Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers Building a Black community for green jobseekers
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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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