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Resources on diversifying the planet-saving workforce and environmental justice

• BlackOak Collective
• Congressional Black Caucus
• EPA announces new environmental justice division (September 24, 2022)
• Greenbiz State of the Profession Report 2022

Sources used in the making of this story

• Wes Gobar in Grist
• A timeline of the march on Charlottesville
• Compressor pollution compared to diesel fumes from buses
• Reconstruction: What went wrong?
• What are sacrifice zones and who lives there?
• What sank the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
  

Credits

Host: Yesh Pavlik Slenk

EDF Producer: Amy Morse

Production company: Podcast Allies, LLC

Supervising producer: Elaine Grant, CEO of Podcast Allies

Senior producer: Tressa Versteeg

Project manager: Tina Bassir

Audio engineer: Rye Taylor

Music: Shame, Shame, Shame from Yesh’s favorite band, Lake Street Dive.

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