(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)What worries him most are the three power plants looming over the Oxnard coast, and the toxic waste site that has languished there for decades. (Toxic Tides Project)“The coast of California is marked by massive inequality. Those are the beaches that people see and are familiar with,” said Zucker, a longtime advocate for environmental justice. “They don’t think of places like Wilmington, West Long Beach, Barrio Logan, West Oakland, Richmond, Bayview-Hunters Point. This three-year project, dubbed Toxic Tides, is the first systematic look at the environmental justice ramifications of sea level rise and hazardous sites along the entire coast of California.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 30, 2021 18:04 UTC