Research in environmental justice reveals that low-income and minority
neighborhoods in our nation’s cities are often the preferred sites for landfills,
power plants, and polluting factories. Those who live in these sacrifice zones are
forced to shoulder the burden of harmful environmental effects so that others
can prosper. Mountains of Injustice broadens the discussion from the city to the
country by focusing on the legacy of disproportionate environmental health
impacts on communities in the Appalachian region, where the costs of cheap
energy and cheap goods are actually quite high.
Through compelling stories and interviews with people who are fighting for
environmental justice, Mountains of Injustice contributes to the ongoing debate
over how to equitably distribute the long-term environmental costs and
consequences of economic development