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Since the dawn of human history, the fight for environmental justice has always been a fight. Water wars between the people of Israel and herdsmen of Gerar in the book of Genesis, Chapter 26. The resistance of Native Americans to the pillaging of their land and resources at the founding of the United States of America. The refusal to allow a hazardous landfill to be built in the Warren County, a predominantly Black community in North Carolina, giving birth to the modern-day environmental justice movement. The struggle for clean water in places like Flint, MI and Newark, NJ and Jackson, MS. The struggle is real and the fight is on-going. And I'm here for it. My name is Dr. Lesley Joseph, a professor, an environmental engineer, and a fighter for environmental justice in our present day. Every other Tuesday, on this podcast, I explore issues related to environmental justice and the ways in which communities of color are impacted. Each episode will discuss a important environme
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Signup to Generate a PitchSince the dawn of human history, the fight for environmental justice has always been a fight. Water wars between the people of Israel and herdsmen of Gerar in the book of Genesis, Chapter 26. The resistance of Native Americans to the pillaging of their land and resources at the founding of the United States of America.
The Environmental Justice Lab is hosted by Lesley Joseph. The show has published 113 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include ""Communities must be brought in and bought in" - The 7th Principle of Environmental Justice" (6 October 2026, 30 minutes), ""No One Is Coming to Save Us": Drs. Wilson and Ali on the Past, Present, and Future of EJ" (30 September 2026, 40 minutes), and "A "Rude Awakening" at Hunters Point: Environmental Racism in the heart of Progressive America" (22 September 2026, 58 minutes).
The Environmental Justice Lab publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 40 minutes across 113 episodes.
Booking probability for The Environmental Justice Lab is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Environmental Justice Lab requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Environmental Justice Lab's contact route on record: verified email.
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Lesley Joseph hosts The Environmental Justice Lab, a news podcast with 113 episodes published.
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Episode #18
“Fair treatment and meaningful involvement.” That’s how the EPA defines environmental justice. Sounds good on paper. But here’s the question that I'm asking in this episode: What does meaningful involvement actually...
Episode #17
What does environmental justice look like when you stop waiting for permission? In this episode, I sit down with two titans of the movement — Dr. Sacoby Wilson (University of Maryland, founder of the Center for...
Episode #16
Hunters Point Naval Shipyard sits on 638 acres of San Francisco waterfront. It was listed as a Superfund site in 1989. And 37 years later, plutonium has been detected in the air and soil — and still, nothing has been...
What is the true cost of the global transition to clean energy? As the world embraces electric vehicles, renewable energy, batteries, and new technologies, the demand for minerals such as cobalt and other critical...
Episode #14
In this episode, I get to talk with Kibri Everett - environmental scientist, GIS specialist, PhD candidate at UNC-Charlotte, and founder of Key Environmental Consulting - to pull back the curtain on the data center boom...
What happens to a place built on punishment when a movement demands it be rebuilt for life? On this episode, Dr. Lesley Joseph sits down with two frontline fighters in the battle to close Rikers Island and transform it...
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Environmental justice isn’t about making sure pollution is evenly distributed. It’s about making sure there is no pollution to distribute. In this episode of the Environmental Justice Lab, I break down the 6th principle...
The EPA has been gutted. Scientists are being sent home. NOAA is being dismantled. And in the middle of all this deregulation, our elected officials keep voting against what we actually want. So what do we do about it...
What happens to the earth when we wage war? Dr. Lesley Joseph - environmental engineer, scholar of environmental justice, and author of the forthcoming book War Crimes Against the Earth - joins Sabrina Jacobs, host of...
What happens when a group of high schoolers turns a $5,000 competition win into a global movement? In this episode, Dr. Joseph sits down with Abhi Tenneti and Ayush Garg — the high school founders of Green Silicon...
Episode #8
In this episode of The Environmental Justice Lab, Dr. Lesley Joseph sits down with journalist and award-winning author, Jaha Avery, creator of the podcast series The Corridor, to dig into the truth about “Cancer Alley”...
What does it really mean to have power over your own life? In this episode, Dr. Lesley Joseph unpacks the fifth principle of environmental justice: a bold and uncompromising declaration that all people have the...
In this episode, Dr. Joseph breaks down the fourth principle of environmental justice - a principle rooted in resistance, survival, and the fundamental right to live free from toxic harm. It starts with nuclear testing...
In this episode of The Environmental Justice Lab, Dr. Lesley Joseph breaks down the third principle of Environmental Justice, which demands the ethical, balanced, and responsible use of land and renewable resources in...
Environmental justice isn’t just about protecting the planet. It’s also about who gets protected and who gets ignored. In this episode, Dr. Lesley Joseph discusses the 2nd principle of environmental justice, which...
In this episode, Dr. Joseph unpacks the first principle of environmental justice, which affirms the sacredness of Mother Earth, the ecological unity of all life, and the right of humans and non-humans alike to be free...
Episode #2
Environmental justice is not just about pollution. It's about freedom. In this episode, Dr. Joseph takes listeners deep into the Preamble to the Principles of Environmental Justice, first articulated at the 1991 First...
Environmental justice didn’t begin as a theory - it began as a movement. In this episode of The Environmental Justice Lab, Dr. Lesley Joseph traces the roots of environmental justice, unpacking how race, class, power...
Episode #19
What does it take to confront generations of environmental racism and win? In this episode, Senior Attorney Chandra Taylor-Sawyer of the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) pulls back the curtain on what it really...
You probably do not know this, but your morning cup of coffee carries a dark story. It's a story riddled with deforestation, child labor, slavery, corporate denial, and environmental injustice. This week, Etelle...
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Vice President of Environmental Justice, Climate, and Community Revitalization, National Wildlife Federation
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political scientist and historian of Myanmar, Concerned Citizens of St. John the Baptist Parish
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