Sullivan John
1 University of Texas Medical Branch/Sealy Center for Environmental Health & Medicine, Galveston, TX, USA.
New Solut. 2019 Feb;28(4):617-621. doi: 10.1177/1048291118812082. Epub 2018 Nov 15.
The U.S. states along the northern shores of the Gulf of Mexico have often been described as America's Energy Colony. This region is festooned with polluting industries, storage and waste disposal sites for toxic products, and a history of generally lax approaches to environmental public health and enforcement of regulations. This issue of New Solutions includes three interviews of groups and individuals who work for Environmental Justice in the Gulf Coast region. The interviewees provide key insights into the diverse cultural texture and social fabric of the Gulf. Their range of gulf locales and population groups embody different styles of engagement and different relationships to organizing, disseminating health and environmental risk information, and advocating for social and environmental justice. Similarities among their communities in terms of health and economic disparities, climate risks, and vulnerabilities lend credence to the idea of the Gulf as a regional Environmental Justice community.
墨西哥湾北岸的美国各州常被描述为美国的能源殖民地。该地区遍布污染性产业、有毒产品的储存和废物处理场所，而且在环境公共卫生和法规执行方面，总体上历来采取宽松的做法。本期《新解决方案》包含对墨西哥湾沿岸地区从事环境正义工作的团体和个人的三次访谈。受访者对墨西哥湾多样的文化风貌和社会结构提供了关键见解。他们所涉及的墨西哥湾不同地区和人群体现了不同的参与方式，以及在组织、传播健康与环境风险信息和倡导社会与环境正义方面的不同关系。他们所在社区在健康和经济差距、气候风险及脆弱性方面的相似之处，为墨西哥湾作为一个区域性环境正义社区的观点提供了可信度。
