Hilton Head, South Carolina, resident Josephine Wright is in a legal battle with a developer over land that has been in her family since the Civil War. CNN’s Dianne Gallagher has the story.
In 1978, the illegal disposal of 30,000 gallons of PCB-laden oil in Warren County, North Carolina, catalyzed a movement for environmental justice. Dr. Ben Chavis, a pivotal figure in this effort, was recently honored at the Mississippi Statewide Environmental Climate Justice Summit for his contributions to the cause.