Environmental Action Team

Telling Our Story – Building Our Future

The Warren County Environmental Action Team (EAT) is a network of organizations & individuals working together to record, celebrate, and share Warren County's environmental justice legacy, natural resources, and diverse culture. Led by Reverend Bill Kearney, the EAT shares news, resources, and events on its Facebook page.

The EAT engages with other community leaders on various initiatives, including:

Offering environmental justice-focused tours of Warren County
Supporting local farms and community gardens
Connecting Warren County with ongoing environmental justice movements
Building community among residents and grassroots organizers in Warren County

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Warren County's Environmental Justice History

Warren County, NC, is the birthplace of the environmental justice movement.

In 1982, Warren County residents mobilized against the establishment of a PCB toxic waste dump in the mostly-Black community of Afton. The protests, known as the PCB Protests, prompted a landmark national study of hazardous waste landfill siting in low-income communities of color and began a global movement against environmental racism.

WARREN COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE HISTORY

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