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Upcoming Environment Symposium Featured in Indianapolis Recorder
03/28/2017
Professor Carlton Waterhouse spoke with the Indianapolis Recorder about the upcoming annual Environmental, Energy and Natural Resources Law Symposium at IU McKinney on Friday, March 31.
This year’s theme “Protecting the Urban Environment” was an intentional choice based on current issues surrounding communities like Flint, East Chicago and Indianapolis, Waterhouse said.
The March 23 article quoted Professor Waterhouse: “The environmental conversation is one that needs to be at the top of list for the African-American community, because they have a disproportionate exposure to pollution all over the country. Their failure to pay attention to it means they are on the menu as opposed to at the table.”
Professor Waterhouse is a Dean’s Fellow and is director of the Environmental Energy and Natural Resources Law Program at IU McKinney. He is internationally recognized for his work on environmental justice and for his research and writing on reparations for historic injustices and state human rights violations.
