virginia," said Adrian Wood of the Karsh Institute's Repair Lab. "We can't attribute that directly to coal dust but we do know that asthma rates are higher they were higher then and since then coal export has increased."
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Stricter Air Pollution Standards Likely Won't Help Communities Plagued by Coal Dust
“It just hurts,” said Malcolm Jones, who is working with the Karsh Institute's Repair Lab on the coal dust issue. “To be unheard for that long, it just takes away from the trust of the public.”
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Newport News Residents Voice Concerns About Coal Pollution
"It’s a slow death, it’s an invisible death that most people aren’t aware what’s going on," said Lathaniel Kirts, a local pastor who works with the Karsh Institute's Repair Lab, which studies environmental injustice.
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A Pastor's Plea To Combat Coal Dust in Newport News and Norfolk
"[Coal dust] rides in on the trains that pass by daily, settling on our church grounds, our homes, and even the playgrounds where our kids should play without worry," writes Karsh Institute's practitioner-in-residence Lathaniel Kirts in the Virginian-Pilot.
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PODCAST
Wading Between Two Titans
The Karsh Institute's Repair Lab hosts a podcast exploring how the ocean is Norfolk's greatest ally and worst enemy.
www.twotitans.org