The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed environmentalism to the back of many citizens' minds as the importance of public health has exponentially risen. As the pandemic continues to impact our lives in various ways, it continues to change the way that our society conceptualizes our interaction with the environment and highlights current tensions between environmental protection and public health, ultimately altering our foundational understanding of environmental law.
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On March 11th, 2011, just over 10 years ago, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake struck just off the coast of Japan, followed by a tsunami whose waves hit 128 feet in some places less than an hour later. Nearly 20,000 people died or are presumed dead in the wake of this disaster, and the implications have been profound. The earthquake and subsequent tsunami destroyed entire towns. Even the very geology of the planet was altered. 10 years later, some residents of towns in the Fukushima prefecture are still not able to return home.
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“On Thursday, February 6th, 2020 the sun was shining on the Argentine research station Esperanza, and despite a breeze, the weather was pleasant, if not balmy.[1] T-shirt weather -- good for relaxing in the sun or going for a hike. The station recorded a temperature of 18.3 °C, or about 65 °F: nothing too out of the ordinary. Except, you know, if you’re in Antarctica.”
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“Of all the hot topics in the news today, nothing burns hotter than California’s wildfire crisis… However, if you recall from middle school science classes, fire requires another ingredient to ignite; all fires require a spark, or ignition source, to start. That source has a name in California, the most detested company in the state, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E).”
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Co-Authors: Taahirah Zahraa Boodhoo Beeharry and Navneesh Ramessur (Guest Writers)
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For many Americans, 2020 has been an avalanche of unrelenting crises. But for people living on the west coast, three of these crises–wildfires, racial injustice in the form of mass incarceration, and the COVID-19 pandemic–are inextricably related.
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