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The Climate Crisis, Part 2
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
08 Sep 2023
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Black Agenda Radio Ā· The Climate Crisis, Part 2

Forrest Palmer is a native of Los Angeles, California who is now an electrical engineer residing in Houston, Texas. Outside of his professional life, his personal concern is about environmental issues and their increasing impacting on daily life, as well as the past and current ethnic hierarchy that is the basis of systemic global racism. Forrest Palmer joins us from Houston to discuss the record-breaking warming of the earth and its impact on Black people. This is the second part of a two-part interview. (Part 1)

Climate Crisis
Climate Justice
global warming
environmental racism
environmental damage

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