Often described as the father of environmental justice, Dr. Robert Bullard is a former Dean of the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School. He holds a PhD and is an award-winning author of 18 books. He is known for his work highlighting pollution in minority communities and speaking up against environmental racism in the 1970-1980s.
In 2018, the Global Climate Action Summit named Dr. Bullard one of 22 Climate Trailblazers. And in 2019, Apolitical named him one of the world’s 100 Most Influential People in Climate Policy, Washington State University honored him with the William Julius Wilson Award for the Advancement of Justice and Climate One named him the Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication.
In 2020, Bullard received the Champion of the Earth Lifetime Achievement Award. The annual Champions of the Earth award is the UN’s highest environmental honor. It recognizes outstanding leaders from government, civil society and the private sector.
In 2021, President Joe Biden named him to the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council (WHEJAC). And in 2022, University of California, Berkeley Ecology Law Quarterly gave him its Environmental Leadership Award, Georgetown University awarded him an honorary doctorate and he was elected to join the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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