Us & The News

WCEAT is comprised of team members who have various connections to the original anti-PCB protests in 1982 and the ongoing work to end environmental injustice today. The links below outline some of the work, conversations, and reflections on the history of organizing in Warren County around environmental issues and the continuing efforts of today.

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The Warren Record (2004): PCB Site Declared Clean

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Exchange Project, (2006): Warren County: Real People, Real Stories

WRAL News Coverage (2012): Warren County celebration remembers more toxic times

WCJL News Coverage (2021): How A North Carolina Community Came Together to Fight Environmental Racism

Listen

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Radio Episode with Backstory: Birthing the Environmental Justice Movement

Radio Episode with National Public Radio, Living Downstream:The Environmental Justice Podcast (2019): Living Downstream Visits Birthplace of Environmental Justice

​Radio Episode with National Public Radio, Living Downstream:The Environmental Justice Podcast (2021): New Growth in the Birthplace of Environmental Justice-Encore

The Washington Post (2021): Fighting Environmental Racism
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North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (2020): Warren County, NC - Birth of the Environmental Justice Movement

North Carolina Museum of History (2023): Remembering Warren County: North Carolina and the Continuing Struggle for Environmental Justice
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