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Paths to (and from) climate gentrification, part 2
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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Feb 7, 2020
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Podcast episode
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Millions of gallons of oil leaked into the ground under Greenpoint, adding a sheen to Newtown Creek and a substance like "black mayonnaise" to the yards of the neighborhood's working class residents. More than 20 years later, the Coast Guard officially discovered the spill. The chain of events that followed prompted the Just Green Enough strategy, which uncouples remediation and resilience from luxury development and contests the inevitability of displacement in green gentrification scenarios. In our second episode on climate gentrification, we look at the case of the Greenpoint neighborhood in Brooklyn, including the history that got us to this point and what we can learn from the people there. In this episode: Winifred Curran, DePaul University Trina Hamilton, University at Buffalo
Released:
Feb 7, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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