Environmental Justice Advocates Say Climate Change isn’t a ‘White Thing’

"Far too often it is our communities – Black and Brown communities – that are not prepared enough, resilient enough, or adaptive enough when climate disasters hit," Mabson said. "We look at the devastating impacts from Hurricane Katrina, and more recently Hurricane's Maria, Harvey, and Dorian, and we see communities that look like ours, nearly destroyed," said Michelle Mabson, a staff scientist for the Healthy Communities Program at Earthjustice.